Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870 – 1966) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen (Chan) and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin, and Far Eastern philosophy in general, to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. He spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities, and devoted many years to a professorship at Tani University, a Japanese Buddhist school. Suzuki wrote celebrated introductions and overall examinations of Buddhism, and particularly of the Zen school.
Quotes by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki…
It is useless for the “self” to try to “purify itself,” or for the “self” to “make a place in itself” for God.
