"When, four months before his death, I had the opportunity to ask him (Suzuki) why satori didn't figure in his book, his wife leaned toward me and whispered impishly, "It's because he hasn't had it" ; whereupon the Roshi batted his fan at her in mock consternation and with finger to his lips hissed, "Shhhh! Don't tell him!" When our laughter had subsided, he said simply, "It's not that satori is unimportant, but it's not the part of Zen that needs to be stressed."
-- Huston Smith, Preface to Zen Mind Beginner's Mind
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