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Philip Kapleau

Born

in New Haven, The United States

August 12, 1912

Died

May 06, 2004

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Religion & Spirituality

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A teacher of Zen Buddhism in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition, a blending of Japanese Soto and Rinzai schools.

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	The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment 4.08 avg rating — 7,099 ratings — published 1965 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist View of Animal Slaughter and Meat Eating 4.22 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1982 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contemporary Zen Classics: The 3 Pillars of Zen, Zen Mind, Beginners Mind, Zen Fresh, Zen Bones by Philip Kapleau, Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, Paul Reps (Compiler) 4.19 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zen: Merging of East and West 3.97 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1980 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Awakening to Zen: The Teachings of Roshi Philip Kapleau by Philip Kapleau, Polly Young-Eisendrath (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rafe Martin (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zen: Dawn in the West 4.02 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Zen of Living and Dying: A Practical and Spiritual Guide 3.74 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wheel of Life & Death 3.98 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Straight to the Heart of Zen: Eleven Classic Koans and Their Inner Meanings 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wheel of Death 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1974 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You must realize that no matter how intently you count your breaths you will still perceive what is in your line of vision, since your eyes are open, and you will hear the normal sounds about you, as your ears are not plugged. And since your brain likewise is not asleep, various thought forms will dart about your mind. Now, they will not hamper or diminish the effectiveness of zazen unless, evaluating them as "good", you cling to them or, deciding they are "bad", you try to check or eliminate them.”
― Philip Kapleau Roshi, The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment

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“If you fall into poverty, live that way without grumbling - then your poverty will not burden you. Likewise, if you are rich, live with your riches. All this is the functioning of Buddha-nature. In short, Buddha-nature has the quality of infinite adaptability.”
― Philip Kapleau Roshi, The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment

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“One day a man of the people said to Zen Master Ikkyu: “Master, will you please write for me some maxims of the highest wisdom?” Ikkyu immediately took his brush and wrote the word “Attention.” “Is that all?” asked the man. “Will you not add something more?” Ikkyu then wrote twice running: “Attention. Attention.” “Well,” remarked the man rather irritably, “I really don’t see much depth or subtlety in what you have just written.” Then Ikkyu wrote the same word three times running: “Attention. Attention. Attention.” Half angered, the man demanded: “What does that word ‘Attention’ mean anyway?” And Ikkyu answered gently: “Attention means attention.”11”
― Roshi P. Kapleau, The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment

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