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One of the world’s leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and was most instrumental in bringing the teachings of Zen Buddhism to the attention of the Western world. Written in a lively, accessible, and straightforward manner, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism is illuminating for the serious student and layperson alike. Suzuki provides a complete vision of Zen, which emphasizes self-understa... (show more)
One of the world’s leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and was most instrumental in bringing the teachings of Zen Buddhism to the attention of the Western world. Written in a lively, accessible, and straightforward manner, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism is illuminating for the serious student and layperson alike. Suzuki provides a complete vision of Zen, which emphasizes self-understanding and enlightenment through many systems of philosophy, psychology, and ethics. With a foreword by the renowned psychiatrist Dr. Carl Jung, this volume has been generally acknowledged a classic introduction to the subject for many years. It provides, along with Suzuki’s Essays and Manual of Zen Buddhism, a framework for living a balanced and fulfilled existence through Zen. (show less)
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A book which changed my life and there aren't many in such a short lived time. One must have an inclination towrads buddhism, instictively that is in order to capture the marvel and the illumination first-hand... otherwise, chances are that the bokk and its content will remain obscure at best... it's not per chance that buddhism attracts intellectual subjects and skeptics and doubters... it is not (buddhism) a solution in itself and the book really tries hard to convey not only what buddhism... (show more)
A book which changed my life and there aren't many in such a short lived time. One must have an inclination towrads buddhism, instictively that is in order to capture the marvel and the illumination first-hand... otherwise, chances are that the bokk and its content will remain obscure at best... it's not per chance that buddhism attracts intellectual subjects and skeptics and doubters... it is not (buddhism) a solution in itself and the book really tries hard to convey not only what buddhism is about... but what ultimately buddhism is... and since it is not alike any defintion we find in the dictionnary... ot will remain somewhat incomprehensible to a mind which has not made the attempt to comprehend... if there is such thing as comprehension in buddhism... a world , a space where comprehension means as little as we westerners define it... but relies so much on the clash of contradictions... I feel that people who have relied for instance on the hegelian principle of dialectics will have an easier time understanding the amazing and vast clout of what is more than a religion and more than a philosophy, in the end it is neither...but one
needs grips in order to attend the sphere of the known clouded in the unknown, released by its own contradiction. (show less)Already read
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I can see why it's a classic.
"If the book serves as a sort of introduction to Zen Buddhism, and leads the reader up to the study of my other works, the object is attained. No claim is made here for a scholarly treatment of the subject matter. The companion book, Manual of Zen Buddhism, is recommended to be used with this Introduction." D.T.S.
Wish I had that Manual....
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