The Lankavatara Sutra (eBook, ePUB)

An Epitomized Version
Redaktion: Goddard, Dwight / Übersetzer: Suzuki, D. T.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Said to contain the words of the Buddha on the nature of ultimate wisdom, the Lankavatara was influential in the general doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism, in particular Zen. Translated by D.T Suzuki and edited by Dwight Goddard, this epitomized version was intended to make the sutra more widely accessible.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Monkfish Book Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781939681317
• Artikelnr.: 41830419

Autorenporträt

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki 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.