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Rain in the morning, winter rain is somewhat ruthless
I finally finished reading “Mushin toka no koto” by D. T. Suzuki and was looking for the next book to read when I found “The Complete Works of D. T. Suzuki” in Amazon unlimited.
I had been looking for the complete works of D. T. Suzuki at used bookstores for a long time, so I was overjoyed to find it. I really want to read it on paper, but the e-book is good enough for me.
Compared to Kitaro Nishida’s books, which are a bit difficult to understand, D.T. Suzuki’s books are quite easy to read.
I used to think that Zen was a religion until a while ago, but after reading books on Western philosophy by Dr. Akiko Ikeda and beginning to study Buddhist thought, I now think that Zen is a philosophical thought.
Buddhism, which was born in India, spread to China and was eventually brought to Japan, giving birth to a super-religion (Eastern philosophy) called “Zen. Naturally, it clashed with Western philosophy, which was brought to Japan after the Meiji Restoration.
However, those who tried to fuse (sublimate?) However, there were those who tried to fuse (sublimate?) the two. Dr. Kitaro Nishida was a teacher of the Kyoto School, as was Dr. Takeshi Umehara.
I am not interested in creating new ideas, nor am I a Japanese cultural supremacist, but this fusion of Western and Eastern civilizations can only be done, as someone said, by those who were born in this country and can tolerate these two (and possibly other civilizations as well). In other words, the cessation of civilization. If we use a car metaphor, it is a hybrid car.
It is a well-known story that Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, was devoted to “Zen.
For a company to be born in Japan that surpasses G.A.F.A., I feel that the secret lies in the inheritance, development, and perfection of this fusion attempt, as well as landing on the moon. Well, it doesn’t have to be that way.
In the world of literature, Soseki Natsume’s novel describes how the main character almost goes to a Zen temple to attend Zen meditation, but instead of doing so, he returns to his original lifestyle of Western civilization.
This hesitation and hesitation between Western and Eastern civilizations may be the state of civilization in this country, starting with literature, which has continued since the Meiji era.
Now, let’s read the complete works.
My Thoughts, which are always avoiding the North Wind
