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A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki

A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 6, 2006

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

77%

Original Title

A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki

Production Companies

International Videoworks

Director

Michael Goldberg

Description

Using rare archival footage and interviews with noted artists, philosophers, and scholars such as Huston Smith, this film examines the life and teachings of D.T. Suzuki, the celebrated Japanese religious philosopher who first brought Zen Buddhism to the West. This film explores Suzuki's travels in America, his teachings on satori (enlightenment) and other Buddhist concepts, his influence on Western art and psychology, and more.