This is one of the first works of the famous Japanese scientist, popularizer of Zen Buddhism Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki. The author believes that Buddhism in the Far East has expressed itself most fruitfully in the development of the Mahayana school. Warning that the essence of Zen cannot be grasped in a rational way, Suzuki nevertheless tries to carefully and at the same time carefully describe the approaches to enlightenment that guided the outstanding Zen masters