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Bankei—Noble Prince of the Unborn

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Vajragoni

No series would be comprehensive here without a study of Bankei Yōtaku (1622-93). Bankei’s Zen was eloquent in its simplicity. He was forever the quintessential iconoclast, riding against all the excessive material formalism that infested the zen of his time, … Continue reading →

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