Biography:Rempo Niwa Zenji
Zuigaku Rempo Niwa Zenji (1905–1993)[1] was a Japanese Zen master.[1]
Biography
Rempo Zenji was born in Shizuoka, Japan .[2] His father was a schoolmaster and his mother was a farmer.[2] After graduating from Tokyo University, he became the head official in Tokei-in[2] and later studied at Antai-ji.[3] At the age of 50,[4] Niwa became the 77th abbot of the Eihei-ji monastery.[1][5] He also received the imperial title of Jikô Enkai Zenji (“Great Zen Master of Compassion, Ocean of Plenitude”).[1]
An avid practitioner of zazen, he rebuilt the zendo (meditation hall) so that the young people in training could better engage in this essential practice.[4] His dharma heirs include Gudō Wafu Nishijima[6][7] and Moriyama Daigyo as well as several teachers affiliated with the Taisen Deshimaru Lineage in Europe.[1] Zenji (literally, "Zen Master") is an honorary title given to the senior Eihei temple (Eihei-ji), headquarters of the Sōtō school, founded in the thirteenth century by Master Dogen.
Outside of Zen, he created brush calligraphy.[8] His work was often credited to various pseudonyms.[8] Niwa died in 1993.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Niwa, Zuigaku Rempô". Sweeping Zen. http://sweepingzen.com/niwa-zuigaku-rempo-bio/. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Dogen Sangha (4) The Two Reverend Masters". Gudō Wafu Nishijima. August 15, 2006. http://gudoblog-e.blogspot.com/2006/08/dogen-sangha-4-two-reverend-masters.html. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ↑ Weitsman, Mel; Wenger, Michael; Okumura, Shōhaku. Dogen Zenji's Shobogenzo Genjo-koan. p. 132. ISBN 9781582437439.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Qué es lo que usted desearía saber a propósito del templo" (in Spanish). http://larbredeleveil.org/maitres_esp.htm. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ Victoria, Brian (2006). Zen at War. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. xiii. ISBN 9780742539266.
- ↑ Warner, Brad (2003). Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality. Wisdom Publications. p. 52. ISBN 0-86171-380-X.
- ↑ "OBITUARY: Gudo Wafu Nishijima". Sweeping Zen. January 30, 2014. http://sweepingzen.com/obituary-gudo-wafu-nishijima/. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "About Treeleaf and our Lineage". http://www.treeleaf.org/about-treeleaf-teachers-jundo-taigu-and-our-lineage/. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
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