D. T. Suzuki Quotes

1870–1966 Japan

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (鈴木大拙 Suzuki Daisetsu, October 18, 1870 – July 12, 1966) was a writer and professor of Buddhist philosophy. His books and essays on introduced many Westerners to Zen, Shin, and Eastern philosophy generally.

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Also known as: D T Suzuki, Daisetz T. Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism, The Development of Mahayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis

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

Root (2001)

The inflexibility of karma is more than poor mortal can endure.

The Zen master is a strange sort of man. He will not listen to you and to what you may tell him about sciences modern or ancient. He knows his business better from his experience.

Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis (1960)

Likewise, at every deed, good or evil, committed by any of the sentient units of this spiritual organization, the Dharmakaya rejoices or is grieved. When it is grieved, it wills to counteract the evil with goodness; when it rejoices, it knows that so far the cause of goodness has been advanced.

The Development of Mahayana Buddhism (1909)

The head is conscious while the abdomen is unconscious. When the master tells his disciples to "think" with the lower part of the body, he means that the koan is to be taken down to the unconscious and not to the conscious field of consciousness.

Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis (1960)