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Manual of Zen Buddhism

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki

  • 192 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1935
  • 7 editions
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1 About this book

This book is written to inform the reader of various literary materials relating to Monastery life. It tells us about those edicts which Zen Monks read before Buddha in daily service in the different quarters of the institution.

Good for readers who want: philosophy, Buddhism, and travel writing.

  • Buddha and Buddhism
  • Philosophy
  • Religion & Spirituality
  • Buddhism
  • Zen Buddhism
  • Sacred books
  • Travel
  • Monks

2 About Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki

1870–1966

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (鈴木 大拙 貞太郎, Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō; 18 October 1870 – 12 July 1966), was a Japanese essayist, philosopher, religious scholar, and translator. He was an authority on Buddhism, especially Zen and Shin, and was instrumental in spreading interest in these (and in Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. He was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Sanskrit literature.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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