Philippe Rei Ryu Coupey, born in

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, is a

Zen Zen ( zh, t=禪, p=Chán; ja, text= 禅, translit=zen; ko, text=선, translit=Seon; vi, text=Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty, known as the Chan School (''Chánzong'' 禪宗), and ...

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Sōtō Sōtō Zen or is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Cáodòng school, which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Dòngshān L ...

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Taisen Deshimaru was a Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher, who founded the ''Association Zen Internationale''. Biography Early life Born in the Saga Prefecture of Kyūshū, Deshimaru was raised by his grandfather, a former Samurai before the Meiji Revolution, ...

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Coupey left the U.S. for

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in 1968. In 1972, he met Master Deshimaru in Paris and soon after began working on his transcriptions and teachings. Coupey works and teaches within the International Zen Association (Association Zen Internationale or A.Z.I.)

Bibliography

In English

* ''In the Belly of the Dragon (Vol. 1 et 2), A Zen Monk s Commentary on the Shinjinmei by Master Sosan,'' Hohm Press, Arizona, 2020 (ISBN 978-1942493532) *''The Song of the Wind in the Dry Tree: Commentaries on Dogen's Sansho Doei and Koun Ejo's Komyozo Zanmei,'' Hohm Press, Arizona, 2014, (110 pages, ) *''Zen, Simply Sitting: the Fukanzazengi by Master Dogen'', Hohm Press, Arizona, 2007. (120 pages, ) *''In the Belly of the Dragon, vol. 1: the Shinjinmei by Master Sosan'', American Zen Association, New Orleans, 2005. (202 pages, )

In French

* ''Fragments Zen - Mémoires de chair,'' Éditions l’Originel-Antoni, Paris, 2021, 96 pages, (ISBN 979-10-91413-88-6) * ''Les 10 taureaux du zen'', Sauvagerie Productions, 2020 *''Zen d'aujourd'hui'', Éditions le Relié, Paris, 2014, 209 pages, () *''Le chant du vent dans l'arbre sec, 12 poèmes du Sansho Doei du Maître Dogen et le Komyozo Zanmai de son disciple et successeur Koun Ejo'', Editions l'Originel, Paris, 2011, 157 pages, *''Zen simple assise, le Fukanzazengi du Maître Dogen, Adverbum'', Editions Désiris, 2009,120 pages, *''Mon corps de lune, quarante-six poèmes de l'Eiheikoroku du maître Dogen, Adeverbum'', Editions Désiris, Paris, 2007, 238 pages, *''Dans le ventre du Dragon Vol.1, le Shinjinmei du Maître Sosan'', Editions Deux versants, Paris, 2002, 283 pages,

In German

* ''Tun und Lassen - Zen und das Entdecken des Wirklichen'' (Kommentar zum Fukanzazenghi von Meister

Dōgen Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; 26 January 1200 – 22 September 1253), also known as Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄), Eihei Dōgen (永平道元), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師), or Busshō Dentō Kokushi (仏性伝東国師), was a Ja ...

) – Kristkeitz-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2020, (ISBN 978-3-948378-07-3) *''San Do kai.'' (Kommentar zum Sandokai von Meister Sekito) Shin Edition, Bremen 2005, (ISBN 3-933995-16-7)

Books by Taisen Deshimaru, edited by Philippe Coupey

*''Zen and Karma'' (revised edition of ''The Voice of the Valley''), Hohm Press, Chino Valley, Arizona ( 202 pages ) *''Zen & Budo'' (bilingual book English/French) - Editions Budo, Paris 2014, (157 pages, ) *''Sit'', Hohm Press, Arizona, 1996. (375 pages, ) *''The Voice of the Valley'', Bobbs-Merrill, Indiana, 1979. (226 pages, )

Fiction under the pseudonym of MC Dalley

* ''Horse Medicine'' - American Zen Association, New Orleans, 2002, (235 pages ) * ''Temple Rapidly Vanishing'' - Deux Versants Editeur, Romeyer (France), 2012, (460 pages )