SUZUKI, Daisetz Teitaro.

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Collected Writings on Shin Buddhism; [together with] -- The Kyogyoshinsho. First edition. Suzuki's writings include a profile of Shin Buddhism's founder, Shinran Shonin, a discussion of the development of the Pure Land doctrine, and a translation of the Tanni-sho, a 13th-century compilation of dialogues between the founder and his disciple Yuien. The second work is a translation of Shinran's magnum opus, where he outlined the doctrinal basis for his sect.Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963, Suzuki (1870-1966) was responsible for introducing much of Japanese Buddhism to Western audiences. In his later years he focused on Shin Buddhism, the religion practised by his mother, and once wrote that, "Of all the developments that Mahayana Buddhism has achieved in East Asia, the most remarkable one is the Shin teaching of Pure Land Buddhism. It is remarkable because geographically its birthplace is Japan, and historically it is the latest evolution and the highest point reached in Pure Land Mahayana" (Suzuki, pp. 22-23).His ideas were "followed by American avant-garde masters such as Jackson Pollock and John Cage, while young beatnik writer Jack Kerouac personally tried to secure this Eastern guru's blessing after the publication of his novel The Dharma Bums" (Hrdlicka & Machova, p. 285).

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