Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966) was a Japanese-born scholar and translator who over the course of the twentieth century came to be regarded as one of the leading authorities on Zen and Buddhism generally. He was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English and was instrumental in bringing Buddhist teachings to the attention of the Western world. His many books in English include An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, Essays in Zen Buddhism, Zen and Japanese Culture, Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist, and Shin Buddhism. Jeff Wilson is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, and the author of Mindful America: The Mutual Transformation of Buddhist Meditation and American Culture. Tomoe Moriya is Professor of International Communication at Hannan University in Japan and a coeditor of Issei Buddhism in the Americas. Richard M. Jaffe is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University and the author of Neither Monk nor Layman: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Jeff Wilson and Tomoe MoriyaEditorial Note1. Letter to Paul Carus (1896)2. Selections from Shin shukyo ron (A New Interpretation of Religion)3. Letter to Paul Carus (1897)4. Christianity in Japan5. Confucius: A Study of His Character and History6. Selection from A Brief History of Early Chinese Philosophy7. Selections from Suedenborugu (Swedenborg)8. Zen, the Spiritual Heritage of the East9. A Contemporary Buddhist View of Shinto10. Swedenborg’s View of Heaven and “Other-Power”11. Selection from Ignorance and World Fellowship12. Zen and the Study of Confucianism (Selection from Zen and Its Influence on Japanese Culture)13. What Is Religion?14. Selections from Japanese Spirituality15. Tea-Room Meditations16. Selections from Essays in Zen Buddhism (First Series)17. The Predicament of Modern Man18. The Analytic and Synthetic Approach to Buddhism19. The Answer Is in the Question20. The Hands21. Letter to Mr. Tatsuguchi22. Review of Meditation and Piety in the Far East23. Selections from Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist24. Love and Power25. Letter to Thomas Merton26. Wisdom in Emptiness27. Open Letter to President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev28. Buddhism and Other Religions29. Religion and DrugsNotesGlossary of Chinese and Japanese TermsBibliographyIndex

Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966) was a Japanese-born scholar and translator who over the course of the twentieth century came to be regarded as one of the leading authorities on Zen and Buddhism generally. He was the author of more than a hundred works on the subject in both Japanese and English and was instrumental in bringing Buddhist teachings to the attention of the Western world. His many books in English include An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, Essays in Zen Buddhism, Zen and Japanese Culture, Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist, and Shin Buddhism. Jeff Wilson is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, and the author of Mindful America: The Mutual Transformation of Buddhist Meditation and American Culture. Tomoe Moriya is Professor of International Communication at Hannan University in Japan and a coeditor of Issei Buddhism in the Americas. Richard M. Jaffe is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University and the author of Neither Monk nor Layman: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Jeff Wilson and Tomoe MoriyaEditorial Note1. Letter to Paul Carus (1896)2. Selections from Shin shukyo ron (A New Interpretation of Religion)3. Letter to Paul Carus (1897)4. Christianity in Japan5. Confucius: A Study of His Character and History6. Selection from A Brief History of Early Chinese Philosophy7. Selections from Suedenborugu (Swedenborg)8. Zen, the Spiritual Heritage of the East9. A Contemporary Buddhist View of Shinto10. Swedenborg’s View of Heaven and “Other-Power”11. Selection from Ignorance and World Fellowship12. Zen and the Study of Confucianism (Selection from Zen and Its Influence on Japanese Culture)13. What Is Religion?14. Selections from Japanese Spirituality15. Tea-Room Meditations16. Selections from Essays in Zen Buddhism (First Series)17. The Predicament of Modern Man18. The Analytic and Synthetic Approach to Buddhism19. The Answer Is in the Question20. The Hands21. Letter to Mr. Tatsuguchi22. Review of Meditation and Piety in the Far East23. Selections from Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist24. Love and Power25. Letter to Thomas Merton26. Wisdom in Emptiness27. Open Letter to President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev28. Buddhism and Other Religions29. Religion and DrugsNotesGlossary of Chinese and Japanese TermsBibliographyIndex