"Suzuki's works on Zen Buddhism are among the best contributions to the knowledge of living Buddhism...We cannot be sufficiently grateful to the author, first for the fact of his having brought Zen closed to the Western understanding, and secondly for the manner in which he has achieved his task."

Manual of Zen Buddhism

Religion & Spirituality

SUZUKI, D.T.

Buddhism

Ballantine Books

Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist (Routledge Classics)

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 to John Cage. In Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist Suzuki compares the teachings of the great Christian mystic Meister Eckhart with the spiritual wisdom of Shin and Zen Buddhism. By juxtaposing cultures that seem to be radically opposed, Suzuki raises one of the fundamental questions of human experience: at the limits of our understanding is there an experience that is universal to all humanity? Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist is a book that challenges and inspires; it will benefit readers of all religions who seek to understand something of the nature of spiritual life.

Routledge

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 to John Cage. In Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist Suzuki compares the teachings of the great Christian mystic Meister Eckhart with the spiritual wisdom of Shin and Zen Buddhism. By juxtaposing cultures that seem to be radically opposed, Suzuki raises one of the fundamental questions of human experience: at the limits of our understanding is there an experience that is universal to all humanity? Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist is a book that challenges and inspires; it will benefit readers of all religions who seek to understand something of the nature of spiritual life.

History

World

A text of basic importance, the Mahayana Buddhist Lankavatara Sutra (c. 400 AD) contains the fundamental principles of Mahayana and is famous for its exposition of the Mind-only doctrine of Vijnana-vada. Accompanied by elaborate notes and critical apparatus, Suzuki's translation is the definitive English version of this intricate Sanskrit text.

Lankavatara Sutra (Kegan Paul Library of Religion and Mysticism)

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Bedfor, United Kingdom: Kegan Paul Intl

An inspiration to the likes of Thomas Merton, Aldous Huxley, John Cage, Jack Kerouac, and more, D. T. Suzuki was the single greatest ambassador of Zen Buddhism to the West. In this seminal anthology, a perfect sourcebook for the student of Zen, Suzuki collects the famous sutras, or sermons, of the Buddha, the gathas, or hymns, the intriguing philosophical puzzles known as koan, and the dharanis, or invocations to expel evil spirits. Included also are the recorded conversations of the great Buddhist monksintimate dialogues on the subjects of momentous importance. In addition to the written selections, all of them translated by Dr. Suzuki, there are reproductions of many Buddhist drawings and paintings, including religious statues found in Zen temples, each with an explanation of its significance, and the great series of allegorical paintings The Ten Oxherding Pictures.”

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

GROVE PRESS

Included in this volume are Suzuki’s famous study Enlightenment and Ignorance,” a chapter on Practical Methods of Zen Instruction,” the essays On Satori The Revelation of a New Truth in Zen Buddhism” and History of Zen Buddhism from Bodhidharma to Hui-NÍng (Yeno),” and his commentary on The Ten Cow-herding Pictures” which have long been used in Zen to illustrate the stages of spiritual progress.

Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series

Philosophy

Swedenborg: Buddha of the North (Swedenborg Studies, 5)

"…important for anyone who is concerned with inter-religious dialogue and the meaning of… visionary mysticism." --The Reader's Review This first complete English translation of two works by Zen scholar D.T. Suzuki introduces Emanuel Swedenborg and compares Swedenborgian thought to Buddhism. The first work stresses Swedenborg's message that true spirituality demands an engagement in this world; the second compares Swedenborg's description of heaven to the paradise of Pure Land Buddhism.

Swedenborg: Buddha of the North (SWEDENBORG STUDIES)

Swedenborg Foundation Publishers

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

This reissued introduction presents the nature, technique and practice of Zen. A Japanese Zen master, Dr Suzuki taught regularly in the USA and Europe.

Blurb

From one of the most influential books ever written on Zen Buddhism: A fascinating study of this ancient discipline.One of the leading twentieth-century works on Zen, D.T. Suzuki's Zen and Japanese Culture is an invaluable source for those wishing to understand Zen concepts in the context of Japanese life and art. What is Zen offers a general introduction to the concepts and philosophy of Zen, including Mr. Suzuki's observations of its effects on Japanese art culture, and his explorations of Zen and the study of Confucianism. In simple, often poetic language, enhanced by anecdotes and poetry, D.T. Suzuki describes what Zen is, how it evolved, and how its emphasis on primitive simplicity and self-effacement have helped to shape an aesthetics found throughout Japanese culture.

What is Zen

MacMillan Audio

One of the leading twentieth-century works on Zen, D.T. Suzuki's Zen and Japanese Culture is an invaluable source for those wishing to understand Zen concepts in the context of Japanese life and art. Zen and the Love of Nature takes us on a captivating journey from a single lotus flower to a rippling brook to the grandeur of Mount Fuji, giving us a Zen perspective of the joy and beauty of our world, of Nature as our constant friend and companion, and of the love of Nature that is the predominant note in the Japanese character. In simple, often poetic language, extensively enhanced by anecdotes and poetry, D.T. Suzuki guides us to a new appreciation and understanding of the joy, wonder and beauty of the world around us--leading us to a new freedom and emancipation from the pressures and demands of our daily life.

Zen and the Love of Nature

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Manual of Zen Buddhism

Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist (Routledge Classics)

Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist (Routledge Classics)

Lankavatara Sutra (Kegan Paul Library of Religion and Mysticism)

Manual of Zen Buddhism

Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series

Swedenborg: Buddha of the North (SWEDENBORG STUDIES)

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

What is Zen

Zen and the Love of Nature