Most of the early literature about Zen in the west
focused on Rinzai Zen, which emphasized the importance of attaining awakening
or
kensho. Shunryu Suzuki, who established the San Francisco Zen Center,
taught Soto Zen, where the emphasis is less on attainment than on practice.
When one of the students at SFZC had a profound experience which he believed to
be the
kensho so assiduously sought by Rinzai students, he came to
Suzuki and asked, “How can I maintain this insight?”
“Don’t worry about it,” Suzuki told him. “Just
continue with your zazen; it will go away.”
[Shunryu Suzuki portrait by Molly Macnaughton]
The Third Step East: 125-44; 9, 20, 86, 90, 102, 105, 107, 152,
167, 168, 169, 201, 217, 220-22, 224, 225, 226, 229, 233
The Story of Zen: 5, 6, 263-69, 270, 276-77,
279, 280, 286, 299, 306, 313, 317-19, 337, 352-53, 354, 355, 378, 424
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