Rei Ryu Philippe Coupey

Philippe Coupey is an American who's been living in Paris for over three decades. He is a writer and a close disciple of the Japanese master, Taisen Deshimaru (d. 1982), who brought Zen to Europe. He is also a monk and Zen master living alone in the city, continuing the daily practice he was taught, and directing a large European community of monks and nuns. Author of many books of Zen teaching, and commentaries on famous Zenk classic texts. Coupey is also a fiction author writing under the...See more

Philippe Coupey is an American who's been living in Paris for over three decades. He is a writer and a close disciple of the Japanese master, Taisen Deshimaru (d. 1982), who brought Zen to Europe. He is also a monk and Zen master living alone in the city, continuing the daily practice he was taught, and directing a large European community of monks and nuns. Author of many books of Zen teaching, and commentaries on famous Zenk classic texts. Coupey is also a fiction author writing under the pseudonym of MC Dalley. See less