#daisetz teitaro suzuki

[nousrose]

Zen often compares the mind to a mirror free from stains. To be simple, therefore, according to zen, will be to keep this mirror always bright and pure and ready to reflect simply and absolutely whatever comes before it. The result will be to acknowledge a spade to be a spade and at the same time not to be a spade. To recognize the first only is a common-sense view, and there is no zen until the second is also admitted along with the first. The common sense view is flat and tame, whereas that of zen is always original and stimulating. Each time zen is asserted things get vitalized; there is an act of creation.

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

[dandanjean]

Artiste de la vie

Que signifie « artiste de la vie » ? Tout artiste, pour s’exprimer et manifester sous quelque forme que ce soit ses dons créateurs, a besoin d’instrument. Pour imprimer son idée dans la matière par exemple, le sculpteur a besoin d’argile, de pierre ou de bois, d’un ciseau ou d’un burin. Mais pour l’artiste de la vie, nul besoin de chercher hors de lui-même. Son être total – corps et esprit –…

[b4b31]

Finding peace and the purpose of life by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki:

Self-Realization:

“The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.”

“When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.”

Non-Attachment:

“The possession of anything begins in the mind.”

“The less you demand, the more you gain.”

Acceptance:

“The point of Zen in not to transcend the ego to destroy it, but to transcend it to include it.”

“When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.”

Present-Moment Awareness:

“The past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whatever form. Both are illusions.”

Compassion:

“A mind free from all disturbances is Yoga.”

“Compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is not a bending toward the underprivileged from a privileged position; it is not reaching out from on high to those who are less fortunate below; it is not a gesture of sympathy or pity for those who fail to make it in the upward scramble.”

The Purpose of Life:

“Life is not an isolated, disconnected affair. It has a purposefulness in which the individual has his share, not for himself alone but for the whole of human existence.”

“The meaning of life is found in the experience of living itself.”

[radical-revolution]

The Form of the Formless (from Hakuin's Song of Zazen)

by Hakuin

English version by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Original Language Japanese

When you understand that form is the form of the formless,

Your coming-and-going takes place nowhere else but where you are.

When you understand that thought is the thought of the thought-less.

Your singing-and-dancing is no other than the voice of the Dharma.

How boundless is the sky of Samadhi!

How refreshingly bright is the moon of the Fourfold Wisdom!

Being so is there anything you lack?

As the Absolute presents itself before you

The place where you stand is the Land of the Lotus,

And your person -- the body of the Buddha.

-- from Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series, by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Hakuin

Japan (1686 - 1768) Timeline

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

[pure-land]

Potresti trovare interessanti alcune opere che esplorano la filosofia e la pratica di questa tradizione buddista. Ecco alcune raccomandazioni:

"Jodo Shinshu: The True Essence of Pure Land Buddhism" di Taitetsu Unno - Questo libro offre una panoramica chiara e accessibile del Jodo Shinshu, spiegando i suoi principi fondamentali e la sua pratica.

"The Three Pure Land Sutras" - Questi sutra sono fondamentali per il Jodo Shinshu e possono fornire una comprensione profonda della dottrina. Ci sono diverse traduzioni e commentari disponibili.

"Shin Buddhism: A Practical Guide" di Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki - Anche se non esclusivamente su Jodo Shinshu, questo libro offre una buona introduzione al buddismo giapponese, inclusi i principi Jodo Shinshu.

"The Collected Works of Shinran" - Una raccolta delle opere di Shinran, il fondatore del Jodo Shinshu, che offre una visione diretta della sua filosofia e insegnamenti.

"Awakening to the Pure Land" di Koshin Ogui - Un libro che esplora la pratica Jodo Shinshu e come essa possa essere applicata nella vita quotidiana.

Questi testi possono aiutarti a approfondire la tua comprensione di Jodo Shinshu e della sua pratica.

[ma-pi-ma]

Questo è ciò che io intendo per libertà: dare libero sfogo a tutti gli impulsi creativi e benefici insiti nei nostri cuori. In generale, noi siamo ciechi al fatto di possedere tutte le facoltà necessarie a renderci felici e ad amarci l'un l'altro.

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Saggi sul buddhismo zen

[cobotis]

The ultimate end of things where they cannot go any further is not bound by rules and measures: In the Mind harmonious [with the Way] we have the principle of identity, In which we find all strivings quieted; Doubts and irresolutions are completely done away with, And the right faith is straightened. There is nothing left behind, There is nothing retained, All is void, lucid, and self-illuminating; There is no exertion, no waste of energy... This is where thinking never attains, This is where imagination fails to measure...

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

[jpf-sydney]

Suzuki Daisetsu Zen o koete

New item:

Shelf: 188.82 SUZ Suzuki Daisetsu : Zen o koete = Suzuki Daisetz : beyond Zen edited by Yamada Shōji, Jon Burīn. Kyōto-shi : Shibunkaku Shuppan, 2020. ISBN: 9784784219971 (hardcover)

ix, 423, xiii pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Text in Japanese.

Table of contents:

Maegaki / Jon Burīn. Joron. Seitan 150-nen ima yominaosu Daisetsu.

Daisetsu o dō yomu ka? : <nin> no shisō o chūshin ni / Sueki Fumihiko.

Suzuki Daisetsu o arata ni yominaosu tame ni / Andō Reiji.

Dai 1-bu. Seiki no tenkanki no Daisetsu

Posuto hanshinron kara chō busshitsu shugi e : Suzuki Daisetsu to Shin Bukkyō / Jeimuzu Māku Shīruzu.

Suzuki Daisetsu ga kuwadateru Daijō-ban Purotesutanto Bukkyō : "shin no shūkyō" to shite no "Daijō Bukkyō gairon" / Māku L Buramu.

Dai 2-bu. Senkanki no Daisetsu 1.

Ryō taisenkan no Nihon ni okeru Eibun shuppanbutsu ni taisuru Suzuki fusai no kiyo / Judisu Sunodogurasu.

Suzuki Daisetsu wa Nachisu shijisha datta ka? / Buraian A Vikutoria.

Suzuki Daisetsu to dōbutsu aigo / Jēmuzu Dobinzu.

Dai 3-bu. Senkanki no Daisetsu 2

Suzuki Daisetsu to futari no Kurein : Amerikajin jizenka to Suzuki no gurōbaru na keikaku / Richādo M Jafi.

Ekkyōsuru reisei : Suzuki Daisetsu no zen no tekusuto sei / Roman Rōzenbaumu.

Koramu 1. Suzuki Daisetsu to Shintō : hihan no kōzō / Jon Burīn.

Dai 4-bu. Sengo no Daisetsu.

Suzuki Daisetsu ni yoru "Nihon-teki reisei" to Bukkyō no sensō sekinin e no toi : senryōki Nihon no mō hitsotsu no rekishi (1945-1952) / Arisu Furīman.

Suzuki Daisetsu no reikan ron : bunka o koeta dentatsu ni idomu / Roi Sutāzu.

Winsuroppu Sājento "Gurēto shinpurishiti : Suzuki Daisetsu Hakushi no purofīru" shōkai to hon'yaku / Iwamoto Akemi.

Suzuki Daisetsu no bungakuteki eikyō : Ō-Bei no zen seikatsu taikenki ni okeru yūtopia no katari / Ben Van Ōbāmaiā.

Koramu 2. Amerika taishū bunka e no Suzuki Daisetsu no eikyō / Yamada Shōji.

Atogaki / Yamada Shōji.

[morienmacbain]

Musha Shugyo: The Hardships of the Warrior Pilgrimage (rendered into Tanka by Morien MacBain, esq.)

Days of cold and heat,

Exposure to wind and rain,

Walk the hardest paths-

Twist your track up mountain sides,

This is the Shugyosha's Way.

See the stars at night,

Do not sleep under a roof.

Lie in the open-

A tent is like a palace

When your heart is samurai.

Feel hunger and cold,

Find patience in your hardships;

Carry no money-

Face emptiness or a feast

Just as the Way provides them.

Is there a battle?

Fight in it and win great merit!

Do not act a thief,

Win your glory openly

Face to face with enemies.

Go by night alone

To places common men fear-

Lairs of evil beasts

Where venomous serpents are,

And bewitching fox-women!

Be a criminal!

By choice turn from the world’s laws;

Get thrown into jail,

And then find your own way out.

Be at home with hardened men.

What are you, truly?

Consider your position;

Be ready to work!

You are lower than farmers-

Make your living helping them.

                             ~Morien

    Musha Shugyo (warrior training) was a form of martial pilgrimage of quest some samurai chose to undertake.  The warrior pilgrim (shugyosha), would walk the land without the protection of their family or school, practicing their skills, training with and against practitioners of other schools and styles, undergoing hardship, fighting in duels, and possibly taking on work as a bodyguard or mercenary, or even seeking a daimyo (warlord) to serve, if they did not have one to return to.

     A shugyosha might take on a false identity to ensure that no favoritism would be shown to them on account of their family or affiliation.  The practice seems to have derived from the angya (walking pilgrimages) of Zen monks seeking enlightenment. The hardships and austerity of the Way was seen as an important element of its training value, leading to hardiness, stoic acceptance, and humility suitable to a samurai’s calling.

     Probably the best known shugyosha of them all was Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645), author of The Book of Five Rings and Dokkodo, who fought in over sixty duels over the course of his wanderings. Musha Shugyo persisted from our period  well into the Nineteenth Century, when the traditional samurai way of life was largely ended under the Meiji government.

Tanka is a classical Japanese poetic form (waka).  It was originally developed in the Eighth Century, and its name translates as "short poem," to distinguish it from choka- "long poems." It became the dominant poetic form of Japan within two centuries, and remained so throughout our period.  

    Tanka consists of five phrases.  The first three consist of five, seven, and five on (syllables). These first three lines are referred to as the kami-no-ku (upper phrase), and eventually became the separate waka known in period as hokku (renamed post-period as haiku).  The fourth and fifth lines are composed of seven on each, and are referred to as the shimo-no-ku (lower phrase). 

    The tanka was widely practiced in Feudal Japan.  Notable practitioners include the rival Eleventh-Century poet/courtesans Mursaki Shikibu (author of The Tale of Genji) and Sei Shonagon (author of The Pillow Book). It remains a major literary form in Japan today.

     The odd reference to “bewitching fox-women” alludes to the folklore of the Kitsune, fox spirits of mischievous and dangerous natures who could take on the form of beautiful humans when they chose.

Bibliography

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1938). Zen and Japanese Culture. Princeton University Press.  ISBN 978-0-691-01770-9.

Keene, Donald. A History of Japanese Literature: Volume 1. NY: Columbia University Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-231-11441-7

Kenji Tokitsu (author), Sherab Chodzin Kohn (translator). Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Works. Weatherhill: 2006, ISBN  978-0834805675

Murasaki Shikibu (author), Kencho Suematsu (translator). The Tale of Genji: The Authoritative First Translation of the World’s Earliest Novel. Tuttle: 2018. ISBN-13 : ‎978-4805314647

Sei Shonagon. Arthur Waley, translator. The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: The Diary of a Courtesan in Tenth-Century Japan. Tuttle: 2018.  ISBN-13 :  978-4805314623

Yasuda, Kenneth The Japanese Haiku, the essential nature, history and possibilities in English, Charles Tuttle Co., 1957. ISBN 0804810966

[myborderland]

Così il tiro con l'arco non viene esercitato solo per cogliere il bersaglio, la spada non s'impugna per abbattere l'avversario, il danzatore non danza solo per eseguire certi movimenti ritmici del corpo, ma anzitutto perché la coscienza si accordi armoniosamente.

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

[minimanart]

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[nousrose]

The basic idea of zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in the most direct way possible, without resorting to anything external or superadded. Therefore, anything that has the semblance of an external authority is rejected by zen. Absolute faith is placed in a man's own inner being. For whatever authority there is in zen, all comes from within.

An Introduction to Zen Buddhism

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

[dandanjean]

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[b4b31]

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Japanese author, lecturer, and Zen Buddhist scholar.

“The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.”

The truth of Zen, as Suzuki suggests, is not found in abstract contemplation alone but in the vibrant, direct experience of life through active living and mindful awareness.

Imagine a person who practices Zen meditation. Instead of merely reflecting on their life or contemplating abstract concepts, they actively engage in the present moment. During meditation, they focus on their breath, sensations, and the immediate environment. This direct experience, without excessive intellectual analysis, aligns with the idea that life is meant to be lived, moved through, and acted upon.

In daily life, applying Zen might mean being fully present and engaged in whatever activity you are doing, whether it's walking, eating, or working. Instead of getting lost in thoughts about the past or worries about the future, you immerse yourself completely in the current moment, experiencing it fully without unnecessary mental baggage.

[klm027]

Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness, is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities. Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.

[knoansw]

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