I’ve said this many times before: In doing zazen, there must be an aim. It’s not a matter of just saying, “Oh, it just can’t be explained in words.” We must explain it in words as clearly as we can. We have to appeal to people’s intellectual or rational capacities and explain as much as possible what can be said in words. We must explain until we just can’t explain any further.
I realize that I’m one of the only people speaking like this. The reason I say we have to say it in words as best we can is because there are just way too many charlatans in Asia, especially in Japan. There are too many people with a smug face, implying that they’re already fully enlightened and telling others that Buddhism/zazen/enlightenment just can’t be explained in words. It is my vow to peel the skin right off the smug faces of those charlatans.
Rosi Kōshō Uchiyama
The Roots of Goodness: Zen Master Dogen’s Teaching on the Eight Qualities of a Great Person