Suzuki, D.T.
1870-1966 97 years
1870-1966 97 years
aka: Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Daisetsu
Japanese:
鈴木 大拙
Japanese scholar, writer, translator, Buddhist,...
major influence on introducing Zen to the western
world
born Japan
4th son of a physician, Samurai class
father died, Samurai prestige died out, and family
was fairly poor then.
his name "Daisetz" was given to him by a Zen
master.
lived in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) for 3 years, studied Pali,
Chinese, Sanskrit
translator of Asian religious texts to English, many
Zen and Buddhist introductory books.
ghost-writer
traveled to Europe, US
married Beatrice Lane, American theosophist,
Radcliffe grad., 1911
professor in Japan and US (Columbia Univ.)
Japanese:
鈴木 大拙
Japanese scholar, writer, translator, Buddhist,...
major influence on introducing Zen to the western
world
born Japan
4th son of a physician, Samurai class
father died, Samurai prestige died out, and family
was fairly poor then.
his name "Daisetz" was given to him by a Zen
master.
lived in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) for 3 years, studied Pali,
Chinese, Sanskrit
translator of Asian religious texts to English, many
Zen and Buddhist introductory books.
ghost-writer
traveled to Europe, US
married Beatrice Lane, American theosophist,
Radcliffe grad., 1911
professor in Japan and US (Columbia Univ.)
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asked by a student at a lecture once, “When you use the word ‘reality,’ are you referring to the relative reality of the physical world, or to the Absolute Reality of the spiritual world?” Saying nothing, Suzuki closed his eyes. “Doing a Suzuki” the students called it, for at such times it could not be known whether he was profoundly meditating or had just fallen asleep. After a full minute, that seemed very much longer, Suzuki opened his eyes and said, “Yes.” --Osho The Revolution, ch. 1 |