Zenkei Shibayama

Zenkei Shibayama (柴山 全慶, Shibayama Zenkei, 1894 – 1974), a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known students was Keido Fukushima, abbot of Tōfuku-ji. Shibayama also taught at Otani University and was the head abbot of the entire Nanzenji Organization, overseeing the administration of over five hundred temples.^[1][2] Due to a number of lecture tours he undertook to the United States in the 1960s, and the translation of several of his books into English, Shibayama was a significant contributor to the establishment of Zen in America.

Zenkei Shibayama
Personal life
Born	30 November 1894 Japan
Died	29 August 1974 (1974-08-30) (aged 79)
Occupation	Writer Rōshi
Religious life
Religion	Zen Buddhism
School	Rinzai
Senior posting
Based in	Nanzen-ji Otani University

Shibayama Zenkei Rōshi at UC Santa Barbara, 1969

See also

• Buddhism in Japan
• List of Rinzai Buddhists

Bibliography

• Zen Comments on the Mumonkan. Harper & Row. 1974. ISBN 0-06-067279-X. OCLC 804989.
• On Zazen Wasan: Hakuin's Song of Zazen. Kyoto. 1967. OCLC 2279785.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Shibayama, Zenkai; Gyokusei Jikihara (1967). Zen Oxherding Pictures. Tokyo: Sōgensha. OCLC 174614524.
• A Flower Does Not Talk. Kyoto: Shibayama. 1966. OCLC 3836026.

Notes

1. Ford, 116-117
2. Loori, 344

References

• Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-509-8.
• Loori, John Daido (2006). Sitting with Koans: Essential Writings on Zen Koan Introspection. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-369-9. OCLC 61451602.