Daisetsu
Teitaro Suzuki (18701966) was one of the primary modern interpreters of
Zen for the West. He is the author of many books, among them
Manual of Zen Buddhism,
Essays
in Zen Buddhism,
and
Zen
in Japanese Culture.
This collection of essays and lectures by D. T. Suzuki (18701966) covers a wide range, from Mahayana Buddhism generally and the Zen school in particular, to Japanese art and culture, to the relationship between Zen Buddhism and Western psychology. Suzuki, whose work has had a profound and...
Shin is the uniquely Japanese flowering of the type of Buddhism known as "Pure Land." It originated in the thirteenth century with the charismatic and prophetic figure Shinran (11721263), whose interpretation of the traditional Pure Land teachings was extremely influential in his own lifetime...