Senzaki, Nyogen
1876-1958 81 years
1876-1958 81 years
aka: Aizo Senzaki
Japanese Rinzai Zen student/teacher/master
born Japan
mother died when Senzaki was 5 years
father was maybe a Russian, or Chinese, Siberian,
abandoned as a child, adopted by a Buddhist
monk, and returned to Japan.
became a Zen monk
came to US in 1905 and stayed, studied English
propagated Zen in the US
during WWII, was in a US Japanese internment
camp
was a teacher to Robert Aiken, US Zen student and
teacher
helped Paul Reps write the book Zen Flesh, Zen
Bones
Japanese Rinzai Zen student/teacher/master
born Japan
mother died when Senzaki was 5 years
father was maybe a Russian, or Chinese, Siberian,
abandoned as a child, adopted by a Buddhist
monk, and returned to Japan.
became a Zen monk
came to US in 1905 and stayed, studied English
propagated Zen in the US
during WWII, was in a US Japanese internment
camp
was a teacher to Robert Aiken, US Zen student and
teacher
helped Paul Reps write the book Zen Flesh, Zen
Bones
| What Paul Reps and Senzaki are thinking of – the wine of desire – has nothing to do with Zen. Zen knows about one wine, and you have all tasted it. It is the wine that comes through the silent, meditative ecstasy of your being. It has nothing to do with desire. It has nothing to do with purpose... --Osho The Zen Manifesto, ch. 3 |
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