Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to the non-Asian world. Many outside Japan encountered Buddhism for the first time through his writings and teaching, and for nearly a century his work and legacy have contributed to the ongoing religious and cultural interchange between Japan and the rest of the world, particularly the United States and Europe. This third volume of Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki brings together a diverse collection of Suzuki’s letters, essays, and lectures about non-Buddhist religions and his thoughts on their relation to Buddhism, as well as his reflections on the nature of religion itself. Some of these writings have been translated into English for the first time in this volume. As a long-term resident of the United States, a world traveler, and a voracious consumer of information about all forms of religion, Suzuki was one of the foremost Japanese mediators of Eastern and Western religious cultures for nearly seven decades. An introduction by Jeff Wilson and Tomoe Moriya analyzes Suzuki’s frequent encounters with texts and practitioners of many religions, considers how events in Suzuki’s lifetime affected his interpretations of Christianity, Shinto, and other traditions, and demonstrates that his legacy as a scholar extends well beyond Buddhism. CONTENTS Introduction Editorial Note 1. A Recommendation for Quiet Sitting 2. Zen and Meditation 3. On Satori—The Revelation of a New Truth in Zen Buddhism 4. The Secret Message of Bodhidharma, or The Content of Zen Experience 5. Life of Prayer and Gratitude 6. Dogen, Hakuin, Bankei: Three Types of Thought in Japanese Zen 7. Unmon on Time 8. The Morning Glory 9. The Role of Nature in Zen Buddhism 10. The Awakening of a New Consciousness in Zen 11. The Koan and The Five Steps 12. Self the Unattainable 13. Zen and Psychiatry 14. Early Memories
CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Editorial Note 1. The Development of the Pure Land Doctrine in Buddhism 2. Zen and Jodo, Two Types of Buddhist Experience 3. Selection from The Koan Exercise 4. The Shin Sect of Buddhism 5. Selections from Japanese Spirituality 6. Sayings of a Modern Tariki Mystic 7. The Myokonin 8. From Saichi’s Journals 9. Infinite Light 10. The Spirit of Shinran Shonin
CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction by Jeff Wilson and Tomoe Moriya Editorial Note 1. Letter to Paul Carus (1896) 2. Selections from Shin shūkyō ron (A New Interpretation of Religion) 3. Letter to Paul Carus (1897) 4. Christianity in Japan 5. Confucius: A Study of His Character and History 6. Selection from A Brief History of Early Chinese Philosophy 7. Selections from Suedenborugu (Swedenborg) 8. Zen, the Spiritual Heritage of the East 9. A Contemporary Buddhist View of Shinto 10. Swedenborg’s View of Heaven and “Other-Power” 11. Selection from Ignorance and World Fellowship 12. Zen and the Study of Confucianism (Selection from Zen and Its Influence on Japanese Culture) 13. What Is Religion? 14. Selections from Japanese Spirituality 15. Tea-Room Meditations 16. Selections from Essays in Zen Buddhism (First Series) 17. The Predicament of Modern Man 18. The Analytic and Synthetic Approach to Buddhism 19. The Answer Is in the Question 20. The Hands 21. Letter to Mr. Tatsuguchi 22. Review of Meditation and Piety in the Far East 23. Selections from Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist 24. Love and Power 25. Letter to Thomas Merton 26. Wisdom in Emptiness 27. Open Letter to President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev 28. Buddhism and Other Religions 29. Religion and Drugs
