D.T. Suzuki

D.T. Suzuki (born October 18, 1870, Kanazawa, Japan—died July 12, 1966, Kamakura) was a Japanese Buddhist scholar and thinker who was the chief interpreter of Zen Buddhism to the West. Suzuki studied at the University of Tokyo. Early in his youth he became a disciple of Sōen, a noted Zen master of the day, and under his guidance attained the experience of satori (sudden enlightenment), which remained of fundamental importance throughout his life. He stayed...