Kōdō Sawaki
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Kodo Sawaki was a prominent Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher of the 20th century. He is considered to be one of the most significant Zen priests of his time for bringing Zen practice, in particular meditatio
Kodo Sawaki Zazen
Eiheiji, Fukui prefecture, Japan
Honzan-Senju-ji Nyoraido
Statue of Sawaki
Kasaya (clothing)
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Kāṣāya are the robes of fully ordained Buddhist monks and nuns, named after a brown or saffron dye. In Sanskrit and Pali, these robes are also given the more general term cīvara, which references the
Kōdō Sawaki
…priests of his time for bringing Zen practice, in particular meditation, into the lives of laypeople and popularizing the ancient tradition of sewing the kesa. Sawaki was born in Tsu, Mie on June 16, 1880. He was the sixth child but born into a happy and wealthy home. Both his parents died when he was young…
Orange kasaya
An early representation of the Buddha wearing kāṣāya robes.
Indian depiction of the Buddha wearing red robes. Sanskrit manuscript. Nālandā, Bihar, India. Pāla period.
Portrait of Chan Buddhist master Wuzhun Shifan wearing jiasha over zhiduo, painted in 1238, Song dynasty.