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One member of the rochester center who had lived in a zen community in california reported that the roshi there had. She received dharma transmission from the very reverend koh. Several days later, many of us who had known him and been with him for more than thirty years gathered for his burial at the chapin mill retreat center, the country. A moving, eyeopening work, the three pillars of zen is the definitive introduction to the history and discipline of zen.
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