Dainin Katagiri
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1928 – 1990
Who was Dainin Katagiri?
Jikai Dainin Katagiri, aka Hojo-san Katagiri, was a Sōtō Zen roshi and the founding abbot of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he served from 1972 until his death from cancer in 1990. Before becoming first abbot of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, Katagiri had worked at the Zenshuji Soto Zen Mission in Los Angeles and had also been of great service to Shunryu Suzuki at the San Francisco Zen Center, particularly from 1969 until Suzuki's death in 1971. Katagiri was important in helping bring Zen Buddhism from Japan to the United States during its formative years—especially to the American Midwest. He is also the credited author of several books compiled from his talks, the two most prominent being Returning to Silence: Zen Practice in Daily Life and You Have to Say Something: Manifesting Zen Insight.
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- Born
- Jan 19, 1928
Osaka - Religion
- Buddhism
- Education
- Komazawa University
- Lived in
- Osaka Prefecture
- Died
- Mar 1, 1990
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on July 23, 2013
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