There is no easy way to be a teacher or a disciple, although it must be the greatest joy in this life. - Shunryu Suzuki

In your very imperfections you will find the basis for your firm, way-seeking mind.

When you believe in your way, enlightenment is there. But when you cannot believe in the meaning of the practice which you are doing in this moment, you cannot do anything. You are just wandering around the goal with your monkey mind. You are always looking for something without knowing what you are doing. If you want to see something, you should open your eyes. When you do not understand Bodhidharma’s Zen, you are trying to look at something with your eyes closed. We do not slight the idea of attaining enlightenment, but the most important thing is this moment, not some day in the future. We have to make our effort in this moment. This is the most important thing for our practice.

Hace medio siglo, sin ayuda alguna, Daisetz Suzuki trajo el Zen a Occidente, dando con ello un paso que ha sido comparado, por su importancia histórica, con las traducciones al latín de las obras de Aristóteles en el siglo XIII, y de las de Platón en el XV.