Anna Ruggeri Takeshita    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of Italian Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Professor
Date	2018/09/01
Presentation Theme	Suzuki Daisetsu’s Understanding of Hakuin Zenji
Conference	The 69th Annual Conference Conference of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies
Promoters	The Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies
Conference Type	Domestic
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Venue	Tōyō University (5-28-20 Hakusan, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN)
Publisher and common publisher	Anna RUGGERI TAKESHITA
Details	In this presentation, the author explored Suzuki Daisetsu’s (1880 - 1966) understanding of Hakuin Zenji (1685 - 1768) and his teachings. Suzuki Daisetsu did not mention much about Hakuin Zenji in his many works. The author enumerated and analyzed the main works written about Hakuin Zenji in the Suzuki Daisetsu Complete Works. The general impression is that in some cases Suzuki Daisetsu used Hakuin’s words to endorse his own thoughts. At the same time, we can see that some of the deepest aspects of Hakuin’s teachings were also grasped by Suzuki.