Taisen Deshimaru
Mokudō Taisen Deshimaru Rōshi ( Japanese 弟子 丸 泰 仙 , Deshimaru Taisen ; born November 29, 1914 in Saga Prefecture ; † April 30, 1982 also in Japan ) was a Japanese Zen master in the Sōtō line and a student of Kodo Sawaki ( 1880–1965), one of the most influential Japanese Zen masters of the 20th century.
Deshimaru received the ordination of monks from Kodo Sawaki in 1965 and set out on a journey to Europe on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1967. He settled in Paris and in a short time gathered a crowd of followers with whom he very successfully began the spread of Zen Buddhism in Europe. Numerous new Zen groups emerged who practiced the practice of zazen ( Shikantaza : only concentrated sitting ).
In 1970 Taisen Deshimaru founded the Association Zen Internationale (AZI). In the 1970s he received Shiho from Master Yamada Reirin , the then director of the Eihei-ji Temple in Japan, and became Kaikyosokan of Sōtō-Zen in Europe. In 1979 he founded the first Zen temple in Europe " La Gendronnière ", where nowadays many people regularly take part in Sesshin , which are intensive meditation exercises lasting several days .
Deshimaru died on April 30, 1982 in Japan.
Works (selection)
- Za-zen. The practice of zen. Kristkeitz, Heidelberg-Leimen 1979, ISBN 3-921508-11-8
- The voice of the valley. Kristeitz, Heidelberg-Leimen 1979, ISBN 978-3-921508-18-3
- Zen in the Martial Arts of Japan. Knaur, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-426-04130-8
- The teachings of Master Dōgen. The treasure of Sōtō-Zen. (From the French by Regina Krause) Diederichs, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-424-01024-3
- Sitting dragon. Teachings from Master Deshimaru. Angkor, Frankfurt 2001, ISBN 3-936018-15-4
- Questions to a Zen Master. Kristkeitz, Heidelberg-Leimen 2002, ISBN 3-921508-98-3
- Dokan. Daily Za-Zen. Kristkeitz, Heidelberg-Leimen 2002, ISBN 3-921508-85-1
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Taisen Deshimaru (1914-1982) - biography
Web links
- [1] Website by Kosen Tibaut
- [2] Rei Ryu Philippe Coupey's website
- [3] Website of the International Zen Association AZI
- Literature by and about Taisen Deshimaru in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Taisen Deshimaru-Rōshi: The voice of the valley . Ed .: Phillipe Coupey. 2nd Edition. Kristeitz, Heidelberg-Leimen 2013, ISBN 978-3-921508-18-3 , p. 183 .
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SURNAME | Deshimaru, Taisen |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 弟子 丸 泰 仙 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese Zen master |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1914 |
DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1982 |
Place of death | Japan |