{"product_id":"spreading-indras-net-richard-m-jaffe-9780231192866","title":"Spreading Indra's Net: The Columbia Lectures of D. T. Suzuki","description":"\u003cp\u003eD. T. Suzuki's 1950s lectures at Columbia University were foundational for the postwar Zen boom. Speaking in a soft voice in a bookcase-lined room, Suzuki, then in his eighties, introduced East Asian Buddhism to a rapt audience of the general public, scholars, and students. He offered a distinctive interpretation of Zen, weaving together his understanding of classical Buddhist texts, especially the \u003ci\u003eFlower Garland Sutra\u003c\/i\u003e, with Christian mysticism, psychology, and twentieth-century European and American philosophy. The freewheeling lectures captivated an audience drawn from the New York intelligentsia and art world--including Carolyn Brown, John Cage, Arthur Danto, Sari Dienes, Erich Fromm, Phillip Guston, Ibram Lassaw, and Dorothy Norman--and catalyzed public interest in Buddhism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpreading Indra's Net\u003c\/i\u003e presents Suzuki's 1952-1953 lectures in full, giving a vivid look at how one of the most important global Buddhist figures of the twentieth century interpreted Zen for an American audience. Drawing on archival research in Japan and the United States, editor Richard M. Jaffe provides an extensive introduction that traces Suzuki's path to Columbia, analyzes the content of the lectures, and surveys their reception. Among the most accessible works of a major figure and a record of a crucial moment in New York history, this book displays Suzuki's gifts as a teacher, scholar, writer, and thinker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard M. Jaffe, Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 023119286X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231192866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Richard M. Jaffe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46465718059263,"sku":"9780231192866","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa66f2ab-12ad-4c71-a0c4-3b2462fd067e.jpg?v=1736347076","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spreading-indras-net-richard-m-jaffe-9780231192866","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}