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Kazuaki Tanahashi

Soen Nakagawa Roshi (1907-1984) was an extraordinary Zen master and a key figure in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from Japan to the Western world. A man of many faces, he was a simple Japanese monk, a world traveler, a spiritually realized being of the highest order, a poetic genius, a creator of dynamic calligraphy–and a notorious eccentric teacher who, for example, was known to conduct “tea ceremonies” using instant coffee and Styrofoam cups.
Gardens of Awakening
The Complete Cold Mountain
Painting Peace
The Heart Sutra
Heart of the Brush
Zen Chants
Sky Above, Great Wind
Tao Te Ching
Enlightenment Unfolds

Books

Gardens of Awakening
The Complete Cold Mountain
Painting Peace
The Heart Sutra
Heart of the Brush
Zen Chants
Sky Above, Great Wind
Tao Te Ching
Enlightenment Unfolds

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