Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist (Routledge Classics) 2nd Edition, Kindle Edition
by D.T. Suzuki (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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If the Western world knows anything about Zen Buddhism, it is down to the efforts of one remarkable man, D.T. Suzuki. The twenty-seven year-old Japanese scholar first visited the West in 1897, and over the course of the next seventy years became the world's leading authority on Zen. His radical and penetrating insights earned him many disciples, from Carl Jung to Allen Ginsberg, from Thomas Merton to John Cage. In Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist Suzuki compares the teachings of the great Christian mystic Meister Eckhart with the spiritual wisdom of Shin and Zen Buddhism. By juxtaposing cultures that seem to be radically opposed, Suzuki raises one of the fundamental questions of human experience: at the limits of our understanding is there an experience that is universal to all humanity? Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist is a book that challenges and inspires; it will benefit readers of all religions who seek to understand something of the nature of spiritual life.
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'Read the books of D.T. Suzuki.' - Jack Kerouac --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
About the Author
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966). The most influential Zen teacher of modern times, credited with bringing Zen to millions outside the Far East. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Publisher : Routledge; 2nd edition (October 24, 2018)
Publication date : October 24, 2018
Language : English
File size : 335 KB
Print length : 204 pages
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Benjamin Smith
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I'd hopedReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2008
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I was rather disappointed with this book, for a number of reasons.
Firstly, it is rather partisan. The treatment of Christianity really does betray a very superficial knowledge of it on the part of the author. He is prone to massive generalisations about the "East" and the "West" (Buddhism and Christianity), which are both hard to understand (because they're so broad) and condescending in tone. For the most part (not quite all of the time), Christian authors and doctrines are mentioned only in order to agree with them insofar as Suzuki thinks they are in line with Buddhism, and then to disagree with them insofar as they differ. While this sort of comparative exercise is definitely interesting, it was not as deep or as open-minded as I would have hoped (and I say this as someone who considers themselves to be a Buddhist).
Secondly - and this is a connected point - I felt that the book was far too rambly in style. I appreciate that it was not intended to be an academic work, but I don't think not being academic should give the author license to just ramble on inchoately. Zen is not academic, but the words of the Masters are not rambling but on the contrary, they are sharp.
However, saying all that the book does get 3 stars because the subject matter is so interesting, and because Dr. Suzuki evidently does have a very good knowledge of Zen Buddhism.
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