What is zen?

A commonly asked question, by both non-practitioners and practitioners alike! In this short talk, Daizan Roshi explains simply and lucidly what Zen is. When you come to practice Zen you can find a source of happiness that nobody can give you and nobody can take away, independent of your situation or conditions. Over many years of strict training, in Japan and the west, Julian Daizan Skinner Roshi received Dharma Transmission and permission to teach in both the Rinzai and Soto lineages of Zen. He now teaches at the Yugagyo Dojo in London, UK. For more information see Transcription/subtitles kindly done by Laura Shinsei Cecil.