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D.T. Suzuki quotes: Unless it grows out of yourself no knowledge is really yours, it is only borrowed plumage.

Unless it grows out of yourself no knowledge is really yours, it is only borrowed plumage.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: When I say that Zen is life, I mean that Zen is not to be confined within conceptualization, that Zen is what makes conceptualization possible.

When I say that Zen is life, I mean that Zen is not to be confined within conceptualization, that Zen is what makes conceptualization possible.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Zen has nothing to teach us in the way of intellectual analysis; nor has it any set doctrines which are imposed on its followers for acceptance.

Zen has nothing to teach us in the way of intellectual analysis; nor has it any set doctrines which are imposed on its followers for acceptance.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one's own rules-this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live.

Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one's own rules-this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: However insistently the blind may deny the existence of the sun, they cannot annihilate it.

However insistently the blind may deny the existence of the sun, they cannot annihilate it.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Implicity, there should be something mysterious in every day.

Implicity, there should be something mysterious in every day.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: The meaning of service is to do the work assigned ungrudgingly and without thought of personal reward material or moral.

The meaning of service is to do the work assigned ungrudgingly and without thought of personal reward material or moral.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies,

Zen professes
itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all
religions and philosophies,

D.T. Suzuki quotes: The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity.

The waters are in motion, but the moon retains its serenity.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: We can see unmistakeably that there is an inner relationship between Zen and the warrior's life.

We can see unmistakeably that there is an inner relationship between Zen and the warrior's life.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: That's why I love philosophy: no one wins.

That's why I love philosophy: no one wins.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon ...

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

D.T. Suzuki quotes: The greatest productions of art, whether painting, music, sculpture or poetry, have invariably this quality-something approaching the work of God.

The greatest productions of art, whether painting, music, sculpture or poetry, have invariably this quality-something approaching the work of God.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: When a thing is denied, the very denial involves something not denied.

When a thing is denied, the very denial involves something not denied.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Zen has nothing to do with letters, words, or sutras.

Zen has nothing to do with letters, words, or sutras.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Fundamentally the marksman aims at himself.

Fundamentally the marksman aims at himself.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: To Zen, time and eternity are one.

To Zen, time and eternity are one.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

The mind has first to be attuned to the Unconscious.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: God against man. Man against God. Man against nature. Nature against man. Nature against God. God against nature. Very funny religion!

God against man. Man against God. Man against nature. Nature against man. Nature against God. God against nature. Very funny religion!

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

Zen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Until we recognize the SELF that exists apart from who we think we are - we cannot know the Ch'an ( ZEN ) MIND

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 quotes: Zen has no business with ideas.

Zen has no business with ideas.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: To live - is that not enough?

To live - is that not enough?

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Let the intellect alone, it has its usefulness in its proper sphere, but let it not interfere with the flowing of the life-stream.

Let the intellect alone, it has its usefulness in its proper sphere, but let it not interfere with the flowing of the life-stream.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground.

Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: The intuitive recognition of the instant, thus reality ... is the highest act of wisdom

The intuitive recognition of the instant, thus reality ... is the highest act of wisdom

D.T. Suzuki quotes: When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air.

When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Great works are done when one is not calculating and thinking.

Great works are done when one is not calculating and thinking.

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

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

D.T. Suzuki quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: deepest spiritual experience.

deepest spiritual experience.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Eternity is the Absolute present.

Eternity is the Absolute present.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Unless we agree to suffer we cannot be free from suffering.

Unless we agree to suffer we cannot be free from suffering.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Zen Makes use, to a great extent, of poetical expressions; Zen is wedded to poetry.

Zen Makes use, to a great extent, of poetical expressions; Zen is wedded to poetry.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: I am an artist at living - my work of art is my life.

I am an artist at living - my work of art is my life.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: One has not understood until one has forgotten it.

One has not understood until one has forgotten it.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.

You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Unless we die to ourselves, we can never be alive again.

Unless we die to ourselves, we can never be alive again.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: As soon as you raise a thought and begin to form an idea of it, you ruin the reality itself, because you then attach yourself to form.

As soon as you raise a thought and begin to form an idea of it, you ruin the reality itself, because you then attach yourself to form.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: The ego-shell in which we live is the hardest thing to outgrow.

The ego-shell in which we live is the hardest thing to outgrow.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: To be a good Zen Buddhist it is not enough to follow the teaching of its founder; we have to experience the Buddha's experience.

To be a good Zen Buddhist it is not enough to follow the teaching of its founder; we have to experience the Buddha's experience.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: We teach ourselves; Zen merely points the way.

We teach ourselves; Zen merely points the way.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Personal experience, therefore, is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.

Personal experience, therefore, is everything in Zen. No ideas are intelligible to those who have no backing of experience.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water.

Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water.

D.T. Suzuki quotes: The finger pointing at the moon remains a finger and under no circumstances can it be changed into the moon itself.

The finger pointing at the moon remains a finger and under no circumstances can it be changed into the moon itself.