Kōshō Uchiyama
Kosho Uchiyama | |
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Religion | Zen Buddhism |
School | Sōtō |
Education | M.A. (Waseda Univ.) |
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Nationality | Japanese |
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1912 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | March 1998 (aged 85–86) |
Senior posting | |
Based in | Antai-ji |
Title | Rōshi |
Predecessor | Kodo Sawaki |
Successor |
Koho Watanabe Shohaku Okumura |
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Kosho Uchiyama (内山 興正 Uchiyama Kōshō, 1912 – March 13, 1998) was a Sōtō priest, origami master, and abbot of Antai-ji near Kyoto, Japan.
Uchiyama was author of more than twenty books on Zen Buddhism and origami,[1] of which Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice is best known.
Education and career
Uchiyama graduated from Waseda University with a masters degree in Western philosophy in 1937 and was ordained a priest in 1941 by his teacher Kōdō Sawaki.[2] Throughout his life, Uchiyama lived with the damaging effects of tuberculosis.[3]
Uchiyama became abbot of Antai-ji following Sawaki's death in 1965 until he retired in 1975 to Nokei-in, also near Kyoto, where he lived with his wife.[1] Following the death of his teacher he led a forty-nine-day sesshin in memorial of his teacher.[2] In retirement he continued his writing, the majority of which consisted of poetry.[3]
Opening the Hand of Thought
Opening the Hand of Thought was published in 2004 in English, translated and edited by Jishō Cary Warner and Thomas Wright (who helped with the book's earlier editions in 1973 and 1993),[4] as well as Uchiyama's Dharma heir Shohaku Okumura. The book attempts to describe Zen and zazen. Uchiyama compares Buddhism and Christianity.[5] His summary is:
"one zazen, two practices, three minds"[6]
which refers to his own formula: two practices of "vow" and "repentance", and three minds: "magnanimous mind, nurturing mind and joyful mind".[7] He says his book covers butsudō, the effort of an individual to actualize their universal self.[8]
Bibliography
- Uchiyama, Kosho; Dogen; François-Albert Viallet (2007). Zen für Küche und Leben: Kommentare zu zen-meister Dogens Tenzo Kyokun - Anweisungen für den Koch. M. Angkor-Verl. ISBN 3-936018-55-3.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (2007). Shōbō genzō hachidainingaku o ajiwau. Tokyo: Daihōrinkaku. ISBN 4-8046-1263-7.
- Uchiyama, Kosho; Jōichi Yamamoto (2005). Fukan zazengi o yomu : shūkyō to shiteno dōgenzen. Tokyo: Daihōrinkaku. ISBN 4-8046-1223-8.
- Uchiyama, Kosho; Thomas Wright; Jishō Cary Warner; Shohaku Okumura (2004). Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-357-5.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (2000). Uvolnit sevření mysli: cesta k zenu. Praha: DharmaGaia. ISBN 80-85905-51-5.
- Uchiyama Kōshō (1990): The Zen Teaching of 'Homeless Kodo'
- Uchiyama, Kosho (2000). The Zen Teaching of "Homeless" Kôdô. Frankfurt am Main, Foockenstr: 5 Keller. ISBN 3-89811-271-3.
- Uchiyama, Kosho; Dogen; Shohaku Okumura; Taigen Daniel Leighton (1997). The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3105-X.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1989). Shōbō genzō gyōbutsu igi o ajiwau. Tokyo: Hakujusha. OCLC 23385648.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1987). Shōbō genzō genjō kōan o ajiwau. Tokyo: Hakujusha. OCLC 18049880.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1987). Inochi no hataraki : Chiji shingi o ajiau : shinsōban. Tokyo: Hakujusha. OCLC 22847500.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1984). Shōbō genzō : uji shoaku makusa o ajiwau. Tōkyo: Hakujusha, Shōwa 59. OCLC 15414544.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1983). Refining Your Life: From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0179-5.
- Uchiyama, Kosho; Dogen (1977). Shūkyō to shite no Dōgen Zen : Fukan zazengi ikai. Tokyo: Hakujusha. OCLC 42589281.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1974). Réalité du Zen. Le chemin vers soi-même. Le Courrier du Livre. OCLC 32455013.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1973). Approach to Zen: The Reality of Zazen/Modern Civilization and Zen. Japan Publications. ISBN 0-87040-252-8.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1973). Weg zum Selbst: Zen-wirklichkeit. Barth. ISBN 3-87041-265-8.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1967). Modern Civilization and Zen: What Kind of Religion is Buddhism?. Administrative Office of Soto Sect. OCLC 38666101.
- Uchiyama, Kosho (1962). Origami. Tokyo: Kokudosha. OCLC 33721581.
Notes
References
- Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-509-8.
- Uchiyama, Kosho; Thomas Wright; Jishō Cary Warner; Shohaku Okumura (2004). Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-357-5. Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help) - Wright, Daitsu Tom; Jishō Warner (Spring 2006). "Laughter Through the Tears: Kosho Uchiyama Roshi on Life as a Zen Beggar". Buddhadharma: the Practitioner's Quarterly. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
External links
- Seven chapters from Uchiyama's book "The Zen Teaching of 'Homeless Kodo'"
- Kosho Uchiyama: "To you who are still dissatisfied with your zazen"
- Kosho Uchiyama: "To you who has decided to become a Zen monk"
- http://www.zen.ite.pl/masters/kosho_uchiyama.html (Polish language)