For a disciple of Suzuki-roshi, this book will be Suzuki-roshi’s mind — not his ordinary mind or personal mind, but his Zen mind, the mind of his teacher Gyokujun So-on-daiosho, the mind of Dogen-zenji, the mind of the entire succession — broken or unbroken, historical and mythical — of teachers, patriarchs, monks and laymen from Buddha’s time until today, and it will be the mind of Buddha himself, the mind of Zen practice.