Zenkei Shibayama
Japanese Buddhist monk (1894–1974) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Personal life | |
Born | 30 November 1894 Japan |
Died | 29 August 1974 79) | (aged
Occupation | Writer Rōshi |
Religious life | |
Religion | Zen Buddhism |
School | Rinzai |
Senior posting | |
Based in | Nanzen-ji Otani University |

See also
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.
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: 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.
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