In the foregoing pages I have given a brief sketch of Freudian psychoanalysis and its continuation in humanistic psychoanalysis. I have discussed man's existence and the question it poses; the nature of well-being defined as the overcoming of alienation and separateness; the specific method by which psychoanalysis tries to attain its goal, namely, the penetration of the unconscious. I have dealt with the question of what the nature of unconsciousness and of consciousness is; and what "knowing" and "awareness" mean in psychoanalysis; finally, I have discussed the role of the analyst in the process.
In order to prepare the ground for a discussion of the relationship between psychoanalysis and Zen, it seems as though I should have to give a systematic picture of Zen Buddhism. Fortunately, there is no need for such an attempt, since Dr. Suzuki's lectures in Studies in Zen (Unwin Paperbacks, 1986) (as well as his other writings) have precisely the aim of transmitting an understanding of the nature of Zen as far as it can be given at all in words. However, I must speak of those principles of Zen which have an immediate bearing on psychoanalysis.
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