Author : Daisetz Taitaro Suzuki
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ISBN 13 : 9780991136025
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis Friday Night Talks with D.T. Suzuki by : Daisetz Taitaro Suzuki
Download or read book Friday Night Talks with D.T. Suzuki written by Daisetz Taitaro Suzuki and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shin Buddhism is the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan, yet it is little understood in the West. Derived from the writings and teachings of Shinran (1173-1263), its focus is Amida Buddha's vow of wisdom and compassion as a way of liberation for all people, regardless of age, class, gender, or life circumstances.D. T. Suzuki (1870-1966), recognized as a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to Western culture, explores the concepts of Shin in Friday Night Talks with D. T. Suzuki: On Shin Buddhism, Shinran, and Saichi. This new publication includes and expands upon Suzuki's classic book Shin Buddhism, which was based on a series of Friday night talks he gave at the American Buddhist Academy in New York in 1952. It opens with a new, revised edition of the original text, then presents three additional essays by D. T. Suzuki and an extensive review by a Japanese scholar written the year after the book's release. The new material in Friday Night Talks with D. T. Suzuki includes a transcription of the keynote speech, "The Spirit of Shinran Shonin," actually delivered in 1955 in New York at the unveiling ceremony of the bronze Shinran statue that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. There is a new, unadulterated transcription of his essay, "What is Shin Buddhism?" Also included is "My Perspective on Shin," a special lecture given by Suzuki at ?tani University in Kyoto a few days before his ninety-second birthday. Finally, "A Rambling Review of Shin Buddhism," by Ry?koku University professor emeritus Ry?ky? Fujimoto is an added component to this volume.Friday Night Talks with D. T. Suzuki gives special attention to the essay "What is Shin Buddhism?", previously published in 1972, several years after Suzuki's death. The new version is transcribed from a 1956 tape recording of the talk and is true to the original. It contains several poems by the famous Shin Buddhist devotee Saichi, not to be found elsewhere in Suzuki's writings. Critical notes to the essay and new translations of the Saichi poems are also appended.