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'''Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki''' (October 18, 1870 – July 12, 1966) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. His American wife, Beatrice Lane Suzuki, was a member of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]] and played an important role in Japanese Theosophy.
'''Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki''' (October 18, 1870 – July 12, 1966) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. His American wife, Beatrice Lane Suzuki, was a member of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]] and played an important role in Japanese Theosophy.
Zen Buddhism scholar Dr. D. T. Suzuki wrote about Blavatsky's book The Voice of the Silence: "Undoubtedly Madame Blavatsky had in some way been initiated into the deeper side of Mahayana teaching and then gave out what she deemed wise to the Western world..."(Eastern Buddhist, old series, 5:377) He also commented: "Here is the real Mahayana Buddhism." (The Middle Way, August 1965, p. 90.)<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_Theosophy#Voice_of_the_Silence# Buddhism and Theosophy] at Wikipedia</ref>


==Online resources==
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*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1254# Beatrice Lane Suzuki: An American Theosophist in Japan] by Adele S. Algeo
*[http://www.theosophical.org/publications/quest-magazine/1254# Beatrice Lane Suzuki: An American Theosophist in Japan] by Adele S. Algeo
*[http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/2877# American Occultism and Japanese Buddhism] by Thomas A. Tweed
*[http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/nfile/2877# American Occultism and Japanese Buddhism] by Thomas A. Tweed
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[[Category:Buddhists|Suzuki, D. T.]]
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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (October 18, 1870 – July 12, 1966) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. His American wife, Beatrice Lane Suzuki, was a member of the Theosophical Society (Adyar) and played an important role in Japanese Theosophy.

Zen Buddhism scholar Dr. D. T. Suzuki wrote about Blavatsky's book The Voice of the Silence: "Undoubtedly Madame Blavatsky had in some way been initiated into the deeper side of Mahayana teaching and then gave out what she deemed wise to the Western world..."(Eastern Buddhist, old series, 5:377) He also commented: "Here is the real Mahayana Buddhism." (The Middle Way, August 1965, p. 90.)[1]

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