Mysticism, Christian and BuddhistIn the first four essays in this collection, D. T. Suzuki reads Meister Eckhart with the eye of a master, pointing out where his understanding deeply coincides with that of Zen Buddhism. Next, he takes on a subject Christians often find difficult, the question of transmigration or reincarnation. Suzuki then compares the dimensionality of the crucifixion with that of enlightenment. In the later essays, Suzuki moves on to the Pure Land tradition of Buddhism, and in particular to the works of Rennyo (1415-1499) and the poetry of Asahara Saichi (1850-1932), for which he provides a rare translation. |
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... Japanese and wu chih chu in Chinese), meaning "not attached," "not clinging to." 17 Evans, with a little change, pp. 341-2. 18 Blakney, pp. 298-9. movement or work or of doing something. When we come to the Godhead, we for the first ...
... Japanese and wu chih chu in Chinese), meaning "not attached," "not clinging to." 17 Evans, with a little change, pp. 341-2. 18 Blakney, pp. 298-9. movement or work or of doing something. When we come to the Godhead, we for the first ...
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... a Chinese Zen textbook28 of the Sung dynasty of the eleventh century. The text is studied very much in Japan and some of the stories are used as kōan (problems given to Zen students for solution). Bodhidharma, who is.
... a Chinese Zen textbook28 of the Sung dynasty of the eleventh century. The text is studied very much in Japan and some of the stories are used as kōan (problems given to Zen students for solution). Bodhidharma, who is.
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... Japanese art critics declare that Oriental art consists in depicting spirit and not form. For they say that when the spirit is understood the form creates itself; the main thing is to get into the spirit of an object which the painter ...
... Japanese art critics declare that Oriental art consists in depicting spirit and not form. For they say that when the spirit is understood the form creates itself; the main thing is to get into the spirit of an object which the painter ...
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... Japanese, and guna in Sanskrit. This is where lies "the mystery of being," which is "the inexhaustibility of the Emptiness." The following story of Rakan Osho (Lohan Hoshang), of Shōshu, China, who lived in the ninth century, is given ...
... Japanese, and guna in Sanskrit. This is where lies "the mystery of being," which is "the inexhaustibility of the Emptiness." The following story of Rakan Osho (Lohan Hoshang), of Shōshu, China, who lived in the ninth century, is given ...
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