Peace And by what authority do you, Ed, and Anthony judge Mr Suzuki's writings. Are the writings here considerably more authentic?
Best wishes Zendervish --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> wrote: > > ED, > > DT Suzuki certainly is expressing below the results of a lot of discursive > thinking. > > I don't agree with all of the details of his quote below, but I do agree with > his central point - zen is the foundation of all. > > I consider DT Suzuki primarily a Buddhist scholar. Although he did study Zen > Buddhism he never received 'inca' (permission to teach) as a dharma successor > of any Zen master - that I know of. His books do address Buddhism and Zen > Buddhism from a intellectual, scholarly perspective so this quote doesn't > surprise me. > > He is not someone that I would look to or recommend as a great communicator > of zen. Buddhsim and maybe Zen Buddhism - yes; but just plain old zen - no. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi zendervish, Bill and All, > > > > DT Suzuki appears to be indulging in a lot of un-zenlike discursive > > thinking, no? > > > > --ED > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "salik888" <novelidea8@> wrote: > > > > > Greetings > > > > This little tidbit of Buddhist Modernism throws a loop around the > > experience of > > the integral source that Sufism likewise expresses. > > > > Zen is the ultimate fact of all philosophy and religion. Every > > intellectual > > effort must culminate in it, or rather must start from it, if it is to > > bear any > > practical fruits. Every religious faith must spring from it if it has to > > prove > > at all efficiently and livingly workable in our active life. Therefore > > Zen is > > not necessarily the fountain of Buddhist thought and life alone; it is > > very much > > alive also in Christianity, Mohammedanism, in Taoism, and even > > positivistic > > Confucianism. What makes all these religions and philosophies vital and > > inspiring, keeping up their usefulness and efficiency, is due to the > > presence in > > them of what I may designate as the Zen element. > > > > DT Suzuki > > > > zendervish > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
