Philippe Coupey

Philippe Rei Ryu Coupey, born in New York City, is a Zen monk in the Soto line of Taisen Deshimaru and Kodo Sawaki.

Biography

Philippe Rei Ryu Coupey, Zen monk, is one of the principal Zen teachers in Europe in the Sōtō tradition, a lineage that is transmitted directly from master to disciple and whose practice is shikantaza, simply sitting, without goal or profit-seeking mind.

After finishing his studies in literature, he met Master Deshimaru in Paris in 1972, became one of his close disciples and, working on his transcriptions and teachings, followed Deshimaru until the latter's death in 1982. He continues to work and teach within the International Zen Association (Association Zen Internationale or A.Z.I.).

He is the teacher and spiritual referent for around thirty dojos in France, Germany, the UK and Switzerland.

Rei Ryu Coupey continues to practice and teach Zazen at the Paris Zen Dojo, where he is Vice-President, and at the Seine Zen group in Paris, as well as at numerous sesshin (intense periods of zazen practice) in France and Germany, organized by his disciples in the Sangha Sans Demeure.

Bibliography

In English

• 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, ISBN 978-1-935387-82-4)
• Zen, Simply Sitting: the Fukanzazengi by Master Dogen, Hohm Press, Arizona, 2007. (120 pages, ISBN 1890772615)
• In the Belly of the Dragon, vol. 1: the Shinjinmei by Master Sosan, American Zen Association, New Orleans, 2005. (202 pages, ISBN 0972804919)

In French

• Zen d'aujourd'hui, Éditions le Relié, Paris, 2014, 209 pages, (ISBN 978-2-35490-125-7)
• 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, ISBN 978-2-910677-94-7
• Zen simple assise, le Fukanzazengi du Maître Dogen, Adverbum", Editions Désiris, 2009,120 pages, ISBN 291-541-839-X
• Mon corps de lune, quarante-six poèmes de l'Eiheikoroku du maître Dogen, Adeverbum", Editions Désiris, Paris, 2007, 238 pages, ISBN 978-2915418187
• Dans le ventre du Dragon Vol.1, le Shinjinmei du Maître Sosan", Editions Deux versants, Paris, 2002, 283 pages, ISBN 2-95153595-5

Books by Taisen Deshimaru, edited by Philippe Coupey

• The Voice of the Valley, Bobbs-Merrill, Indiana, 1979. (226 pages, ISBN 0672525860)
• Sit, Hohm Press, Arizona, 1996. (375 pages, ISBN 0934252610)
• Zen & Budo (bilingual book English/French) - Editions Budo, Paris 2014, (157 pages, ISBN 978-2-84617-323-0)

Fiction books under the pseudonym of MC Dalley

• Horse Medicine - American Zen Association, New Orleans, 2002, (235 pages ISBN 0-9728049-0-0)
• Temple Rapidly Vanishing - Deux Versants Editeur, Romeyer (France), 2012, (460 pages ISBN 979-10-91088-00-8)

Forthcoming

• In the Belly of the Dragon, vol. 2 (commentary on the Shinjinmei by Master Sosan)

See also

• Zen
• Zazen
• Taisen Deshimaru
• Kodo Sawaki
• Buddhism in France
• Soto Zen

References

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1. ↑ Vita by International Zen Association http://www.zen-azi.org/en/node/252
2. ↑ Bookreview on "Zen Simply Sitting" (USA) http://www.spiralnature.com/reviews/religion-spirituality/zen-simply-sitting-philippe-coupey.html
3. ↑ Bookreview on "Zen Simply Sitting" (France)http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/spip.php?article11014

External links

• Zen Road, official website of the Sangha Sans Demeure, an international group of friends and disciples of the monk Philippe Rei Ryu Coupey
• Paris Zen Dojo, founded by Master Deshimaru
• Seine Zen Dojo, Paris, founded by Philippe Coupey
• International Zen Association founded by Master Deshimaru
• IZAUK, the International Zen Association UK
• Zen in Northern Germany, network of North German Zen dojos
• American Zen Association