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D.T. Suzuki

Born

in Honda-machi, Kanazawa, Japan

October 18, 1870

Died

July 12, 1966

Genre

Spirituality, Philosophy, Religion

Influences

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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (鈴木大拙貞太郎 Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō; rendered "Daisetz" after 1893) was Professor of Buddhist philosophies at Ōtani University. As a translator and writer on Buddhism and Eastern philosophy, he greatly helped to popularize Japanese Zen in the West. ...more

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	An Introduction to Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki, C.G. Jung (Foreword) 3.95 avg rating — 5,317 ratings — published 1934 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki by D.T. Suzuki, William Barrett (editor) 4.18 avg rating — 2,291 ratings — published 1956 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zen and Japanese Culture by D.T. Suzuki, 鈴木大拙 4.07 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 1938 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manual of Zen Buddhism 3.99 avg rating — 858 ratings — published 1934 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series by D.T. Suzuki, Christmas Humphreys (Foreword) 4.23 avg rating — 634 ratings — published 1925 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist 3.80 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1957 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zen Doctrine of No-Mind: The Significance of the Sūtra of Hui-Neng by D.T. Suzuki, Christmas Humphreys (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 1969 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lankavatara Sutra: A Mahayana Text by D.T. Suzuki, Moti Lal Pandit 4.29 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1932 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Awakening of Zen 3.89 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1968 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buddha of Infinite Light 3.82 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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

tags: emptiness, possibilities, space

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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?”
― Daisetz Teitaro 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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