James Zito
Author Biography:
James Zito is an independent film and videomaker living in northern Colorado. Interested in exploring Buddhist issues on film and in the electronic media, he has been involved in helping to create electronic archives of Buddhist materials as well as documenting the progress of Buddhism in America and the west. He has had the opportunity to meet, interview and document many of the world’s greatest remaining Buddhist teachers as well as a number of the world’s prominent Buddhist scholars . He is currently in production on a film about the relics of the Buddha and Buddhist saints and an investigation into the worship of the stupa in different types of Buddhism around the world.

Website: www.VajraVideo.com
BG 158: The Zen of Zen History

BG 158: The Zen of Zen History

Episode Description:
James Zito is a Buddhist film-maker, and the director of a newly released documentary on the history of Zen Buddhism, Inquiry Into the Great Matter. James joins us to discuss his new film, focusing primarily on what he learned while making the film. He shares some specifics on the lives of the famous Zen masters, Daito Kokushi and Ikkyu Sojun. While quite different, each masters reflected very important aspects of Zen Buddhism.
We conclude our discussion, exploring the state of Zen in Japan today, which compared to times in the past several hundred years, has declined [...]

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