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Zen Buddhism Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki

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ISBN-10: 038548349X

ISBN-13: 9780385483490

Edition: N/A

Authors: Daisetz T. Suzuki, William Barrett, Daisetz T. Suzuki

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No other figure in history has played a bigger part in opening the West to Buddhism than the eminent Zen author, D.T. Suzuki, and in this reissue of his best work readers are given the very heart of Zen teaching. Zen Buddhism, which sold more than 125,000 as an Anchor paperback after its publication in 1956, includes a basic historical background as well as a thorough overview of the techniques for Zen practice. Concepts and terminology such as satori, zazen, and koans, as well as the various elements of this philosophy are all given clear explanations. But while Suzuki takes nothing for granted in the reader's understanding of the fundamentals, he does not give a merely rudimentary…    
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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 7/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.19" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.748

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Introduction: Zen for the West
The Sense of Zen
Zen in Relation to Buddhism Generally
The History of Zen
Satori, or Enlightenment
Practical Methods of Zen Instruction
The Reason of Unreason: the Koan Exercise
The Zen Doctrine of No-Mind
The Role of Nature in Zen Buddhism
Existentialism, Pragmatism and Zen
Painting, Swordsmanship, Tea Ceremony