Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki was a remarkable man. Throughout his long
life he worked untiringly to bring the message of Zen, and Buddhism
in general, to the West, and his reputation as a scholar and gifted
teacher was internationally recognized.
Above and beyond his scholarship, however, Suzuki touched in some
special way everyone who met him. He embodied the
"satori"--awakening--that he had experienced while still a young
man studying with his own Zen master; his simplicity in the midst
of complexity and his utter lack of intellectual snobbery combined
to create an extraordinary impression of warmth, yet quiet
authority. And indeed, he touched the lives of many--from
theologians and philosophers to psychologists, poets, musicians,
and artists the world over; thinkers as diverse as Thomas Merton,
Paul Tillich, Carl Jung, Erich Fromm, Dr. Hu Shi, Allen Ginsberg,
and Bernard Leach--to name a few.
"A Zen Life: D. T. Suzuki Remembered """is a heartfelt tribute to
this man. A very personal collection of essays, it provides an
intimate view of what Suzuki meant to those who knew him. In the
present volume Masao Abe, in collaboration with photographer
Francis Haar, brings together some of the many accolades paid to
Dr. Suzuki after his death in 1966. Several contributions were
written especially for this volume, or appear here for the first
time in English; these include the reminiscences of Mihoko Okamura,
Suzuki's assistant and traveling companion for many years, as well
as autobiographical essays of great interest by Suzuki. Most
important, all the pieces, old and new, are now available in this
volume for the broader reading public Suzuki deserves.
In all the contributions one thing shines through--the sheer
presence of D. T. Suzuki. Francis Haar's sensitive photographic
portraits, counterpoised to the text, make this book one to
treasure if you are already acquainted with Suzuki's life and work
and a wonderful place to start, if you are not.
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