Philippe Coupey

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Philippe Coupey

Philippe Rei Ryu Coupey (born in New York City ) is a Zen monk in the Sōtō tradition of Taisen Deshimaru and Kodo Sawaki .

Life

Philippe Coupey is a Zen monk in the Sōtō tradition in Europe, a teaching that is passed on directly from master to student and whose practice is Shikantaza : simple sitting without a goal, without the pursuit of profit.

He was born in New York and grew up in various private schools in Europe. He then began studying literature at St. Lawrence University in the United States and took on a number of different jobs, including a. Urianium search in New Mexico and social worker in the New York Bronx.

In 1972 Philippe Coupey met Master Taisen Deshimaru in Paris and became one of his close students. Working on his transcriptions and teachings, he followed Master Deshimaru until his death in 1982. Since then he has continued to teach the practice of Zen within the Association Zen International (AZI).

Rei Ryu Coupey is now a teacher and spiritual reference person for over thirty dōjōs in France, Germany, England and Switzerland.

He has always been practicing and teaching zazen in the Dojo Zen de Paris, of which he is vice-president, as well as in the Zen group Seine Zen in Paris and on numerous sesshin (periods of intensive zazen practice) organized by his students of the Sangha without a place to stay . in France and Germany. These take place in rented, simple rooms in the country, as the Sangha does not have its own temple and does not consider this to be useful.

Coupey is also one of the co-founders of Zen Simple Sitting, an association of old Zen students in the Deshimaru lineage who practice deeply religious Zen and dispense with clerical hierarchies, rituals and ceremonies.

bibliography

In German

  • Zen. Simply sitting (Commentary on Fukanzazenghi by Master Dōgen ) - unpublished
  • In the Belly of the Dragon Vol. 1 (Commentaries on Shinjinmei by Master Sosan ) - unpublished

In English

  • In the Belly of the Dragon , vol. 1: the Shinjinmei by Master Sosan, American Zen Association, New Orleans 2005, ISBN 0-9728049-1-9 .
  • Zen, Simply Sitting: the Fukanzazengi by Master Dogen. Hohm Press, Arizona 2007, ISBN 978-1-890772-61-1 .
  • The Song of the wind in the dry tree Comments on the San Sho Doei by Master Dōgen and on the Komyozozanmei by Master Ejo Hohm Press; Arizona 2014, ISBN 978-1-935387-82-4 .

In French

  • Paroles Zen d'aujourd hui Editions de Relié, Paris 2014
  • Le chant du vent dans l'arbre sec, 12 poèmes du Sansho Doei du Maître Dogen et le Komyozo Zanmai de son disciple et successeur Koun Ejo. Editions l'Originel, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-910677-94-7 .
  • Zen simple assise, le Fukanzazengi du Maître Dogen, adverbum. Editions Désiris, 2009, ISBN 978-2-915418-39-2 .
  • Mon corps de lune, quarante-six poèmes de l'Eiheikoroku du maître Dogen, Adeverbum. Editions Désiris, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-915418-18-7 .
  • Dans le ventre du Dragon Vol.1, le Shinjinmei du Maître Sosan. Editions Deux versants, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-9515395-5-X .

Books by Taisen Deshimaru - revised by Philippe Coupey

Novels under the pseudonym MC Dalley

Both titles are also published in French by Deux Versants Editeur, Romeyer (France)

Quote

“Zen is very simple. It is so simple that very few can practice it for a long time. "

- Philippe Rei Ryu Coupey

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reiryu Philippe Coupey. Zen Road, accessed July 8, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b Philippe Coupey (Jap. Rei Ryu). Zen-guide Germany, accessed on July 8, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Reiryu Philippe Coupey. Association Zen Internationale, accessed July 8, 2012 .

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personal data
SURNAME Coupey, Philippe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coupey, Philippe Rei Ryu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Zen monk
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City