June 3, 2009
- Joseph Campbell on Koans -
Mrs. Sasaki spoke about the koans of Zen. They are not odd (as the writings of Suzuki and Alan Watts would seem to suggest). Each, on the level of consciousness from which it comes, makes good sense, and receives it’s only possible answer in the traditional response. You have to stand on the level from which the koan comes to appreciate it’s logic, however. The main road of Zen is not the koan, but meditation; the koan is public evidence of the level of consciousness obtained.
- From “Sake & Satori“, page 221
