Suzuki, Shunryu
1904-1971 67 years
Japanese:
鈴木 俊隆
1904-1971 67 years
Japanese:
鈴木 俊隆
Japanese Soto Zen priest who relocated to
America
helped create the San Fransisco Zen Center in
the 1960's
married 2x, children
America
helped create the San Fransisco Zen Center in
the 1960's
married 2x, children
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| Osho, Shunryo Suzuki, one of the first Zen masters to live and teach in the West, was once asked why he never spoke much about satori, enlightenment. The master laughed and answered, "The reason I do not talk about satori is because I have never had it." Could you please comment. David Hey, Zen in the West is in a very strange context. The master you are talking about, Shunryo Suzuki, must have felt immense difficulty to express himself, because Zen has a language of its own. It has a climate different from any other climate that exists on the earth. To bring Zen to any country is a difficult task. One has to be ready to be misunderstood. Suzuki's statement seems to be clear, and anybody who will read it will not have any difficulty to understand it. But whatever he will understand will be wrong... --Osho The Invitation, ch. 2 |