Kazuaki Tanahashi
{{Short description|Japanese calligrapher, Zen teacher, author and translator}}
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|website = [http://www.brushmind.net/ www.brushmind.net/]
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{{nihongo|Kazuaki Tanahashi|棚橋一晃||born October 4, 1933}} is an accomplished Japanese calligrapher, Zen teacher, author and translator of Buddhist texts from Japanese and Chinese to English, most notably works by Dogen (he began his translation of Shobogenzo in his twenties). He first met Shunryu Suzuki in 1964, and upon reading Suzuki's book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind he stated, "I could see it's Shobogenzo in a very plain, simple language."{{cite web| last =Chadwick| first =David| author-link =David Chadwick (writer)| title =Interview with Kazuaki Tanahashi| publisher =cuke.com| url =http://www.cuke.com/Cucumber%20Project/interviews/tanahashi.html| access-date = 2008-01-21}} He has helped notable Zen teachers author books on Zen Buddhism, such as John Daido Loori. A fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science—Tanahashi is also an environmentalist and peaceworker.{{cite book| last =Mcleod| first =Melvin| title =Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place| publisher =Wisdom Publications| year =2006| pages =[https://archive.org/details/mindfulpoliticsb00mcle/page/307 307]| url =https://archive.org/details/mindfulpoliticsb00mcle/page/307| isbn =0-86171-298-6}}{{cite book| last =Chang| first =Larry| title =Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing| publisher =Gnosophia Publishers| year =2006| pages =[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_-T3QhPjIxhIC/page/n439 439]| url =https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_-T3QhPjIxhIC| isbn = 0-9773391-0-6}}
Gallery
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Image:Jan Chozen Bays and Kaz Tanahashi.jpg|January Chozen Bays & Tanahashi
Bibliography
- {{cite book | last = Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title = Painting Peace: Art in a Time of Global Crisis | publisher =Shambhala Publications | year =2018| isbn = 9781611805437}}
- {{cite book | last = Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title = Heart of the Brush: The Splendor of East Asian Calligraphy | publisher =Shambhala Publications | year =2016| isbn = 9781611801347}}
- {{cite book | last = Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title = Zen Chants: Thirty-Five Essential Texts with Commentary | publisher =Shambhala Publications | year =2015| isbn = 9781611801439}}
- {{cite book | last = Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title = The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism | publisher =Shambhala Publications | year =2015| isbn = 9781611800968}}
- {{cite book | last = Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title = Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan | publisher =Shambhala Publications | year =2012| isbn = 978-1-59030-982-7}}
- {{cite book| last = Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title =Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shōbōgenzō| publisher =Shambhala Publications | year =2011| isbn = 978-1590304747}}
- {{cite book| last =Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title =Lotus| publisher =Wisdom Publications| year =2006| isbn = 0-86171-277-3}}
- {{cite book|translator-last=Hamill |translator-first=Sam |author=Lao Tzu |author-link=Lao Tzu |others=Kazuaki Tanahashi (calligraphy) | title =The Tao te Ching: A New Translation| publisher =Shambhala Publications| year =2005| isbn = 1-59030-011-4}}
- {{cite book| last =Loori| first =John Daido| author-link =John Daido Loori| others=Kazuaki Tanahashi (trans.)| title =The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans| publisher =Shambhala| year =2005| isbn = 1-59030-242-7}}
- {{cite book| last =Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki|author2=Peter Levitt | title =A Flock of Fools: Ancient Buddhist Tales of Wisdom and Laughter from the One Hundred Parable Sutra| publisher =Grove Press| year =2004| isbn = 0-8021-4133-1}}
- {{cite book| editor-last =Tanahashi| editor-first =Kazuaki |author=Dogen|author-link=Dogen| title =Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation| publisher =Shambhala Publications| year =2004| isbn = 1-59030-024-6}}
- {{cite book| last =Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title =Miracles of the Moment| publisher =Brush Dance| year =2001| isbn = 1-891731-83-1}}
- {{cite book| last =Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki|author2=Dogen | title =Enlightenment Unfolds| publisher =Shambhala Publications| year =1999| isbn = 1-57062-570-0}}
- {{cite book| others =Tanahashi, Kazuaki (Translator, Editor)| author =Dogen| title =Moon In a Dewdrop| publisher =North Point Press| year =1995| url =https://archive.org/details/moonindewdrop00doge| isbn =0-86547-186-X}}
- {{cite book| last =Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki|author2=David Schneider | title =Essential Zen| publisher =HarperSanFrancisco| year =1994| url =https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780062510471| url-access =registration| isbn = 0-06-251046-0}}
- {{cite book| last =Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title =Brush Mind| publisher =Parallax Press| year =1990| isbn = 0-938077-29-5}}
- {{cite book| last =Tanahashi| first =Kazuaki| title =Penetrating Laughter: Hakuin's Zen and Art| publisher =The Overlook Press| year =1984| isbn = 0-87951-280-6}}
- {{cite book| last =Tanahashi| title =Enku: Sculptor of a Hundred Thousand Buddhas| publisher =Shambhala Publications| year =1982| isbn = 0-394-74882-4}}
- {{cite book| last =Ueshiba| first =Morihei| author-link =Morihei Ueshiba |translator=Kaizuaki Tanahashi |translator2=Roy Maurer Jr | title =Aikido| publisher =Hozansha| year =1962}}
External links
- [https://www.shambhala.com/kazuaki-tanahashi/ A guide for readers to the works of Kazuaki Tanahashi]
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