Book Summary
1913. This little work is a collection of some of the lectures delivered by the Right Reverend Soyen Shaku during his sojourn in Japan. He lectured on the Sutra of Forty-two Chapters, and naturally chose the texts for his sermons from this most popular among the canonical books. Partial Contents: Sutra of forty-two chapters; God conception; assertions and denials; immortality; Buddhist faith and ethics; What is Buddhism? middle way; wheel of the good law; reply to a Christian critic; ignorance and enlightenment; practice of Dhyana; Buddhism and oriental culture; sacrifice for a stanza; Buddhist view of war.
Book Details
| Book Name | Zen For Americans |
| Author | Soyen Shaku, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki |
| Publisher | Open Court Publishing Company (Feb 1991) |
| ISBN | 9780875482736 |
| Pages | 236 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Price | 966 |
