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. SuzukiZen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself.
D.T. SuzukiZen teaches nothing; it merely enables us to wake up and become aware. It does not teach, it points.
D.T. SuzukiBecause 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, true or false, agreeable or disagreeable. We are thus slaves of things and circumstances.
D.T. Suzuki