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Kobun was an instrumental figure in the transmission of Zen to America and its evolution within our culture. Although he came to assist Shunryu Suzuki at the San Francisco Zen Center, Kobun was enamored of the way Zen, unfettered, blossomed in new soil, and he followed it wherever it grew.
Looking ahead to such a globalized society, Koubun International aims to develop human resources who will lead the coming generation.
Jun 18, 2021 · Shen Xingong attended Kobun Gakuin (the Kobun Institute for overseas Chinese education) in Tokyo from 1902 to 1903 Footnote 13; Japan’s early Westernization acted as a beacon for Chinese students.
- Hao Huang
- hahuang@scrippscollege.edu
- 2021
As a master of kyūdō (Japanese archery), Otogawa was asked to teach a course at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. The target was set up on a grassy area on the edge of a cliff over the Pacific Ocean.
Biography - Kobun Chino Otogawa. Houn Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi – his students and friends simply called him KOBUN – was born on February 1st. 1938 in Kamo, Japan, in his parents’ Zen temple JOKOJI. He was the youngest of six children.
Feb 12, 2014 · Since a lot of Tofugu readers fancy the older, traditional stuff in Japan, (and for a lot of other reasons as well) I'm going to be writing a series of introductory lessons on kobun 古文 こぶん or bungo 文語 ぶんご, the "literary language" that dominated prose and most poetry in Japan all the way from 794 AD (Heian Period ...
Newly available, Precious Mirror, combines Jikoji founder Kobun Chino Otogawa's brilliant calligraphy with translations into English enface. Kobun was an instrumental figure in the transmission of Zen to America and its evolution within our culture.
