Nyogen Senzaki was a Rinzai Zen monk who was one of the 20th century's leading propagators of Zen Buddhism in the United States.
Born on October 5, 1876 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, Senzaki came to the United States in 1905 and taught Zen Buddhism, first in San Francisco, and then, beginning in the 1930s, in Los Angeles. He was one of the first Japanese Zen masters to teach in the U.S. During World War II he was incarcerated in the Japanese American relocation camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
Following World War II, Senzaki returned to Los Angeles and resumed teaching Zen Buddhism. His students included Robert Aitken, who became a prominent Zen teacher, and Samuel L. Lewis, who became both a Sufi teacher and a Zen teacher. Senzaki was a friend of the famous scholar and popularizer of Buddhism D.T. Suzuki and of prominent Zen teacher Soen Nagakawa.
Nyogen Senzaki died on May 7, 1958 in Los Angeles.
Born on October 5, 1876 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, Senzaki came to the United States in 1905 and taught Zen Buddhism, first in San Francisco, and then, beginning in the 1930s, in Los Angeles. He was one of the first Japanese Zen masters to teach in the U.S. During World War II he was incarcerated in the Japanese American relocation camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
Following World War II, Senzaki returned to Los Angeles and resumed teaching Zen Buddhism. His students included Robert Aitken, who became a prominent Zen teacher, and Samuel L. Lewis, who became both a Sufi teacher and a Zen teacher. Senzaki was a friend of the famous scholar and popularizer of Buddhism D.T. Suzuki and of prominent Zen teacher Soen Nagakawa.
Nyogen Senzaki died on May 7, 1958 in Los Angeles.
Nyogen Senzaki was a Rinzai Zen monk who was one of the 20th century's leading propagators of Zen Buddhism in the United States.
Born on October 5, 1876 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, Senzaki came to the United States in 1905 and taught Zen Buddhism, first in San Francisco, and then, beginning in the 1930s, in Los Angeles. He was one of the first Japanese Zen masters to teach in the U.S. During World War II he was incarcerated in the Japanese American relocation camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
Following World War II, Senzaki returned to Los Angeles and resumed teaching Zen Buddhism. His students included Robert Aitken, who became a prominent Zen teacher, and Samuel L. Lewis, who became both a Sufi teacher and a Zen teacher. Senzaki was a friend of the famous scholar and popularizer of Buddhism D.T. Suzuki and of prominent Zen teacher Soen Nagakawa.
Nyogen Senzaki died on May 7, 1958 in Los Angeles.
Born on October 5, 1876 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, Senzaki came to the United States in 1905 and taught Zen Buddhism, first in San Francisco, and then, beginning in the 1930s, in Los Angeles. He was one of the first Japanese Zen masters to teach in the U.S. During World War II he was incarcerated in the Japanese American relocation camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
Following World War II, Senzaki returned to Los Angeles and resumed teaching Zen Buddhism. His students included Robert Aitken, who became a prominent Zen teacher, and Samuel L. Lewis, who became both a Sufi teacher and a Zen teacher. Senzaki was a friend of the famous scholar and popularizer of Buddhism D.T. Suzuki and of prominent Zen teacher Soen Nagakawa.
Nyogen Senzaki died on May 7, 1958 in Los Angeles.
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