Teitaro suzuki biography of christopher
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The Great Suzuki
Teitaro Suzuki was born on this day in 1870. He was born into a Samurai family, his father a physician. His father’s death plunged the family into penury. The questions that rise out of seeing the vagaries of life drove him into a deep spiritual quest.
He entered the University of Tokyo studying classical Buddhist languages while at the same time beginning to sit at Engakuji Rinzai Zen temple. He became the student of the master there, Imakita Kosen, under whom he had his first experiences of kensho.
Later, when Soyen Shaku, Kosen Roshi’s successor as the master of Engakuji was in America for the World Parliament of Religions he became friends with the publisher and scholar Paul Carus. Carus asked the roshi if he would stay and help him with translating and publishing Zen Buddhist texts into English. Shaku Roshi declined, but recommended his lay student Daisetsu (his dharma name, meaning “great humility,” possibly was aspirational) Teitaro Suzuki.
With that Su
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Teitaro suzuki biography of christopher
Japanese Zen scholar (1870–1966)
D. Teitaro suzuki biography of christopherT. Suzuki | |
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| Born | (1870-10-18)18 October 1870 Honda-machi, Kanazawa, Japan |
| Died | 12 July 1966(1966-07-12) (aged 95) Kamakura, Japan |
| Occupation | University professor, författare av essäer, philosopher, religious scholar, translator, writer |
| Notable awards | National Medal of Culture |
Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (鈴木 大拙 貞太郎, Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō, 18 October 1870 – 12 July 1966[1]), self-rendered in 1894 as "Daisetz",[2] 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 (an
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D. T. Suzuki in English
鈴木 大拙 貞太郎 Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō (1870-1966)
[Suzuki Daisetz Teitaro; D. T. Suzuki]
D. T. Suzuki: A zen mezején > DOC > PDF
Eredeti címe: The Field of Zen
Originally published by The Buddhist Society, London in 1969
Fordította: Rafalszky Katalin (A Zen területe címmel)
Színjátszó Központ módszertani sorozata
Szerkeszti: Bucz Hunor
Felelős kiadó: Bálint Judit, az Ady Művelődési Központ igazgatója
Készült: Budapesten, 1982 novemberében, 60 példányban
Elektronikus kiadás: A zen mezején, Terebess Ázsia E-Tár, 2003
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A szerkesztő előszava
Dr. D. T. Suzuki
A The Times 1966. július 13-i számában megjelent nekrológ1. Régi emlékek
(A Buddhist Society fennállásának 40. évfordulójára - 1964 novemberében)2. Buddha és Zen
(előadás a Manchester College Oxfordban, 1953 júniusában)3. A Satori je