Gudō Wafu Nishijima

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Gudō Wafu Nishijima

Gudō Wafu Nishijima ( Japanese 西 嶋 愚 道 和 夫 , Nishijima Gudō Wafu ; * 1919 in Yokohama ; † January 28, 2014 ) was a Japanese Rōshi of the Sōtō School of Zen .

Nishijima studied Zen under Kōdō Sawaki and Rempo Niwa, from whom he received the Dharma transmission . He founded the Buddhist group Dōgen- Sangha in Tokyo, where he gave lectures in English for foreign students. Nishijima is the author of several books. He has the Shōbōgenzō , a Buddhist text by Eihei Dōgen (1200-1253), translated from ancient Japanese into modern Japanese and commented on it. He is jointly responsible for the translation into English and German. Nishijima has developed his own interpretation of the Shōbōgenzō. According to this interpretation, Master Dōgen describes the reality in Shobogenzo from four different perspectives.

literature

  • Encounter with the real dragon. Dona-Verlag (2008), 308 pages, ISBN 978-3941380004
  • A Heart to Heart Chat on Buddhism with Old Master Gudo. PageFree Publishing, Inc (2004), 200 pages, ISBN 978-1589612129
  • The treasure trove of true Buddhist wisdom. OW Barth (2005), 448 pages, ISBN 978-3502611356
  • Shobogenzo. The treasure trove of the true Dharma eye. Volume 1 (chapters 1-21). Kristkeitz (2001), 336 pages, ISBN 978-3921508909
  • Shobogenzo. The treasure trove of the true Dharma eye. Volume 2 (chapters 22-41). Kristkeitz (2003), 333 pages, ISBN 978-3921508916
  • Shobogenzo. The treasure trove of the true Dharma eye. Volume 3 (chap. 42-72). Kristkeitz (2006), 344 pages, ISBN 978-3921508923
  • Shobogenzo. The treasure trove of the true Dharma eye. Volume 4 (chapters 73-95). Kristkeitz (2008), 336 pages, ISBN 978-3921508930
  • Gudo Nishijima, Chodo Cross (transl.): Shobogenzo, Volume 1-4, Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Berkeley (2007–2008) English translation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://gudoblog-d.blogspot.com/2007/01/die-vier-lebensphilosophien-des.html
personal data
SURNAME Nishijima, Gudō Wafu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 西 嶋 愚 道 和 夫 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese Zen master
DATE OF BIRTH 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Yokohama
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 2014