Daisetz Suzuki discusses the influence of the Lankavatara Sutra in the expression of Zen ideas. He examines the legends that Bodhidharma, the supposed founder of Zen in China, took with him only the Lanka text, and that Bodhidharma was only one in a line of teachers of the Lanka Sutra in China. Suzuki explores the fundamental themes of the sutra -- the acceptance of the Void, the career of the Bodhisattva, and the unreality of perception.
- ISBN10 0710306016
- ISBN13 9780710306012
- Publish Date 2 January 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Kegan Paul
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 502
- Language English