"Zen Buddhism" by Daiser T.Suzuli,1949

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(Selections by Editor Wiliam Barrett from works published during the years 1949-1955)
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Zen is a way of life,of seeing and knowing by looking into one's own nature.
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The truth comes through active meditation,and enlightenment is sudden and intuitive.
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Zen does not rely on the intellect,the scriptures,or the written word,
but on a direct pointing at the soul of man,
a seeing into one's own nature as making Buddhahood possible.
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Zen masters make the moment of enlightenment -satori- possible by referring directly to some natural and commonplace matter ;
the immediate recognition of the unity of being follows.
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The chief characteristics of satori are irrationality,intuitive insight,authoritativeness,affirmation,a sense of the Beyond,an impersonal tone,
a feeling of exaltation,and momentariness.
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The methods of Zen are paradox,going beyond the opposites,contradiction,affirmation,repetition,exclamation,silence,or direct action
-such as a blow,or pointing-.
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