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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. Dr. Suzuki lived and worked for several years with [[Paul Carus|Dr. Paul Carus]] of [[Open Court Publishing Company]]. They met at the [[World's Parliament of Religions (1893)|World's Parliament of Religions]] in Chicago, in 1893, and both also became close to [[Anagarika Dharmapala]]. 

Dr. Suzuki wrote about Blavatsky's book [[The Voice of the Silence (book)|''The Voice of the Silence'']]: "Undoubtedly [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|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..."<ref>''Eastern Buddhist'', old series, 5:377.</ref> He also commented: "Here is the real Mahayana Buddhism."<ref>''The Middle Way'' (August 1965), 90.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_Theosophy#Voice_of_the_Silence# Buddhism and Theosophy] at Wikipedia</ref>

==Online resources==
===Articles and pamphlets===
*[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

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