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...Zen is the self-awakening of the formless self," Shinichi Hisimatsu, visiting professor of Zen Buddhism, said last night in Andover Chapel of the Divinity School...
...first of a series of public lectures, Hisimatsu discussed "Philosophical and Religious Aspects of Zen Buddhism," first noting that the more one discusses Zen, the less closely he can communicate an understanding...
However, Hisimatsu noted, our individual selves are always limited and given form by the fact that they are distinguishable from the selves of other people. And true Zen self-consciousness is infinitely pluralistic, in contrast to individualistic, he noted...
...also giving a series of seminars in Zen Buddhism for faculty members and students of the Divinity School and will lecture at the Andover-Newton Theological School October...
Hisimatsu received his training at the Buddhist Kyoto University in Japan, and later was a professor there and in other Buddhist colleges. As a Zen master, he has numerous disciples, mostly among young Japanese professors and students...