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Zenkei Shibayama
Personal
Born30 November 1894
Japan
Died29 August 1974 (1974-08-30) (aged 79)
Religion Zen Buddhism
School Rinzai
OccupationWriter
Rōshi
Senior posting
Based in Nanzen-ji
Otani University
Shibayama Zenkei Rōshi at UC Santa Barbara, 1969

Zenkei Shibayama (柴山 全慶, Shibayama Zenkei, 1894 - 1974), a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known students was Keido Fukushima, abbot of Tōfuku-ji. Shibayama also taught at Otani University and was the head abbot of the entire Nanzenji Organization, overseeing the administration of over five hundred temples. [1] [2] Due to a number of lecture tours he undertook to the United States in the 1960s, and the translation of several of his books into English, Shibayama was a significant contributor to the establishment of Zen in America.

See also

Bibliography

  • Zen Comments on the Mumonkan. Harper & Row. 1974. ISBN  0-06-067279-X. OCLC  804989.
  • On Zazen Wasan: Hakuin's Song of Zazen. Kyoto. 1967. OCLC  2279785.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  • Shibayama, Zenkai; Gyokusei Jikihara (1967). Zen Oxherding Pictures. Tokyo: Sōgensha. OCLC  174614524.
  • A Flower Does Not Talk. Kyoto: Shibayama. 1966. OCLC  3836026.

Notes

  1. ^ Ford, 116-117
  2. ^ Loori, 344

References


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zenkei Shibayama
Personal
Born30 November 1894
Japan
Died29 August 1974 (1974-08-30) (aged 79)
Religion Zen Buddhism
School Rinzai
OccupationWriter
Rōshi
Senior posting
Based in Nanzen-ji
Otani University
Shibayama Zenkei Rōshi at UC Santa Barbara, 1969

Zenkei Shibayama (柴山 全慶, Shibayama Zenkei, 1894 - 1974), a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known students was Keido Fukushima, abbot of Tōfuku-ji. Shibayama also taught at Otani University and was the head abbot of the entire Nanzenji Organization, overseeing the administration of over five hundred temples. [1] [2] Due to a number of lecture tours he undertook to the United States in the 1960s, and the translation of several of his books into English, Shibayama was a significant contributor to the establishment of Zen in America.

See also

Bibliography

  • Zen Comments on the Mumonkan. Harper & Row. 1974. ISBN  0-06-067279-X. OCLC  804989.
  • On Zazen Wasan: Hakuin's Song of Zazen. Kyoto. 1967. OCLC  2279785.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
  • Shibayama, Zenkai; Gyokusei Jikihara (1967). Zen Oxherding Pictures. Tokyo: Sōgensha. OCLC  174614524.
  • A Flower Does Not Talk. Kyoto: Shibayama. 1966. OCLC  3836026.

Notes

  1. ^ Ford, 116-117
  2. ^ Loori, 344

References



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