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Essays in Zen Buddhism, Second Series book. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. In this book the chief stress has been placed.In several of the chapters ofEssays in Zen Buddhism(Second Series), Suzuki expanded on his interpretation of the nature of koan and koan practice. During the period he was composing the essays for the volume, Suzuki was well aware of the revolution that was occurring in Zen historical studies, as scholars in China, Europe, and Japan became increasingly aware of Buddhist texts that had been.Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis, Erich Fromm, D. T. Suzuki, and De Martino. Approximately one third of this book is a long discussion by Suzuki that gives a Buddhist analysis of the mind, its levels, and the methodology of extending awareness beyond the merely discursive level of thought.
EDITOR'S FOREWORD TO SECOND EDITION. Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, D.Litt., Professor of Buddhist Philosophy in the Otani University, Kyoto, was born in 1870. He is probably now the greatest living authority on Buddhist philosophy, and is certainly the greatest authority on Zen Buddhism.Second Series to discuss fully the subject of 'koan'.1 In fact, the koan system has effected a special development in Zen Buddhism, and is a unique contribution Zen has made to the history of the religious consciousness. When the importance of the koan is understood, we may say that more than the half of Zen is understood.
Essays in Zen Buddhism, Second Series by D.T. Suzuki 4.30 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1933 — 8 editions.
