The Four Dignities of Zen

Zen has a very different flavor from modern Japanese Zen. Many people who go to study Zen in Japan disapprove of Dr. Suzuki thoroughly and also naturally of my exposition of Zen because we don't make a great fetish of studying Zen by sitting. They present what is essentially early Chinese Zen from the old writings ranging from about shortly before 700 AD to 1000 AD. You should know for example how to sleep in a Zen way, that means to sleep thoroughly.