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| Anne Hopkins Aitken  |
| 1911-1994. Wife of Robert Aitken Roshi. Studied with Soen Roshi, Yasutani Roshi, and Yamada Koun Roshi; and helped bring them to the West to teach.
http://www.flex.com/~aitken/anne.html |
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| Ban Tetsugyu Roshi  |
| Ban Tetsugyu Roshi was a Dharma successor of Harada Roshi. He established two temples in Japan, Kannonji (Iwate) and Tetsugyuji (Oita). He retired from Toshoji on May 10,1992 and died Jan, 21, 1996.
http://www.terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/fotomae.html |
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| Dainin Katagiri  |
| Trained at Eiheiji. Came to the United States in 1963. In 1982 he became the first Abbot of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in Minneapolis. Dainin Katagiri, Roshi died in 1990.
http://members.aol.com/kyosan1/katagi-e.htm |
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| Jiyu-Kennett  |
| Founder of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, following the Serene Reflection Meditation (Soto Zen)Tradition. First Abbess of Shasta Abby. b. 1924, d., 1996.
http://www.portlandbuddhistpriory.org/Frame_for_Memorial.htm |
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| Venerable Master Hsuan Hua  |
| Master Hauan Hua was one of the earliest Chinese Chan masters to have set foot in the USA. He received transmission in the Wei-Yang lineage from Master Hsu Yun. He founded the City of Ten Thousand Buddha in 1976 and passed away in 1995.
http://www.gbm-online.com/aboutus/founder.html |
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| Yasutani Hakuun  |
| 1885-1973 Founder of Sanbo Kyodan Zen
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/5683/index.html |
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| Yasutani Roshi  |
| This site contains a brief biography of Yasutani Hakuun Roshi who formally established Sanbo Kyodan - a modern Japanese Zen lineage based on a synthesis of Soto and Rinzai Zen. It includes links to additional references.
http://www.geocities.com/jiji_muge |
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