D.T. Suzuki

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October 18, 1870 in Japan

died

July 22, 1966

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male

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Philosophy, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality

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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities, and devoted many years to a professorship in a Japanese Buddhist university, Otani.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 3,271 ratings · 200 reviews · 73 distinct works

	An Introduction to Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki, C.G. Jung (Foreword by), Carl Jung (Foreword) 3.91 avg rating — 694 ratings — published 1934 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings by D.T. Suzuki, William Barrett (editor) 4.03 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 1956 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Manual of Zen Buddhism 3.80 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1934 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Zen and Japanese Culture 4.01 avg rating — 137 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series by D.T. Suzuki, Christmas Humphreys (Foreword) 4.16 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1925 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Zen Doctrine of No Mind: The Significance of the Sutra of Hui-Neng by D.T. Suzuki, Christmas Humphreys (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Lankavatara Sutra: A Mahayana Text by D.T. Suzuki, Moti Lal Pandit 4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1978 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Awakening of Zen 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Living by Zen: A Synthesis of the Historical & Practical Aspects of Zen Buddhism 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1972 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Buddha of Infinite Light 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.”
― D.T. Suzuki

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“Who would then deny that when I am sipping tea in my tearoom I am swallowing the whole universe with it and that this very moment of my lifting the bowl to my lips is eternity itself transcending time and space?”
― D.T. Suzuki, Zen and Japanese Culture

tags: tea , transcendence , universe , zen

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“The truth of Zen, just a little bit of it, is what turns one's humdrum life, a life of monotonous, uninspiring commonplaceness, into one of art, full of genuine inner creativity.”
― D.T. Suzuki

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