KŌSHŌ UCHIYAMA, born in Tokyo in 1912, received a master’s degree in Western philosophy in 1937 and became a Zen priest in 1941 under Kōdō Sawaki Rōshi. Upon Sawaki’s death in 1965, he became abbot of Antaiji, a monastery then located on the outskirts of Kyoto. In addition to developing the practice at Antaiji and leading monthly sesshins, Uchiyama Rōshi wrote several books on Zen meditation and practice as well as over twenty books with modern-day translations of various fascicles of Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō, along with commentaries.
KŌSHŌ UCHIYAMA, born in Tokyo in 1912, received a master’s degree in Western philosophy in 1937 and became a Zen priest in 1941 under Kōdō Sawaki Rōshi. Upon Sawaki’s death in 1965, he became abbot of Antaiji, a monastery then located on the outskirts of Kyoto. In addition to developing the practice at Antaiji and leading monthly sesshins, Uchiyama Rōshi wrote several books on Zen meditation and practice as well as over twenty books with modern-day translations of various fascicles of Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō, along with commentaries.