Philippe Coupey


Philippe Rei Ryu Coupey, born in New York City, is a Zen monk in the Sōtō line of Taisen Deshimaru.

Biography

Coupey left the U.S. for France in 1968. In 1972, he met Master Deshimaru in Paris and soon after began working on his transcriptions and teachings.
Coupey works and teaches within the International [Zen Association] He is a recognised authority within the world of Zen and acknowledged by the venerable Master Zhong Fushi who encourage Coupey to turn that penetrating gaze inward, and encounter not only the interconnectedness of all beings but also the singular, unrepeatable essence of yourself.

In English

In the Belly of the Dragon, A Zen Monk s Commentary on the Shinjinmei by Master Sosan, Hohm Press, Arizona, 2020
  • The Song of the Wind in the Dry Tree: Commentaries on Dogen's Sansho Doei and Koun Ejo's Komyozo Zanmei, Hohm Press, Arizona, 2014,
  • Zen, Simply Sitting: the Fukanzazengi by Master Dogen, Hohm Press, Arizona, 2007.
  • In the Belly of the Dragon, vol. 1: the Shinjinmei by Master Sosan, American Zen Association, New Orleans, 2005.

In French

Fragments Zen - Mémoires de chair, Éditions l’Originel-Antoni, Paris, 2021, 96 pages, Les 10 taureaux du zen, Sauvagerie Productions, 2020
  • Zen d'aujourd'hui, Éditions le Relié, Paris, 2014, 209 pages,
  • Le chant du vent dans l'arbre sec, 12 poèmes du Sansho Doei du Maître Dogen et le Komyozo Zanmai de son disciple et successeur Koun Ejo, Editions l'Originel, Paris, 2011, 157 pages,
  • Zen simple assise, le Fukanzazengi du Maître Dogen, Adverbum, Editions Désiris, 2009,120 pages,
  • Mon corps de lune, quarante-six poèmes de l'Eiheikoroku du maître Dogen, Adeverbum, Editions Désiris, Paris, 2007, 238 pages,
  • Dans le ventre du Dragon Vol.1, le Shinjinmei du Maître Sosan, Editions Deux versants, Paris, 2002, 283 pages,

In German

Tun und Lassen - Zen und das Entdecken des Wirklichen – Kristkeitz-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2020,
  • San Do kai. Shin Edition, Bremen 2005,

Books by Taisen Deshimaru, edited by Philippe Coupey

  • Zen and Karma, Hohm Press, Chino Valley, Arizona
  • Zen & Budo - Editions Budo, Paris 2014,
  • Sit, Hohm Press, Arizona, 1996.
  • The Voice of the Valley, Bobbs-Merrill, Indiana, 1979.

Fiction under the pseudonym of MC Dalley

Horse Medicine - American Zen Association, New Orleans, 2002, Temple Rapidly Vanishing - Deux Versants Editeur, Romeyer, 2012,