| Selected Works of D.T. Suzuki, Volume II: Pure Land Contributor(s): Suzuki, Daisetsu Teitaro (Author), Dobbins, James C. (Editor), Jaffe, Richard M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520268938 ISBN-13: 9780520268937 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Asian - General - Religion | Buddhism - Sacred Writings - Philosophy | Zen |
| Dewey: 294.392 |
| LCCN: 2014012088 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 second volume of Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki brings together Suzuki's writings on Pure Land Buddhism. At the center of the Pure Land tradition is the Buddha Amida and his miraculous realm known as paradise or "the land of bliss," where sentient beings should aspire to be born in their next life and where liberation and enlightenment are assured. Suzuki, by highlighting certain themes in Pure Land Buddhism and deemphasizing others, shifted its focus from a future, otherworldly goal to religious experience in the present, wherein one realizes the nonduality between the Buddha and oneself and between paradise and this world. An introduction by James C. Dobbins analyzes Suzuki's cogent, distinctive, and thought-provoking interpretations, which helped stimulate new understandings of Pure Land Buddhism quite different from traditional doctrine. |
