--- title: "4 Zenkei Shibayama Quotes - Famous Esperantist (Zen Comments on the Mumonkan)" description: "Zenkei Shibayama , a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known stud..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-zenkei-shibayama-68400.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Zenkei Shibayama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-zenkei-shibayama-68400.jpg) # Zenkei Shibayama (1894–1974) Esperantist **4** quotes in **50** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Zenkei Shibayama was an Esperantist, best known for *Zen Comments on the Mumonkan*. ## Quick Facts About Zenkei Shibayama Born November 30, 1894 Died August 29, 1974 Profession Esperantist Notable works Zen Comments on the Mumonkan ## About Zenkei Shibayama Zenkei Shibayama , a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known students was Keido Fukushima, abbot of Tōfuku-ji. Shibayama also taught at Otani University and was the head abbot of the entire Nanzenji Organization, overseeing the administration of over five hundred temples. Due to a number of lecture tours he undertook to the United States in the 1960s, and the translation of several of his books into English, Shibayama was a significant contributor to the establishment of Zen in America. ## Quotes by Zenkei Shibayama > [Silently a flower blooms, In silence it falls away; Yet here now, at this moment, at this place, The world of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zenkei-shibayama/silently-a-flower-blooms-in-silence-it-falls-away-yet-here-now-at/) Zenkei Shibayama [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/966/zenkei-shibayama-68400_blooming_silently-a-flower-blooms-in-silence-it-f_207840.png) > [“Certainly human culture may have achieved great progress in the course of history. Suffering and unhappiness in the human world, however, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zenkei-shibayama/certainly-human-culture-may-have-achieved-great-progress-in-the/) Zenkei Shibayama [Good works](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-works/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/zenkei-shibayama-68400_good-works_certainly-human-culture-may-have-achieve_1006914.png) > [True peace of mind can be obtained only when one is personally awakened to the stark-naked fact that every effort is ultimately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zenkei-shibayama/true-peace-of-mind-can-be-obtained-only-when-one-is-personally/) Zenkei Shibayama [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/zenkei-shibayama-68400_awakened_true-peace-of-mind-can-be-obtained-only_1514412.png) > [Zen is the way of complete self-realization; a living human being who follows the way of Zen can attain satori and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zenkei-shibayama/zen-is-the-way-of-complete-self-realization-a-living-human-being-who/) Zenkei Shibayama [Buddhism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2c/zenkei-shibayama-68400_buddhism_zen-is-the-way-of-complete-self-realizat_1821090.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zenkei-shibayama/#itemlist", "name": "Zenkei Shibayama Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Silently a flower blooms, In silence it falls away; Yet here now, at this moment, at this place, The world of the flower, the whole of the world is blooming. 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