Ōbaku Ingen Website and Online Art Exhibition Launch
In collaboration with Wanfu Temple in Fuqing, China, the Center for Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce the official launch of a website and online art exhibition commemorating Zen Master Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki) and the Art of Ōbaku.
Visit website: https://ingen.arizona.edu
The year 2022 marks the 350th death anniversary of Zen Master Yinyuan Longqi (隱元隆琦 1592-1673, Ingen Ryūki in Japanese). Special ceremonies and events will be held in both Japan and China to honor this great Zen master. In North America, the Center for Buddhist Studies, College of Humanities at the University of Arizona is organizing a series of commemorative events which will run for one year beginning May 3, 2022.
These events will present and explore the extraordinary life of Zen Master Yinyuan and the great achievements of the Huangbo 黃檗 Chan tradition (known as the Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism in Japan) that Yinyuan pioneered in China and Japan.
Activities will include an online exhibition of works of art related to the Ōbaku tradition, academic lectures, musical performances, and tea -related events.
Visitors can take a self-guided tour of the online exhibition, which is organized into five rooms:
1. Ingen and Ōbaku Zen Lineage Ancestors
2. Ingen's Disciples
3. Artists and Poets
4. Arhat Imagery
5. Traces of Huangbo/Ōbaku Temples
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