D. T. Suzuki
1870–1965 · Hondamachi
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Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki , was a Japanese essayist, philosopher, religious scholar, and translator. He was an authority on Buddhism, especially Zen and Shin, and was instrumental in
Biography
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki , was a Japanese essayist, philosopher, religious scholar, and translator. He was an authority on Buddhism, especially Zen and Shin, and was instrumental in spreading interest in these to the West. He was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Sanskrit literature. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities and devoted many years to a professorship at Ōtani University, a Japanese university of the Ōtani School of Jōdo Shinshū.
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Lineage & relations
Teachers
Takeda Mokurai
Teacher
Soyen Shaku
Teacher
Bibliography
- Suzuki Daisetsu zoku Zen senshu1964 · Shunjusha
- An Introduction to Zen Buddhism1964 · Grove Press
- Zen Buddhism & psychoanalysis1960 · Tōkyō Sōgensha
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