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.
Zenkei Shibayama | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 30 November 1894 Japan |
| Died | 29 August 1974 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Writer Rōshi |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Rinzai |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Nanzen-ji Otani University |
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See also
editBibliography
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-509-8.
- Loori, John Daido (2006). Sitting with Koans: Essential Writings on Zen Koan Introspection. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-369-9. OCLC 61451602.
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