Kodo sawaki biography of mahatma
Kodo sawaki biography of mahatma
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Kōdō Sawaki
Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher
Kodo Sawaki (沢木 興道, Sawaki Kōdō, June 16, 1880[1] – December 21, 1965) was a prominent Japanese SōtōZen 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 meditation, into the lives of laypeople[2] and popularizing the ancient tradition of sewing the kesa.
Biography
Early Life
Sawaki was born in Tsu, Mie on June 16, 1880.[1] He was the sixth child but born into a happy and wealthy home.[3] Both his parents died when he was young, his mother when he was four and his father three years later.[1] Sawaki was then adopted by an aunt whose husband soon died.[4][1] After this, Sawaki was raised by a lantern maker named Bunkichi Sawaki who had eleven wives and used Kodo for labor, turned the home into a gambling parlor at night, and beat him.[1][4][5&#