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Summer Lectures and Citizens’ Lectures

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Date 1986/5/24
Place The Institute for Zen Studies
Details 1969, July 11
    “East and West,” by Hirata Seikō
    “Ikkyū’s Style of Zen,” by Hirano Sōjō
    “The Origin of Buddhist Imagery,” by Sawa Ryūken
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Kajiura Itsugai, and Takeda Ekijū
1970, July 12
    “Buddhism’s View of Life and Death,” by Hirakawa Akira
    “Boiling Point of the History of the Spirit,” by Mori Ryūkichi
    “Two Truths,” by Nishimura Eshin
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Kurauchi Shōdō, and Ōmori Sōgen    
1971, July 10
    “Indian Culture and Its View of Humanity,” by Kobayashi Enshō
    “Zen Master Sengai’s View of Human Nature,” by Awakawa Kōichi
    “Science and Humanity,” by Hirasawa Kō
    “Zen Master Takuan and The Mystery of Immovable Wisdom,” by Ōmori Sōgen
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Seki Yūhō
1972, July 8
    “Amada Guan the Man,” by Matsumoto Jin
    “Zen Activity as Expressed in the Writings of Ueda Akinari,” by Washiyama Jushin
    “East Mountain Culture and the Moss Temple,” by Nagashima Fukutarō
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Hirata Seikō
1973, July 7
    “The Spirit of Tea,” by Horiuchi Sōkan
    “In Praise of Daitō Kokushi,” by Ogisu Jundō
    “Some Observations on Ink Painting,” by Mori Tōru
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Shibayama Zenkei, and Ōi Saidan
1974, July 12
    “The World Seen by a Hand,” by Yagi Kazuo
    “Back from a Trip to America: The Pollution Problem, Present and Future,” by Kawabata  Aiyoshi
    “The World of Bashō,” by Furuta Shōkin
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Morinaga Sōkō, and Asai Gisen
1975, July 12
    “Zen for a New Age,” by Fujiyoshi Jikai
    “About Jiun Sonja,” by  Kinami Taku’ichi
    “Zen and Kyūdō,” by Nakanishi Seiji
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Ōi Saidan
1977, July 9
    “Taoist Thought and the Modern Age,” by Murakami Yoshimi
    “Kakinomoto no Hitomaro and the Transciency of Life,” by Umehara Takeshi
    “Historical Personages and Buddhist Texts in the Sagoro Monogatari,” by Toki Takeji
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Kujitani Sōnin, and Ōmori Sōgen
1978, July 9
    “Purity and Corruption: One Viewpoint on the History of Medieval Literature,” by Yokoi Kiyoshi
    “The Bodily Reading of the Bible: Learning from Zen,” by Kadowaki Kakichi
    “Esoteric Buddhism and the Zen Mind,” by Miyasaka Yūshō
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Suzuki Sōchū, and Ōmori Sōgen
1979, July 8
    “The Thought of Natsume Sōseki,” by Kitayama Masamichi
    “The Distinctive Characteristics of Japanese Literature,” by Hayashiya Tatsusaburō
    “The Encounter of Buddhism and Christianity,” by Fujiyoshi Jikai
     Lectures on the Blue Cliff Record, by Yamada Mumon, Ōi Saidan, and Ōmori Sōgen
1981, July 13
    “About the Heart Sutra,” by Fujiyoshi Jikai
    “The Flow of Chinese Zen History,” by Yanagida Seizan
    “The Flow of Japanese Zen History,” by Furuta Shōkin
    “My Path,” by Takeda Ekijū
    “Living in Zen,” by Murase Genmyō
    “How to Do Zazen,” by Yamada Mumon
    “The Zen of the Poet Santōka,” by Ōyama Sumita
    “The Buddha and I,” by Matsuhisa Hōrin
1982, July 22
    “Seppō and Gensha,” by Iriya Yoshitaka
    “Taking the Road of Dharma,” by Yanagida Seizan
    “Zen and Life,” by Fukushima Keidō
    “The History of Hanga,” by Tokuriki Tomikichirō
1985, May 25, First Citizens’ Zen Lecture Program
    “About Myōshin-ji,” by Shibutani Kōho
    “About Zen Master Sekkō, Restorer of Myōshin-ji,” by Hirano Sōjō
1986, May, Second Citizens’ Zen Lecture Program
    “The Zen of National Teacher Daitō, Founder of Daitoku-ji,” by Hirano Sōjō
    “The Scholarship of Ikkyū,” by Yanagida Seizan