The Song of the Wind in the Dry Tree is a book of commentaries given by Zen Master Philippe Coupey from two 13th-century Japanese texts. In Part I, he s chosen twelve poems from the Sansho Doei, a collection of poetry composed by Master Dogen Zenji between 1245 and 1253. In Part II, Coupey comments [...]
Long-time Zen teacher Philippe Coupey offers readers a fresh, sometimes irreverent, perspective of an ancient classic - the "Fukanzazengi", a short basic text on how to practice zazen, written by the Master Dogen in 1227. "The Fukanzazengi" is highly venerated within the Zen tradition, and is system[...]