1970, ISBN: 0691017700

[EAN: 9780691017709], [PU: Princeton NJ. 1973. Princeton Univ. Press / Bollingen series #64.], large, grey, black, white & red photo illustrated trade paperback 8vo. underlined copy in go… More...

[EAN: 9780691017709], [PU: Princeton NJ. 1973. Princeton Univ. Press / Bollingen series #64.], large, grey, black, white & red photo illustrated trade paperback 8vo. underlined copy in good cond. binding square & tight. spine has reading creases. rear cover has spots & small corner crease at top. old bookstore ink stamp on front flyleaf. approximately 15 pages with ink underlining. good reading or study copy. no library markings, no names, no remainder markings. third printing. illustrated frontis. & title pg. xxii+478p. 5 appendices. biblio. index. 64 glossy b&w plates. 4 additional folding plates. religion. philosophy. buddhism. history of japan. japanese buddhism. medieval literature. meditation. art history. confucianism. the samurai. zen and swordsmanship. the art of tea. rikyu and other tea men. zen and haiku. vimalakirti sutra. no theatre. chuang tzu. japanese painting. japanese poetry. amitabha. basho. ashikaga period. buddha. ch'i. taoism. emptiness. dhyana. blue rock collection. kamakura era. kyoto. lao tzu. japanese mysticism. nichren. nagarjuna. prajnaparamita sutras. pure land. rinzai school. soto school. saddharmapundarika sutra. shin school. shingon. bodhidharma. takuan. tendai school. tokugawa shogunate. psychic training. unconscious. ~After briefly explaining what Zen is, Mr. Suzuki considers in detail various aspects of Japanese art and life that this Buddhist discipline has influenced: the cult of swordsmanship, the tea ceremony, the haiku form of poetry, and the Japanese love of nature. Other essays are devoted to the relationship of Zen and Confucianism, to the role of Zen in the tradition of the Samurai, and to Japanese art. With bibliography, index, and sixty~nine illustrations. DAISETZ TEITARO SUZUKI, Japan's foremost authority on Zen Buddhism and author of over one hundred works on the subject, died in Tokyo in 1966 at the age of 95. He began his career as a teacher of English, and he was trained as a Buddhist disciple in the great Zen monastery at Kamakura. From 1897 to 1908 he worked in the United States as an editor and translator; later he became a lecturer at Tokyo Imperial University. In 1911 he married Beatrice Erskine Lane, and together they founded and edited The Eastern Buddhist, a journal published in English at Kyoto. He visited the West infrequently, but in 1950, at 80, he returned to the United States and spent most of the decade leaching. lecturing. and writing, particularly at Columbia, Harvard, the University of Mexico, and the Eranos conferences in Switzerland. Having returned to Japan at 90 Suzuki made a four~week tour of India as a State guest, and at 94 he revisited New York. where he discussed Zen with Fr. Thomas Merton, and then hc attended the East~West Philosophers' Conference in Honolulu. Others he befriended and influenced included C. G. Jung. Erich Fromm. Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers, Arnold Toynbee, Gabriel Marcel, and Herbert Read, who wrote of Suzuki. "he combined the innocence of a child with the holiness of a saint.", Books<

ISBN: 9780691017709

One of the leading twentieth-century works on Zen, this book is a valuable source for those wishing to understand Zen concepts in the context of Japanese life and art. In simple, often po… More...

One of the leading twentieth-century works on Zen, this book is a valuable source for those wishing to understand Zen concepts in the context of Japanese life and art. In simple, often poetic, language, Daisetz Suzuki describes what Zen is, how it evolved, and how its emphasis on primitive simplicity and self-effacement have helped to shape an aesthetics found throughout Japanese culture. He explores the surprising role of Zen in the philosophy of the samurai, and subtly portrays the relationship between Zen and swordsmanship, haiku, tea ceremonies, and the Japanese love of nature. Suzuki's contemplative discussion is enhanced by anecdotes, poetry, and illustrations showing silk screens, calligraphy, and examples of architecture. Media > Book, [PU: Princeton University Press]<