Essays in Zen Buddhism (The Complete Works of D. T. Suzuki)
Contributors: Christmas Humphreys (Editor)
Publisher: Rider & Co
Published: July 1970
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780090484317
First sentence: BEFORE I proceed to the discussion of the main idea of this essay, which is to consider Zen the Chinese way of applying the doctrine of Enlightenment in our practical life, I wish to make some preliminary remarks concerning the attitude of some Zen critics and thereby to define the position of Zen in the general body of Buddhism.