Kodo Sawaki (Japanese: 沢木興道, Sawaki Kōdō) (1880-1965) is considered by some to be the most important JapaneseZen master of the 20th century. His parents died early and he grew up being adopted by a gambler and an ex-prostitute. When he was 16, he ran away from home to become a monk at Eiheiji, one of the two main temples of Soto Zen. First unsuccessful, he was finally ordained as a monk and began his Zen studies. Later, he started to give lectures and instructions in the practice of zazen, and during the 30s he was called as a professor Komazawa University. At the same time, he also took responsibility for Antaiji, a zazen temple in northern Kyoto. Because of his continuous travels throughout Japan to practice zazen with people everywhere, he began to be called "homeless Kodo". Sawaki Kodo Roshi died on December 21st, 1965, in Antaiji. He was succeeded by his closest desciple, Kosho Uchiyama, who also collected many of Sawaki's sayings, which have been published under the title "The Zen Teaching of 'Homeless Kodo'". Image File history File links Description: An image of the Japanese Zen teacher Kodo Sawaki (1880-1965) sitting in full lotus posture. ... Image File history File links Description: An image of the Japanese Zen teacher Kodo Sawaki (1880-1965) sitting in full lotus posture. ... Kodo Sawaki practicing zazen Zazen (å禅) is at the heart of Zen Buddhist practice. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Bodhidharma, woodcut print by Yoshitoshi, 1887. ... Eiheiji (永平寺) is one of two main temples of the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism. ... For the vegetable, see Celosia. ... Kodo Sawaki practicing zazen Zazen (å禅) is at the heart of Zen Buddhist practice. ... Antaiji belongs to the Soto Zen school. ... Kyoto Hall Mayor Yorikane Masumoto Address 〒604-8571 Kyoto-shi, Nakagyo-ku, Teramachi-Oike, 488 Phone number 075-222-3111 Official website: Kyoto City This page is about the city Kyoto. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Antaiji belongs to the Soto Zen school. ...
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Sayings by Kodo Sawaki with some texts by Kosho Uchiyama
Seven chapters that were not included in the English translation of "The Zen Teaching of 'Homeless Kodo'"
KodoSawaki, unlike most other Masters, refused to take charge of the monasteries offered him during his lifetime.
The monks, taking KodoSawaki for a beggar-tramp (his clothes were but rags) and a madman (the bullet wound he had received in the mouth impaired his speech and made it difficult for him to speak), refused to listen to him.
Though, unlike KodoSawaki before him, Deshimaru had a happy childhood, he was nonetheless tormented, even at an early age, by this ephemeral world of birth and death.
KodoSawaki (Japanese: 沢木興道, Sawaki Kōdō) (1880-1965) is considered by some to be the most important Japanese Zen master of the 20th century.
SawakiKodo Roshi died on December 21st, 1965, in Antaiji.
He was succeeded by his closest disciple, Kosho Uchiyama, who also collected many of Sawaki's sayings, which have been published under the title "The Zen Teaching of 'Homeless Kodo'".
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