Daisetsu Teitarо̄ 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.  Mark L. Blum is Professor of Buddhist Studies and Shinjo Ito Distinguished Chair in Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is translator of The Nirvana Sutra: Volume 1, author of Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism, and coeditor of Cultivating Spirituality and Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism.  Richard M. Jaffe is Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University and the author of Neither Monk nor Layman: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Mark L. BlumEditorial NotePart One. Early Years1. The Mādhyamika School in China, 18982. The Breadth of Buddhism, 19003. Translator’s Preface to the Awakening of Faith, 19004. Articles from Light of Dharma, 1902–19075. The First Convocation of Buddhism, 19046. Philosophy of the Yogācāra, 19047. Excerpts from Outlines of Mahāyāna Buddhism, 19078. The Development of Mahāyāna Buddhism, 1909Part Two. Ōtani years9. The Buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism, 192110. Notes on the Avatamsaka Sutra, 192111. Enlightenment and Ignorance, 192412. Zen and the Assertion that Mahāyāna Was Not Preached by the Buddha, 192613. Passivity in the Buddhist Life, 193014. Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism, or the Bodhisattva-Ideal and the Śrāvaka-Ideal as Distinguished in the Opening Chapter of the Gandavyūha, 1932 15. Impressions of Chinese Buddhism, 1935Part Three. Mature Years16. The Logic of Affirmation-in-Negation, 1940 17. The International Mission of Mahayana Buddhism, 1943 18. Excerpts from The Essence of Buddhism, 194619. The Buddhist Conception of Reality, 1974NotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Daisetsu Teitarо̄ 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.  Mark L. Blum is Professor of Buddhist Studies and Shinjo Ito Distinguished Chair in Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is translator of The Nirvana Sutra: Volume 1, author of Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism, and coeditor of Cultivating Spirituality and Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism.  Richard M. Jaffe is Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University and the author of Neither Monk nor Layman: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Mark L. BlumEditorial NotePart One. Early Years1. The Mādhyamika School in China, 18982. The Breadth of Buddhism, 19003. Translator’s Preface to the Awakening of Faith, 19004. Articles from Light of Dharma, 1902–19075. The First Convocation of Buddhism, 19046. Philosophy of the Yogācāra, 19047. Excerpts from Outlines of Mahāyāna Buddhism, 19078. The Development of Mahāyāna Buddhism, 1909Part Two. Ōtani years9. The Buddha in Mahāyāna Buddhism, 192110. Notes on the Avatamsaka Sutra, 192111. Enlightenment and Ignorance, 192412. Zen and the Assertion that Mahāyāna Was Not Preached by the Buddha, 192613. Passivity in the Buddhist Life, 193014. Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism, or the Bodhisattva-Ideal and the Śrāvaka-Ideal as Distinguished in the Opening Chapter of the Gandavyūha, 1932 15. Impressions of Chinese Buddhism, 1935Part Three. Mature Years16. The Logic of Affirmation-in-Negation, 1940 17. The International Mission of Mahayana Buddhism, 1943 18. Excerpts from The Essence of Buddhism, 194619. The Buddhist Conception of Reality, 1974NotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex