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Holding the Lotus to the Rock: The Autobiography of Sokei-an, America's First Zen Master
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Michael Hotz
Sokei-an Sasaki (1882-1945), in many respects, was the original Dharma Bum: a sculptor, poet, Zen student, and journalist, whose favorite subject was America. He arrived in San Francisco in 1906 with the mission of bringing Zen to America. After his teacher returned to Japan in 1910, he wandered alone through the American West and lived a wild bohemian life in the Greenwic
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Fascinating to read what San Francisco, Medford, Oregon, Seattle, and the West Village NYC was like from 1906-1945 from the stance of the first Japanese Zen master to live and teach in America. Wish I was there. It's pretty good right now, but wish I was there to experience it first hand.
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