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To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon...

D. T. Suzuki

Zen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself.

D. T. Suzuki

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 freedom. By making us drink right from the fountain of life it liberates us from all the yokes under which we finite beings are usually suffering in this world.

D. T. Suzuki

We do not realize that as soon as our thoughts cease and all attempts at forming ideas are forgotten the Buddha reveals himself before us.

D. T. Suzuki

Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life is fact and no explanation is necessary or pertinent. To explain is to apologize, and why should we apologize for living? To live—is that not enough? Let us then live, let us affirm! Herein lies Zen in all its purity and in all its nudity as well.

D. T. Suzuki

D. T. Suzuki

D. T. Suzuki

Born: October 18, 1870

Died: July 12, 1966 (aged 95)

Bio: Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin to the West.

Known for:

Introduction to Zen Buddhism (1934)
Essays in Zen Buddhism (1927)
Manual of Zen Buddhism (1934)
Zen and Japanese culture (1938)
Mysticism : Christian and Buddhist (1957)

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