13th January

Zen claims to be Buddhism, but all the Buddhist teachings
as propounded in the sutras and sastras are treated by Zen as
mere wastepaper whose utility consists in wiping off the
dirt of intellect and nothing more.
D.T. Suzuki.

This text again affirms that all of the words written about Buddhism are regarded by Zen masters as nothing more than wastepaper. This is because Zen is unquantifiable and unrecognizable by the conscious mind. The words written describing Buddhism cannot by definition define Zen because they have been contaminated by human conscious thought
How does one know Zen if we cannot contact it? To know it is there and it is who we are is enough!