Shibayama Zenkei
Shibayama Zenkei ( Japanese 柴山 全 慶 ; * November 30, 1894 ; † August 29, 1974 ) was a Zen master of the Rinzai school and abbot of the Nanzen-ji monastery in Kyoto .
Life
Shibayama became famous for his annotated edition of Wumenguan . In the 1960s he made several lecture tours to the United States, where he conveyed his knowledge as a Zen master to a Western audience.
One of his students is Keidō Fukushima , abbot of Tōfuku-ji .
Fonts
Book publications in German:
- Zen in parable and picture. Translated by Ursula von Mangoldt . O. W. Barth, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-502-67016-1 , other editions: A flower teaches without words. O. W. Barth, Bern a. a. 1989 and Zen. A flower speaks without words. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1995.
- To the sources of Zen. The famous koans of the master Mumon from the 13th century. Übers. Margret Meilwes, Bern u. a .: O. W. Barth 1976, ISBN 3-502-64564-7 . (The Wumenguan with commentary.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shibayama, Zenkei |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 柴山 全 慶 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbot of the Nanzenji Monastery of Kyoto and Zen Master of the Rinzai School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1894 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29th August 1974 |