A ZEN LIFE - D.T. Suzuki (Out-takes)

[superyak2000]

A Zen Master once said, " To know Buddhism is to know yourself, to know yourself is to forget about yourself."

[proyectohispanaya]

Excelente presentacion de D.T. Suzuki, conjunta la filosofia oriental con la occidental en los conocimientos de Emanuel Swedenborg. Muchas gracias por estos mensajes.

[proyectohispanaya]

Excelente presentacion de D.T. Suzuki, conjunta la filosofia oriental con la occidental en los conocimientos de Emanuel Swedrnborg. Muchas gracias por estos mensajes.

[catandpiddle]

a fascinating man indeed. he was also a fascist, strong proponent of the war and just a real double character. do your research on these people before buying into what these people say. suggested reading. 'zen at war' by brian daizen victoria. more fancy talk, unfounded, repeating all the old zen stuff. nothing new here at all and known by the wise in other traditions, particularly yoga from which zen comes.

[MrJami123]

@catandpiddle Mr Victoria's book is weak to the point of misleading. 'Zen At War' ws in fact Japan at war. State & Buddhism is sometimes an unhappy alliance. In Burma, the monks tend to be against the State, in Sri Lanka for the State. In Japan, a few Priest (Soto sect) were socialist, even radicals. Most were pro-Emperor. The War against the 'White Imperialist was regarded as a defensive one. Suzuki's views clearly were nuanced, logical, and persuasive.

[catandpiddle]

@MrJami123 well, my opinion is that both the rinzai and soto schools prefer that westerners remain in the dark about this period of their histories, 'zen at war' smashed the illusion of zen-as-pacifists wide open.

zen is held at arms length by contemporary japanese in this society. something for neurotics, misfits, malcontents. in the west, we've given them way too much respect without examination.

[MrJami123]

@catandpiddle I am mildly amused that modern Japan see 'Zen' as a tradition for misfits, neurotics etc. Perhaps these are ahistorical, hedanistic, liberal elements in this very modermised culture. As to Victoria's thesis, it is shockingly superficial as a historical study. Japan's famines, poverty; the country's reasonable fears of Western Imperialism; none of this is mentioned. His new edition weakens his case: it shows that the 'Buddha' himself ws not entirely against a just 'War'.

[catandpiddle]

@MrJami123 I cannot agree. See for yourself the caution, wariness the ordinary Japanese feel towards 'any' buddhism. It's a business, and a lucrative ones as tax free institutions for funerals and the ongoing visits to the homes of the bereaved (for many years) to offer prayers and deliver earnest homilies on 'dharma'. Something nobody quiet believes anymore ... You're right, Japan was cautious about western imperialism. But that's the only point and certainly it didn't justify the evil mayhem.

[frompaulatoyou]

Capture the wise Women of our time alive!

[JapanInterCulture]

Good point. Part of the NBC "Wisdom" series, done between 1957 and 1965, was called "Conversations with Elder Wise Men;" in another part the title was "Conversations with Distinguished Persons." Among those interviewed (in the latter, I assume) were Eleanor Roosevelt, Nadia Boulanger & Margaret Mead. I wouldn't say the (mostly) men running the network at the time were sensitive to women's rights, nor that D.T. Suzuki was disrespectful of women. It IS true that Zen lineage was patriarchal.

[MrJami123]

@JapanInterCulture yep

[wewantsainty89]

@frompaulatoyou do you know that behind every great man is an even greater woman. me neither.

[tutifruti0]

has anybody seen this doc? is it good?

[Cassyan]

@tutifruti0 it is great and inspirational. I've found it on torr... well, you imagine where.

[JapanInterCulture]

Cassyan, I was truly dismayed when one Torrent "libertarian" announced he had "created the rip" of my documentary and uploaded it. This rip-off is a slap in the face of the real creator (me). "Giving it away free will lead to MORE sales, TV producers and film distributors will come knocking on your door, and we'll make you famous," the Webmeister argued. I'm not a Hollywood producer, and need DVD sales to get out of debt. Please don't support Torrent uploads of independent productions.

[Cassyan]

@JapanInterCulture I totally understand your argument and I agree to it to some degree. Why not 100%? Because without the torrents rips that you mention, it would be no way for the rest of us living in poor countries (Eastern Europe, to be exact) to get a chance of seeing these kind of materials. And that would be a shame, really, because especially the spiritual information should be accessible to as many as possible. I'm sorry for you, but I can't afford your DVD.

[Cassyan]

@JapanInterCulture If I was living somewhere else and had the money, I would wholeheartedly pay for anything that I consider is good and valuable. I can understand that at the end of the day you still have to pay your bills, but please understand that we are not some idiots pricks, trying to get away stealing. We try to learn new useful things by the means that we have available to us. I'm not defending intellectual theft, but I'd say you have to make some distinctions.

[humaner]

Goodness doesn't pay..I wish that was the guiding force of todays capitalistic societies.

[thisNewFoundLand]

...it is marvelous to hear him speak for the first time. thanks uploader! DT's library was established in 1949 at a temple in Kamakura (city) in Japan. Therein is housed the writings of a true master who dedicated his life (1870-1966) to the illumination of the egoic mind. DT was uniquely gifted to bridge the Eastern and Western worldviews. Though yet largely unknown, his footprint is massive indeed.

[chokerry]

You know, I live in rural Japan. Every year the rice gets planted and, almost to the day, harvested. After this, we eat 'new' rice. Jesus said, "observe the lilies, they do not strive etc." I observe the rice. I can literally see it growing at its natural pace. So shall I slow down and grow and live at a natural pace.

[LEVRAIVRAIZEN]

@chokerry NO MAMES !!!

[TheChimorin]

Thanks for that video. I just bought his book "Mind of Beginner" now.

[ananda51]

That title sounds like Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, a lovely book, but by a different Suzuki--Shunryu Suzuki. You may also want to read some of DT (Daisetz Teitaro) Suzuki's many works.

Many blessings to you and all beings!

[throwpopcorn]

Interesting video.

[throwpopcorn]

So time is imaginary. Makes sense as he explains it. Looking at ourselves in time involves a great deal of imagination and effort.

[JapanInterCulture]

Daisetz Suzuki was very practical, and wore a watch. The point he was making is that, in Zen, one lives every infinitesimal moment to the maximum. The past is gone, and the future is not yet here. Objectively, only the present "really exists," or perhaps better put, we exist IN it. "Reality" is a question that philosophers have struggled with over the ages. Zen warns us that much of what we take for granted as "true" or "real" is subjective and illusory, including the concept of our "self."

[plastikmanru]

Big thanks for this vid!

[yamashitariki]

Thanks for this upload. I didn't get to watch the out-takes before. I found the part about whether goodness pays really apt in a strange coincidental way with what is going on with my life just now. Thanks again!