Death Was His Koan: The Samurai-Zen of Suzuki Shosan (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture) ebook

The Samurai Zen of Suzuki Shōsan.

The Samurai Zen of Suzuki Shōsan. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1986. An early Tokugawa samurai turned maverick Zen monk, Suzuki Shōsan (1579–1655) is one of Japanese Buddhism’s most neglected yet most colorful figures. Though this fascinating man–—part fanatic, part saint–—founded no sect and only left a small group of disciples behind him when he died, he has been called the reviver of Buddhism in modern times. The bluntness of his words is accompanied by a sincerity in his desire to see people move toward a state of enlightenment. Though this fascinating man—part fanatic, part saint—founded no sect and only left a small group of disciples behind him when he died, he has been called the reviver of Buddhism in modern times.

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Death Was His Koan book. Death Was His Koan: The Samurai Zen of Suzuki Shosan. Biography and views of Shosan (1579-1655), a samurai turned Zen Buddhist monk, by a noted scholar.

Suzuki Shōsan on Christianity, 1642

Suzuki Shōsan on Christianity, 1642. Suzuki Shosan was a Japanese samurai, and originator of what came to be known as Ferocious Zen, which advocated action and courage rather than contemplation. He wrote this attack on Christian teachings in 1642, shortly after Christianity had been banned in Japan as part of the effort to remove all foreign influences. Suzuki Shosan is among the most dramatic personalities in the history of Zen. A samurai who served under the Shogan in the 17th century, he became a Zen monk at age 41 and evolved a highly original teaching style imbued with the warrior spirit.

Death Was His Koan : Samurai Zen of Suzuki Shosan. Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture. By (author) Winston L. King. We can notify you when this item is back in stock.

Death Was His Koan : The Samurai-Zen of Suzuki Shosan. Biography and views of Shosan (1579-1655), a samurai turned Zen Buddhist monk, by a noted scholar should be required reading for students of Japanese religion in the early modern period. a systematic and thorough study.

Buddhist-Christian Studies 8:209 (1988). Similar books and articles. The Taming of the Samurai Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan. Zen and Japanese Culture. This article has no associated abstract. The Art of the Samurai: Yamamoto Tsunetomo's Hagakure. Daisetz T. Suzuki & Richard M. Jaffe - 1959 - Princeton University Press. Added to PP index 2018-04-19.

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