An Introduction to Zen Buddhism (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of An Introduction to Zen Buddhism Friday, August 7 2009.

• One of the world’s leading authorities on Zen Buddhism, D. T. Suzuki was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English, and was most instrumental in bringing the teachings of Zen Buddhism to the attention of the Western world. Written in a lively, accessible, and straightforward manner, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism is illuminating for the serious student and layperson alike. Suzuki provides a complete vision of Zen, which emphasizes self-understanding and enlightenment through many systems of philosophy, psychology, and ethics. With a foreword by the renowned psychiatrist Dr. Carl Jung, this volume has been generally acknowledged a classic introduction to the subject for many years. It provides, along with Suzuki’s Essays and Manual of Zen Buddhism, a framework for living a balanced and fulfilled existence through Zen.

Shelfari edited the contributors of An Introduction to Zen Buddhism Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Daisetz T. Suzuki: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Christmas Humphreys: (Primary None)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of An Introduction to Zen Buddhism Friday, July 17 2009.

• BUDDHISM in its course of development has completed a form which distinguishes itself from its so-called primitive or original type-so greatly, indeed, that we are justified in emphasizing its historical division into two schools, Hinayana and Mahayana, or the Lesser Vehicle and the Greater Vehicle of salvation.