A Zen Master for the West: An Interview with Kobori Sohaku

  • Kobori Sohaku is one of the few Zen Masters in all history charged with responsibility to communicate the insights of Zen to Westerners. An interview with Koborisan revealed: (1) westerners have not understood that yes and no are one; (2) Zen cannot be understood by reading only; one must use the third eye of religion; (3) psychology, especially FROMM and Jung, is more important for understanding Zen than art, literature or philosophy; and (4) to understand Zen, sitting (zazen, meditation) must be added to reading.

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Author:Cliff Edwards
Parent Title (English):Dialog, Minneapolis, Vol. 17 (No. 3, 1978), pp. 167-169.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1978
Release Date:2014/01/28
Format:PDF-scan to download
IdNo:Edwards_C_1978
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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