Because since the beginningless past we are running after objects, not knowing where our Self is, we lose track of the Original Mind and are tormented all the time by the threatening objective world, regarding it as good or bad,… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
The worst passion we mortals cherish is the desire to possess. Even when we know that our final destination is a hole not more… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Copying is slavery. The letter must never be followed, only the spirit is to be grasped. Higher affirmations live in the spirit. And where… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
The mistake consists in our splitting into two what is really and absolutely one. Is not life one as we live it, which we… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Until we recognize the SELF that exists apart from who we think we are - we cannot know the Ch'an ( ZEN ) MIND — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Facts of experience are valued in Zen more than representations, symbols, and concepts-that is to say, substance is everything in Zen and form nothing. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes hold of… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life is fact… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Zen opens a man's eyes to the greatest mystery as it is daily and hourly performed; it enlarges the heart to embrace eternity of… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
“Modern life seems to recede further and further away from nature, and closely connected with this fact we seem to be losing the feeling… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Zen Makes use, to a great extent, of poetical expressions; Zen is wedded to poetry. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
