Dt suzuki biography of william shakespeare

D.T. Suzuki (鈴木 大拙 貞太郎 Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō, 18 October 1870 – 12 July 1966) was a Japanesephilosopher and writer.

His books and essays were on Buddhism, Zen and Shin.^[1][2] They spread interest in Eastern philosophy to the West.

Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. He taught at Western universities, and spent many years as a professor at Otani University.

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These essays were enormously influential when they came out, making Zen known in the West for the very first time:

• Essays in Zen Buddhism: first series (1927), New York: Grove Press.
• Essays in Zen Buddhism: second series (1933), New York: Samuel Weiser 1953–1971.

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• Essays in Zen Buddhism: third series (1934), York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser 1953. Edited by Christmas Humphreys.
• Dr. Suzuki also completed the translation of the Lankavatara Sutra from the origi