Sōyū Matsuoka
Soyu Matsuoka | |
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| Born | 1912 (1912) |
| Died | 1997 (aged 84–85) |
| Education | Komazawa University |
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| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Sōtō |
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| Successor | Richard Langlois, Zenkai Taiun Michael Elliston (East Coast), Hogaku Shozen McGuire (West Coast) |
| Website | http://www.azszc.org/dedication.htm |
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Statue of the Buddha in the Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco |
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Dr. Soyu Matsuoka (松岡 操雄, 1912–1997), along with Sokei-an and Nyogen Senzaki, was one of the early Zen teachers to make the United States his home.
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