Arthur Braverman
Encyclopedia
Arthur Braverman is an American
author
and translator
, primarily translating from Japanese
to English
. A Zen Buddhist practitioner, Braverman lived in Japan
for seven years and studied at Antai-ji temple
in 1969 training under Kosho Uchiyama
. In 1978 he returned to the United States and studied classical Japanese at Columbia University
. He lives in Ojai, CA with his wife.
United States
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author
Author
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and translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, primarily translating from Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
to English
English language
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. A Zen Buddhist practitioner, Braverman lived in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
for seven years and studied at Antai-ji temple
Antai-ji
is a Buddhist temple that belongs to the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. It is located in the town of Shin'onsen, Mikata District, in northern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, where it sits on about 50 hectares of land in the mountains, close to a national park on the Sea of Japan...
in 1969 training under Kosho Uchiyama
Kosho Uchiyama
was a Sōtō priest, origami master, and the former abbot of Antaiji near Kyoto, Japan.The author of more than twenty books on Zen Buddhism and origami—of which Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice is best-known—Uchiyama graduated from Waseda University with a masters...
. In 1978 he returned to the United States and studied classical Japanese at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. He lives in Ojai, CA with his wife.
Translations
- Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui
- Warrior of Zen: The Diamond-Hard Wisdom Mind of Suzuki Shosan
- A Quiet Room: The Poetry of Zen Master JakushitsuJakushitsu Genkowas a Japanese Rinzai master, poet, flute player, and first abbot of Eigen-ji . His poetry is considered to be among the finest of Zen poetry. He traveled to China and studied Ch'an with masters of the Linji school from 1320 to 1326, then returned to Japan and lived for many years as a hermit...