The worst passion we mortals cherish is the desire to possess. Even when we know that our final destination is a hole… — D.T. Suzuki Cherish Copy Share Image
Copying is slavery. The letter must never be followed, only the spirit is to be grasped. Higher affirmations live in the spirit.… — D.T. Suzuki Abundance Copy Share Image
Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from… — D.T. Suzuki Art Copy Share Image
The mistake consists in our splitting into two what is really and absolutely one. Is not life one as we live it,… — D.T. Suzuki Cutting Copy Share Image
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 Identity Copy Share Image
Facts of experience are valued in Zen more than representations, symbols, and concepts-that is to say, substance is everything in Zen and… — D.T. Suzuki Concepts Copy Share Image
The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes… — D.T. Suzuki Belief Copy Share Image
When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question… — D.T. Suzuki Anxious Copy Share Image
Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life… — D.T. Suzuki Apologizing Copy Share Image
To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon. — D.T. Suzuki Fingers Copy Share Image
Zen opens a man's eyes to the greatest mystery as it is daily and hourly performed; it enlarges the heart to embrace… — D.T. Suzuki Eden Copy Share Image
“Modern life seems to recede further and further away from nature, and closely connected with this fact we seem to be losing… — D.T. Suzuki Environment Copy Share Image
Zen Makes use, to a great extent, of poetical expressions; Zen is wedded to poetry. — D.T. Suzuki Expression Copy Share Image
Zen wants us to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets… — D.T. Suzuki Acquire Copy Share Image
When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air. — D.T. Suzuki Air Copy Share Image
We do not realize that as soon as our thoughts cease and all attempts at forming ideas are forgotten the Buddha reveals… — D.T. Suzuki Cease Copy Share Image
Personal experience, therefore, is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience. — D.T. Suzuki Experience Copy Share Image
When the identity is realized, I as swordsman see no opponent confronting me and threatening to strike me. I seem to transform… — D.T. Suzuki Confronting Copy Share Image
When traveling is made too easy and comfortable, its spiritual meaning is lost. This may be called sentimentalism, but a certain sense… — D.T. Suzuki Certain Copy Share Image
Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points. — D.T. Suzuki Doe Copy Share Image
Though perhaps less universally known than such figures as Einstein or Gandhi (who became symbols of our time) Daisetz Suzuki was no… — D.T. Suzuki Effects Copy Share Image
