208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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If the Western world knows anything about Zen Buddhism, it is down to the efforts of one remarkable man, D.T. Suzuki. The twenty-seven year-old Japanese scholar first visited the West in 1897, and over the course of the next seventy years became the world's leading authority on Zen. His radical and penetrating insights earned him many disciples, from Carl Jung to Allen Ginsberg, from Thomas Merton... Read more
Preface, 1 Meister Eckhart and Buddhism, 2 The Basis of Buddhist Philosophy, 3 ‘A Little Point’ and Satori, 4 Living in the Light of Eternity, 5 Transmigration, 6 Crucifixion and Enlightenment, 7 Kono-mama (‘I Am That I Am’), 8 Notes on ‘Namu-amida-butsu’, 9 Rennyo’s Letters, 10 From Saichi’s Journals, Notes
Biography
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966). The most influential Zen teacher of modern times, credited with bringing Zen to millions outside the Far East.
'Read the books of D.T. Suzuki.' - Jack Kerouac
