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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.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» 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.
» Yasutani Hakuun - 1885-1973 Founder of Sanbo Kyodan Zen
» 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.