RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Paul Carus, Soundso, Wu Wei

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: Victor Soﾍgen Hori

Document Summary

D. t suzuki, important figure that transmitted buddhism in (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Lay zen student of shaku soen with paul carus (cid:1) His (cid:1) reputation in present day scholarship : hard to find a scholar that support his view, he is very criticized. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) the west. He publish a total of 46 book in english. Suzuki was the foremost important person in spreading zen in. Chan/ zen is indian buddhism adapted to chinese culture (after 5 centuries) Indian buddhism arrives in china 1st c: the first reaction according to confucians. Celibacy have to have children it"s a duty: daoist interest in. Paranormal power communicate w ghost and spirits, Daoist figure: stick that show he stands aggains . Huge forehead: full of semen can"t release the semen because it is a life sign. After 5 centuries, chan developed influences by chinese culture: confucian influence.