Zenkei Shibayama | |
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Personal | |
Born | 30 November 1894 Japan |
Died | 29 August 1974 | (aged 79)
Religion | Zen Buddhism |
School | Rinzai |
Occupation | Writer Rōshi |
Senior posting | |
Based in |
Nanzen-ji Otani University |
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.
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Zenkei Shibayama | |
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Personal | |
Born | 30 November 1894 Japan |
Died | 29 August 1974 | (aged 79)
Religion | Zen Buddhism |
School | Rinzai |
Occupation | Writer Rōshi |
Senior posting | |
Based in |
Nanzen-ji Otani University |
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.
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cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link)