Taïkan Jyoji Explained

thumb|Maître Taikan Jyoji

Taïkan Jyoji is the representative for Europe of the Rinzai school of Zen (Myôshin-ji branch, Kyoto). He was officially installed in this function by Yamada Mumon Rôshi^[1] in 1976.

Director of the "Green Cliff" zen center

In 1989, Taïkan Jyoji was given the title of Kaikyo-shi (Founding Master) for Europe. Then he founded and has directed since his return of Japan the "Green Cliff" Zen Center (in French : "La Falaise Verte"). The "Green Cliff" zen center is located in the Middle South of France, in Ardèche, near the village of Saint Laurent du Pape. The "Green Cliff" center, also named the "Shobo-ji Temple" (Temple of the Authentic Dharma), is directly linked with the Myoshin-ji headtemple. The "Green Cliff" center is composed of a Zendo, the meditation place, and a kyūdō dōjō, where the Japanese art of archery can be practiced.In June 2010, the Zendo has been consacred by a Japanese delegation of temple's masters led by Kancho Taïtsu Roshi, head of Myoshin-Ji.In March 2017, Taïkan Jyoji has been honored by the Japanese Government. He has been receiving a price for his contribution to promote the Japanese culture.

Bibliography

• La source du vide, Éditions Le Courrier du Livre, Paris,1989
• Zen et zazen, Éditions Le Courrier du Livre, Paris, 1991
• Au coeur du Zen,Éditions Le Courrier du Livre, Paris, 1996
• Exhortations zen, Éditions Le Courrier du Livre, Paris, 1996
• Itinéraire d'un maître zen venu d'Occident, Éditions Almora, Paris, réédité 2008
• L'art du kôan zen, Éditions Albin Michel Spiritualité, Paris, 2001
• Zen au fil des jours, Éditions Le Courrier du Livre, Paris, 2006
• Un jour - une vie (Tome 1), Éditions Almora, Paris, 2011
• Un jour - une vie (Tome 2), Éditions Almora, Paris, 2012
• Un jour - une vie (Tome 3), Éditions Almora, Paris, 2015
• Correspondence d'un maître Zen, Éditions Almora, Paris, 2014
• Kyudo, tir à l'arc zen, Éditions Le Courrier du Livre, Paris, 2014
• Les Saveurs du Zen, (Cookbook in collaboration with Françoise Dye), Éditions Almora, Paris, 2009

External links

• The Green Cliff (La Falaise Verte)https://web.archive.org/web/20110726045738/http://www.falaiseverte.org/index.htm
• Zoom on Taïkan Jyoji toward the French buddhist channel "Voix Bouddhistes" http://www.bouddhisme-france.org/archives/voix_bouddhistes/detail_des_emissions/010826.htm
• Rinzai Zen and its European delegate on the French Buddhist University https://web.archive.org/web/20101102031442/http://www.bouddhisme-universite.org/annuaire/ecoles/japon.html
• Taïkan Jyoji on Buddhachannel http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/spip.php?article1434
• Architectural project of the Green Cliff Zendo https://web.archive.org/web/20050413192142/http://www.zendo-rinzai.org/IMG/pdf/Plaquette_Zendo.pdf
• Video of the French TV show "Buddhist Wisdom". Taïkan Jyoji comment the calligraphy "Everyday is a good day" http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjjf5c_sagesses-bouddhistes-chaque-jour-est-un-bon-jour_webcam

Wikipedia Category

Buddhism

Zen

Rinzai

Green Cliff

Notes and References

1. Yamada Mumon Rôshi (1900-1988) was the head of the Shofuku-ji monastery in Kobe and in addition, the Superior of the three thousand temples and monasteries of the Myôshin-ji institution