{"id":17901,"date":"2017-12-27T08:46:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T16:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=17901"},"modified":"2017-12-29T12:28:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T20:28:15","slug":"zen-teachings-brigitte-dortschy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2017\/12\/zen-teachings-brigitte-dortschy.html","title":{"rendered":"The Zen Teachings of Brigitte D’Ortschy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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My friend the old Zen hand Stephen Slottow while researching for something else stumbled on a lovely archive of materials by and about Brigitte D\u2019Orschy<\/a>. He shared it with me.<\/p>\n

A German national, D\u2019Ortschy was an architect, journalist, and translator. And, more importantly from my perspective, a Zen teacher, a lay master in the Sanbo Zen<\/a> sangha.<\/p>\n

Sadly, she is not well known here in North America. I would like to help change that.<\/p>\n

And so here is that amazing archive of Roshi Brigitte D\u2019Ortschy\u2019s talks, essays, letters, and photographs<\/a>. Some good Zen teaching. And some internal criticism of the forming Sanbo Zen lineage. While I\u2019m more interested in the Zen teaching, the historical footnotes have their own importance.<\/p>\n

And, as a small bonus for those who speak German, here the Roshi gives a talk on the Blue Cliff Record<\/em>.<\/p>\n