Mind-Benders of Buddhist History
Two Buddhists at the 1893 Chicago Parliament
At the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, the Sri Lankan revivalist Anagārika Dharmapāla (1864–1933) addressed the delegates in person at age 29 — while the paper presented for the Japanese Zen master Soyen Shaku had been translated into English by his young student, the future writer D. T. Suzuki (1870–1966), then in his early twenties.
How we know
World's Parliament of Religions, Chicago (Sept 11–27, 1893): Anagārika Dharmapāla (b. 17 Sept 1864, d. 1933) spoke in person; Soyen Shaku's paper "The Law of Cause and Effect as Taught by Buddha," translated by D. T. Suzuki (b. 18 Oct 1870, d. 1966; then 22), was read aloud by an organizer.
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