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D.T. Suzuki, a renowned Japanese philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and translator, was born on October 18, 1870, and died on July 12, 1966. He is best known for his profound research into Zen Buddhism and his influential translations, which have greatly contributed to the Western understanding of Eastern philosophy and culture.

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Famous D.T. Suzuki Quotes

“To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon.”

Thinking Needed Moon Fingers Woe

Book:Essays in Zen Buddhism

Source: Essays in Zen Buddhism

“Thought creates things by slicing up reality into small bits that it can easily grasp. Thus when you are think-ing you are thing-ing. Thought does not report things, it distorts reality to create things, and as Bergson noted, "In so doing it allows what is the very essence of the real to escape." Thus to the extent we actually imagine a world of discrete and separate things, conceptions have become perceptions, and we have in this manner populated our universe with nothing but ghosts.”

Thinking World Doe Real Reality Universe Bits Imagine Perception Essence Ghost Reports Conception Discrete

Author:D.T. Suzuki

“The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.”

Thinking Way Facts Use Language Ordinary Communicate Contradiction Way Of Thinking Linguistics Puzzling

Author:D.T. Suzuki

“Great works are done when one is not calculating and thinking.”

Thinking Done Performances Great Work Calculating

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“The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.”

Thinking Mean Moving Truth Of Life Life Means

Book:Essays in Zen Buddhism

Source: Essays in Zen Buddhism

“Until we recognize the SELF that exists apart from who we think we are - we cannot know the Ch'an ( ZEN ) MIND”

Thinking Knows Mind Self

Author:D.T. Suzuki

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Born: October 18, 1870
Died: July 12, 1966
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Quotes: 90

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An Introduction to Zen BuddhismRelated source material

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