Project Gutenberg 2023-07-10 Public domain in the USA. 984 Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro 1870 1966 Suzuki, D. T. (Daisetz Teitaro) 鈴木大拙貞太郎 Lingmu, Dazhuo Essays in Zen Buddhism : $b First series $aUnited Kingdom :$bLuzac and Company, $c1927. Introduction -- Zen as the Chinese interpretation of the doctrine of enlightenment -- Enlightenment and ignorance -- History of Zen Buddhism in China, from Bodhi-dharma to the sixth patriarch (Hui-nêng) -- Satori -- Practical methods of Zen instruction -- The meditation hall and the ideals of Zen life -- The ten cow-herding pictures -- Appendix: Chinese notes. Anonymous "Essays in Zen Buddhism: First Series" by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki is a collection of philosophical essays written in the early 20th century. The work serves as an exploration of Zen Buddhism, focusing on its development, principles, and practices while making it accessible to a Western audience. It covers key concepts such as enlightenment, meditation, and the relationship between Zen and traditional Buddhist teachings. The opening of the book provides a preface where Suzuki discusses the fundamental nature of Zen, describing it as an art of understanding one's own being and a means to achieve freedom from suffering. He emphasizes that Zen transcends intellectual reasoning and instead relies on direct personal experience to grasp its truths. Suzuki acknowledges the challenges of studying Zen, both from a scholarly and a practical perspective, while expressing his hope that his insights may help illuminate Zen's significance and relevance in modern life. This introduction effectively sets the stage for a deeper exploration of Zen in the subsequent essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015001526584&view=1up&seq=7 20230105122103suzuki 1927 GB Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Zen Buddhism BQ Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 1110673 2025-07-28T08:04:14.866599 text/html 1074960 2023-07-09T23:31:09 text/html 2692921 2025-07-28T08:04:33.414498 application/epub+zip 2704737 2025-07-28T08:04:20.339608 application/epub+zip 469142 2025-07-28T08:04:18.219584 application/epub+zip 3007012 2025-07-28T08:04:41.966471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2943272 2025-07-28T08:04:31.547520 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 895306 2025-07-28T08:04:12.326609 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 895051 2023-07-09T23:31:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18702 2025-07-28T08:04:42.135460 application/rdf+xml 8683 2025-07-28T08:04:18.622577 image/jpeg 1990 2025-07-28T08:04:18.427589 image/jpeg 339610 2023-07-09T23:31:11 application/octet-stream application/zip 2421664 2023-07-09T23:31:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 2473576 2025-07-28T08:04:14.992615 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia ja.wikipedia