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Revision as of 16:38, 2 May 2018
Translators • Zen Buddhist Teachers • Professors Emeritus • Authors of English Works • Authors of Japanese Works
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Dates
| Birth: | October 18, 1870 |
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| Death: | July 12, 1966 |
| Place of birth: | Japan |
Tibetan calendar dates
About
| Primary Language: | Japanese |
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| Translates from: | Sanskrit; Chinese; Japanese |
| Translates to: | English; Japanese |
- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Otani University
- Secondary Affiliation
- Eastern Buddhist Society
- Religious Affiliation
- Zen Buddhism
PhD University
- University of Tokyo
Biographical Information
Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (鈴木 大拙 貞太郎 Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō; he rendered his name "Daisetz" in 1894;[1] 18 October 1870 – 12 July 1966[2]) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen 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. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities, and devoted many years to a professorship at Otani University, a Japanese Buddhist school. (Source)
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