Zenkei Shibayama Quotes

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Silently a flower blooms,
In silence it falls away;
Yet here now, at this moment, at this place,
The world of the flower, the whole of
the world is blooming.
This is the talk of the flower, the truth
of the blossom;
The glory of eternal life is fully shining here.

Zenkei Shibayama

Zenkei Shibayama

Zenkei Shibayama

Born: November 30, 1894

Died: August 29, 1974 (aged 79)

Bio: Zenkei Shibayama, a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known students was Keido Fukushima, abbot of Tōfuku-ji.

Known for:

The Gateless Gate
Zen comments on the Mumonkan (1974)
A Flower Does Not Talk: Zen Essays (1970)

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