• Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it restores the distorted nervous system to its normal functioning.

    Katsuki Sekida: Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it restores the distorted nervous system to its normal functioning.
    Katsuki Sekida (2005). “Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy”, p.211, Shambhala Publications