First Zen Institute of America
The First Zen Institute of America | |
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New York, NY 10016 | |
Country | United States |
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Founder | Sokei-an |
Completed | 1930 |
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The First Zen Institute of America is a
History of the First Zen Institute
In 1930, Sokei-an opened an American branch of Ryomokyo-kai in New York City and called it the Buddhist Society of America. Originally located on West 70th Street,
Poet Gary Snyder's study of Zen in Japan in 1956 was made possible by a grant from the First Zen Institute.[9][10]
Lectures and translations by Sokei-an Sasaki
Sokei-an died before leaving behind a
Books published by the First Zen Institute
Continuing in the tradition of its founder, the members of the First Zen Institute have published many important original translations from classical Chinese and medieval Japanese texts. Books include Zen Dust, by Isshu Miura and Ruth Fuller Sasaki, The Zen Koan, by Isshu Miura and Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen A Religion; A Method For Religious Awakening; Study for Foreigners in Japan, by Ruth Fuller Sasaki; The Development of Chinese Zen After the Sixth Patriarch, by Heinreich Dumulin and Ruth Fuller Sasaki; A Man of Zen, The Recorded Sayings of the Layman P'ang, translated from the Chinese by Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Yoshitaka Iriya and Dana R. Fraser; The Record of Lin Chi, translated from the Chinese by Ruth Fuller Sasaki; Bankei Zen, translations from the Record of Bankei, by Peter Haskel; Letting Go, The Story of Zen Master Tosui, translated and with an introduction by Peter Haskel; Great Fool: Zen Master Ryokan, Poems, Letters, and other Writings, translated with Essays by Ryuichi Abe and Peter Haskel, and Zen by the Brush, by Susan Morningstar. Manuscripts awaiting publication include the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, Three Hundred Mile Tiger: The Record of Lin Chi and Peter Haskel's new book on the Zen sword-master Takuan.
Ongoing practice at the First Zen Institute
Despite having no teacher in residence, the institute does invite teachers such as Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi and Isshu Miura Roshi to provide instruction periodically.[1] The institute holds public meditation once a week on Wednesday evenings, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and offers two-day meditation retreats, usually on the second weekend of each month."[14]
See also
Notes
- Belgard, Daniel (1999). The Culture of Spontaneity: Improvisation and the Arts in Postwar America. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-04188-3.
- Fields, Rick (1986). How the Swans Came to the Lake. Random House. ISBN 0-394-74419-5.
- Gioia, Dana; Yost, Chryss; Hicks, Jack (2003). California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present. Heydey Books. ISBN 1-890771-72-4.
- Harvey, Peter (1990). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-31333-3.
- Lippy, Charles H. (2002). Pluralism Comes of Age: American Religious Culture in the Twentieth Century. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 0-7656-0151-6.
- Miura, Isshu; Sasaki, Ruth (1966). Zen Dust. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World. OCLC 214943771.
- Schelling, Andrew (2005). The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-392-3.
- Stirling, Isabel. "Zen Pioneer: The Life & Works of ISBN 978-1-59376-110-3
- Hotz, Michael; Sokei-an Sasaki (2002). Holding The Lotus to the Rock. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows. p. 264 Pages. ISBN 1-56858-248-X.
- Haskel, Peter (1984). Bankei Zen. New York: Grove Press. p. 196 Pages. OCLC 10484639.
- Wilson, Jeff (2000). The Buddhist Guide to New York. Macmillan. OCLC 44089480.