铃木俊隆

铃木俊隆（日语：铃木俊隆，1905年5月18日—1971年12月4日），法号祥岳俊隆，生于日本神奈川县平冢市，日本曹洞宗僧侣。是将禅宗思想介绍到西方世界的重要日本僧人。

生平

铃木俊隆生于曹洞宗松岩寺中，12岁拜入静冈县藏云院玉润祖温禅师门下，成为他的弟子。大学就读于驹泽大学，在就学期间，接任藏云院住持。1930年毕业后，至永平寺、总持寺修行。1936年，任职于静冈县烧津市林叟院。

1959年，到达美国旧金山，担任曹洞宗桑港寺住持。1967年,与魏茨曼在加利福尼亚州柏克莱共同成立柏克莱禅修中心。之后成为在美国很有影响力的禅宗大师。

著作

《禅者的初心》

Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki Shunryū, dharma name Shōgaku Shunryū 祥岳俊隆, often called Suzuki Roshi; May 18, 1904 – December 4, 1971) was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside Asia (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center). Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center which, along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West.

Biography

Shunryu Suzuki was born May 18, 1904, in Kanagawa Prefecture southwest of Tokyo, Japan. His father, Butsumon Sogaku Suzuki, was the abbot of the village Soto Zen temple. His mother, Yone, was the daughter of a priest and had been divorced from her first husband for being too independent. Shunryu grew up with an older half-brother from his mother's first marriage and two younger sisters. As an adult he was about 4 feet 11 inches (1.5 m) tall.

His father's temple, Shōgan-ji, was located near Hiratsuka, a city on Sagami Bay about fifty miles southwest of Tokyo. The temple income was small and the family had to be very thrifty.

In 1916, 12-year-old Suzuki decided to train with a disciple of his father, Gyokujun So-on Suzuki. So-on was Sogaku's adopted son and abbot of Sogaku's former temple Zoun-in. His parents initially thought he was too young to live far from home but eventually allowed it.

Zoun-in is in a small village called Mori, Shizuoka in Japan. Suzuki arrived during a 100-day practice period at the temple and was the youngest student there. Zoun-in was a larger temple than Shōgan-ji.

At 4:00 each morning he arose for zazen. Next he would chant sutras and begin cleaning the temple with the others. They would work throughout the day and then, in the evenings, they all would resume zazen. Suzuki idolized his teacher, who was a strong disciplinarian. So-on often was rough on Suzuki but gave him some latitude for being so young.

When Suzuki turned 13, on May 18, 1917, So-on ordained him as a novice monk (unsui). He was given the Buddhist name Shogaku Shunryu, yet So-on nicknamed him Crooked Cucumber for his forgetful and unpredictable nature.

Higher education

In 1924 Shunryu enrolled in a Soto preparatory school in Tokyo not far from Shogan-ji, where he lived on the school grounds in the dorm. From 1925 to 1926 Suzuki did Zen training with Dojun Kato in Shizuoka at Kenko-in. He continued his schooling during this period. Here Shunryu became head monk for a 100-day retreat, after which he was no longer merely considered a novice. He had completed his training as a head monk.

In 1925 Shunryu graduated from preparatory school and entered Komazawa University, the Soto Zen university in Tokyo. During this period he continued his connections with So-on in Zoun-in, going back and forth whenever possible.

Some of his teachers here were discussing how Soto Zen might reach a bigger audience with students and, while Shunryu couldn't comprehend how Western cultures could ever understand Zen, he was intrigued.

On August 26, 1926, So-on gave Dharma transmission to Suzuki. He was 22. Shunryu's father also retired as abbot at Shogan-ji this same year, and moved the family onto the grounds of Zoun-in where he served as inkyo (retired abbot).

Eihei-ji

After graduating from Komazawa, Suzuki continued training at Eihei-ji. In September 1930, he entered the training temple. The abbot at the time was Gempo Kitano, whom Suzuki respected. Kitano had previously led Soto Zen in Korea and had helped found Zenshuji in Los Angeles. Suzuki’s father, Sogaku, had known Kitano earlier and appears to have viewed him with some rivalry or resentment. At Eihei-ji, Suzuki was assigned to serve Ian Kishizawa-roshi, a noted Soto teacher associated with Nishiari Bokusan and Oka Sotan.

Death

Suzuki died on December 4, 1971, presumably from cancer.