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I lived with the kind loving man behind the monks mask. In this book, a concise summary of zen teachings unfolds within the ordinary comedies and tragedies of everyday life. He was later invited by choygam trungpa to boulder, colorado to help found naropa university and teach students zazen, oryoki, and calligraphy. Kobun chino otogawa came to the united states for the first time to train the novice monks at the tassajara mountain monastery, which had just been founded. Living with kobun at that time was like living with two or three people rather than with one person. Kobun chino otogawa roshi, zen teacher and holder of the world wisdom. The community values and supports the legacy of kobun chino otogawa roshi, the teacher who established the practice at jikoji.

The calligraphy includes original poems, as well as quotes from zen master dogen, and from ancient texts. Later, when chino roshi realized kobun wouldnt return, kobun had to return to his own name kobun otogawa. I saw kobun chino i asked if he might do an interview for a book i was writing on. Kobun chino otogawa found in steve jobs an outstanding disciple and steve found in him a mentor to admire. Editors note as far as i am aware, sesshin talks given during the. Kobun chino otogawa, chief priest of jikoji, came to america in 1967 from eiheiji monastery in japan.

Precious mirror companions for the journey by kobun chino otogawa accessibility books library as well as its powerful features, including thousands and thousands of title from favorite author, along with the capability to read or download hundreds of boos on your pc or smartphone in minutes. Id like to clear it up a little bit, and reassure your sense of basic confidence that however you are is the way it should be. Kobun chino could divide a leaf of grass from a distance of 25 meters. Otogawa took his bow, notched the arrow, took careful aim, and shot. Otogawa looked happily at the shocked students and shouted, bulls eye at a gathering of some of otogawa s longterm students in santa cruz, ca, shortly before otogawa s death, a student asked, kobun, why do we sit. Kobun otogawa, otogawa kobun february 1, 1938 july 26, 2002 was a. Dec 27, 2016 kobun chino otogawa was an instrumental figure in the transmission of zen to america and its evolution within our culture. When eijeiji, one of japans two head temples, sent. Follow kobun chino otogawa and explore their bibliography from s kobun chino otogawa author page. Kobun chino otogawa is the author of embracing mind 4. Mar 12, 2012 buddhist monk kobun chino otogawa was the spiritual mentor of steve jobs as well as his close friend during more than 20 years.

Kobun chino otogawa was an instrumental figure in the transmission of zen to america and its evolution within our culture. Kobun was readopted into the otokawa lineage and he took that name. As a master of kyudo zen archery, otogawa was asked to teach a course at the esalen institute in big sur, california. Read or download precious mirror companions for the journey book by kobun chino otogawa. Dec 02, 2011 the zen of steve jobs, caleb melby, jess3 illustrator an illustrated depiction of steve jobs friendship with zen buddhist kobun chino otogawa and the impact it had on jobs career apple cofounder steve jobs 19552011 had such an enormous impact on so many people that his life often took on aspects of myth. Young has additionally just published precious mirrora book of zen priest kobun chino otogawas calligraphy with youngs translations from the japaneseas part of the companions for the journey series from white pine press. Kobun chino otogawas lecture on introduction to the aspects of sitting what is zazen, shikantaza. His students were watching him doing that many times. I just got it yesterday and havent had time to read it. Buddhist monk kobun chino otogawa was the spiritual mentor of steve jobs as well as his close friend during more than 20 years.

The target was set up on a beautiful grassy area on the edge of a cliff overlooking the pacific ocean. The wide ranging talks in this book began as sesshin teishos instructions given. The dark side a zen buddhist monk, kobun otogawa chino. Reginald ray writes a remembrance of zen master and famed calligrapher kobun chino roshi, who died tragically with his young daughter in july, 2002.

Kobun chino roshi explains the meaning of gassho, a hand gesture that is often accompanied with a bow. Sep 28, 2012 the list of things i intended to reject was a long one. Precious mirror by kobun chino otogawa, paperback barnes. So with reckless abandon, i attempted to purge all that was kobun inside of me. By the time i reached graduate school in 1970, i was a bornagain zen buddhist. I wanted none of his flaws, his temperament, his beliefs, his failures, his demons. One day he was alone in a house, kindly offered to him by an old zennie named jonathon altman, when a knock came on the door. A zen buddhist monk, kobun otogawa chinothe man behind the mask. Sent from eiheiji to bring the classical forms of zen to the first monastery in america, kobun arrived as a young man in the midst of a social revolution and resonated in perfect time with the evolution of american zen. Kobun chino otogawa roshi 19382002 kobun chino lived for some years in arroyo seco, new mexico, near his zendo and overlooking taos. Kobun chino otogawa aspects of sitting zazen instructions.

Please click on kobun chino otogawa roshi, a web site dedicated to respectfully remembering kobun, for pictures, lectures, anecdotes, and video and audio clips, as well as his biography and autobiography. Newly available, precious mirror, combines jikoji founder kobun chino otogawas brilliant calligraphy with translations into english enface. Sent from eiheiji to bring the classical forms of zen to the first monastery in america, kobun arrived as a young man in the midst of a social revolution and resonated in perfect time with the. Kobun chino otogawa was an instrumental figure in the. Yet, the passing years have confronted me with the truth that most adult children are forced to come to terms with. As far as i am aware, sesshin talks given during the.

The story moves back and forward in time, from the. Also, the other day i ordered a copy of embracing mind. Kobun chino otogawa wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility.

The zen talks of kobun chino otogawa otogawa, kobun chino, cosgrove, judy, hall, shinbo joseph on. On july 26, 2002, kobun chino roshi drowned trying to save his fiveyearold daughter maya, who had fallen into a pond. But i read bits and pieces of the book that appeared online, so i know its gonna be great. Steve jobs relationship with kobun chineo and shunryu suzuki. When eijeiji, one of japans two head temples, sent a classically educated trainer of monks to help establish the forms of the first zen monastery in the us, they were unaware of the depth of his faith in buddha nature that we are already enlightene. That is why some books refer to kobun chino instead of kobun otogawa. The zen of steve jobs, caleb melby, jess3 illustrator an illustrated depiction of steve jobs friendship with zen buddhist kobun chino otogawa and the.

Kobun otogawa february 1, 1938 july 26, 2002 was a soto zen priest. An illustrated depiction of steve jobs friendship with zen buddhist kobun chino otogawa and the impact it had on jobs career apple cofounder steve jobs 19552011 had such an enormous impact on so many people that his life often took on aspects of myth. After minoring in asian religions and cultures in college and meditating sporadically at the zen studies society in manhattan, i was determined to shave my head, don long black robes, and head off to the monastery for the rigorous training id read about in books. I lived with chino sensei, the zen buddhist monk and i lived with kobun the addict, the angry alcoholic.

It is wonderful, after so many years, to have kobun chino otogawas wise words between the covers of a book, beautifully edited and carefully presented. The zen of steve jobs, kobun chino otogawa and japan a geek. The wide ranging talks in this book began as sesshin teishos instructions given to students while in the midst of a weeklong period of intensive sitting. The zen of steve jobs, kobun chino otogawa and japan a. 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.

I didnt mention it then i guess because i was trying to figure out how to get it and also there was immediate talk of doing another edition with some additions and corrections. I didnt mention it then i guess because i was trying to figure out how to get it and also there was immediate talk of doing another edition. Nov 01, 2002 reginald ray writes a remembrance of zen master and famed calligrapher kobun chino roshi, who died tragically with his young daughter in july, 2002. Zen teachings of kobun chino otogawa roshi, who died tragically while trying to save his young daughter from drowning. After 1980 these were held at jikoji zen temple, al. The list of things i intended to reject was a long one. Kobun chino otogawa met steve jobs for the first time when he had just come back from his trip to india. On a spring day he drove with one of his students along the pacific coast highway. Kobun chino otogawa roshi dated draft of biography with added links and other resources.

Click here for shunryu suzuki photo archive images and links to all pages on. This outdated draft biography describes kobun chino otogawa, roshi. The draft biography below, of kobun otogawa roshi, was compiled under the guidance of angie boissevain sensei, the senior author and editor many of the zen centers kobun helped start are linked explicitly below and also linked in the text, with links to stories of their founding, related centers, teachings, and teachers. Kobun chino otogawa author of embracing mind goodreads. He stopped the car on the roadside, opened the trunk and pulled out a twometerlong japanese bow and a quiver of handcarved arrows. But i feel like much of the way i understand zen comes from the way kobun taught it to tim. Avaliable format in pdf, epub, mobi, kindle, ebook and audiobook. The basis of the present text is transcribed and edited recordings of kobuns sesshin talks between 1974 and 1993.

One reason i was looking forward to reading walter isaacsons new biography of steve jobs was my hope that, as a sharpeyed reporter, isaacson would probe to the heart of what one of the few entrepreneurs who really deserved the term visionary learned from buddhism. He had a lot of repressed anger and it came out when he was drunk. Kobun otogawa, otogawa kobun february 1, 1938 july 26, 2002 was a japanese soto zen priest. When eijeiji, one of japans two head temples, sent a classically educated trainer of monks to help establish the forms of the first zen monastery in the us, they were unaware of the depth of his faith in buddha nature that we are already enlightened and the purpose of. In the 1990s kobun returned to japan and reconciled with his old master, chino roshi. Newly available, precious mirror, combines jikoji founder kobun chino otogawa s brilliant calligraphy with translations into english enface. There is a little misunderstanding about socalled zen or buddhist life.

Kobun was an instrumental figure in the transmission of zen to america and its evolution within our culture. Kobuns public persona was that of a very kind, gentle, compassionate man who possessed infinite patience in the face of all obstacles. Sent from eiheiji to bring the classical forms of zen to the first monastery in america, kobun arrived as a young man in the midst of a social revolution and resonated in perfec. The zen talks of kobun chino otogawa judy cosgrove. Earthquakes and blossoms appear by kobun chino otogawa roshi december 2, 2002. The aim of the center is to serve as a way station, a refuge and oasis of serenity that is conducive to learning and renewal. The zen talks of kobun chino otogawa edited by judy cosgrove and shinbo joseph hall. Otogawa, who preferred to be called by his first name, rather than by either of the japanese zen honorifics. A dharma heir is the person who continues the teachings of his master. Two new books published by uc santa cruz poet, lecturer. He stopped the car on the roadside, opened the trunk.

Kobun chino otogawa s lecture on introduction to the aspects of sitting what is zazen, shikantaza. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The arrow sailed high over the target, went past the railing, beyond the cliff, only to plunge into the ocean far below. The zen of steve jobs is basically the hipsternerd event of the year so far its a graphic novel which reimagines the relationship between steve jobs and his buddhist teacher kobun chino. This awesome book ready for download, you can get this book now for free. Precious mirror companions for the journey by kobun chino otogawabook detail. Zen books, study, santa cruz santa cruz zen center. Born february 1, 1938 into the otogawa family, a family including a lineage of priests in the little town of kamo in niigata prefecture in northwest japan at the family. The zen talks of kobun chino otogawa by otogawa, kobun chino, cosgrove, judy, hall, shinbo joseph isbn. The zen talks of kobun chino otogawa in pdf format. Pdf, epubs, mobi, emagazines, epaper, ejournal and more.