Taikan Jyoji
Taikan Jyoji (actually Georges Frey ; * 1941 in France ) is a French Zen master.
He heads the Center de la Falaise Verte in Saint-Laurent-du-Pape (Département Ardèche ), a center of the Rinzai Zen tradition.
He went to Japan for the first time as a journalist in 1964 . He returned there in 1968 and looked for answers to his questions in Zen practice. He recorded his search in a diary and published it as the book "Diary of a Zen Master who came from the West".
Since his official appointment by Yamada Mumon Rôshi in 1976, he has been the representative of the Zen Rinzai School in Europe.
When he returned to France from Japan in 1974, he opened his own center of the Rinzai Zen tradition.
Quote from "Diary of a Zen Master who came from the West":
"The heart of Zen practice is awakening, the deep experience of oneself."
Publications
- Diary of a Zen master who came from the west. Benziger Verlag, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-545-20136-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Taikan Jyoji in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jyoji, Taikan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Georges Frey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Zen master |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | France |