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Zen for Americans: Including the "Sutra of Forty-two Chapters" (Open Court Paperback) - Softcover

Shaku, Soyen

 
9780875482736: Zen for Americans: Including the "Sutra of Forty-two Chapters" (Open Court Paperback)

Synopsis

Reprint of the 1913 ed. published by Open Court Pub. Co. under title: Sermons of a Buddhist abbot.

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About the Author

SOYEN SHAKU (1895-1919), a Japanese Zen monk, gave lectures on Buddhism in the United States in 1905 and 1906. D. T. SUZUKI (1870-1966) was a Buddhist scholar and a philosopher of religion who was instrumental in spreading Zen in the West. TAITETSU UNNO teaches Buddhism and Japanese religion at Smith College.

Synopsis

In lectures delivered during 1905 and 1906, the Japanese mentor explains basic Buddhist concepts of God, faith, law, war, and other universal human concerns.

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