The Religion of the Samurai

Kaiten Nukariya’s study explains Zen Buddhism as a spiritual discipline that can be compared to the ethos of the samurai, emphasizing self-mastery, direct experience, and detachment. Published at a time of growing Western interest in Japanese religion, it offers an accessible introduction to Zen thought, practice, and moral training.

Japanese Zen Buddhist scholar and priest best known for *The Religion of the Samurai* (1913), an early English-language presentation of Zen for Western readers. His work contributed to the modern transmission of Buddhist thought in philosophical and religious literature.