Kazuaki Tanahashi
Kazuaki Tanahashi is an accomplished Japanese calligrapher, Zen teacher, author and translator of Buddhist texts from Japanese and Chinese to English, most notably works by Dogen (he began his translation of Shobogenzo in his twenties). He first met Shunryu Suzuki in 1964, and upon reading Suzuki's book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind he stated, "I could see it's Shobogenzo in a very plain, simple language." He has helped notable Zen teachers author books on Zen Buddhism, such as John Daido Loori. A fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science—Tanahashi is also an environmentalist and peaceworker.
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Kazuaki Tanahashi
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- Name
- Kazuaki Tanahashi
- Born
- 4 October 1933
- Occupation
- Calligrapher
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kazuaki Tanahashi is an accomplished Japanese calligrapher, Zen teacher, author and translator of Buddhist texts from Japanese and Chinese to English, most notably works by Dogen (he began his translation of Shobogenzo in his twenties). He first met Shunryu Suzuki in 1964, and upon reading Suzuki's book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind he stated, "I could see it's Shobogenzo in a very plain, simple language." He has helped notable Zen teachers author books on Zen Buddhism, such as John Daido Loori. A fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science—Tanahashi is also an environmentalist and peaceworker.
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• Name — Kazuaki Tanahashi • Other Names — Kaz • Born — 4 October 1933 • Religion — Zen Buddhism • Title — Sensei • Occupation — Calligrapher • Website — www.brushmind.net/
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1933
Kazuaki Tanahashi was born in 1933 at Japan.
2002
Miracles of the Moment, The Zen Circles of Kazuaki Tanahashi, 2002 Calendar is dated 2001.
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Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Shobo Genzo ed. By Kazuaki Tanahashi (review), Philosophy East and West, 2015
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