In This Body, in This Lifetime: Awakening Stories of Japanese Soto Zen Women - Sozen Nagasawa Roshi

Descriere In This Body, in This Lifetime: Awakening Stories of Japanese Soto Zen Women - Sozen Nagasawa Roshi

ESHO SUDAN (editor) is a Soto Zen nun and teacher based in Japan. She teaches the Baikaryu style of chanting and has worked as an editor for various monastery publications in Japan, the United States, and Australia for more than two decades. \nKOGEN CZARNIK (translator) is a Zen Priest in the Soto tradition, in the lineage of Tangen Harada Roshi. He is the editor of Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha. \n \n KOJUN SOZEN NAGASAWA ROSHI (1888-1971) was a pioneer of women's monastic Zen practice in Japan. She received ordination from Daiun Sogaku Harada Roshi, who arranged for her to train at Shogen-ji, a men-only monastery known for its rigorous practice. In 1935, she established Kannon-ji, a temple for nuns, where she guided generations of nuns and laywomen to an awakening experience. A fierce advocate for equal rights for female Zen practitioners, she also served as vice president of the Soto Schools Nuns Organization (established in the mid-1940s) and the Japan's Nuns Organization (established in 1951).\n

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9781645473589

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