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California	At
At	a
a	Zen
Zen	master
master	blends
blends	East
East	with
with	a
a	bit
bit	of
of	L
L	A
A	to
to	help
help	guide
guide	his
his	Western
Western	students
students	By
By	Kate
Kate	Linthicum
Linthicum	Los
Los	Angeles
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Print	The
The	Zen
Zen	master
master	would
would	not
not	stop
stop	talking
talking	Several
Several	times
times	he
he	began
began	to
to	draw
draw	his
his	teachings
teachings	to
to	a
a	close
close	explaining
explaining	to
to	his
his	students
students	that
that	he
he	was
was	tired
tired	and
and	in
in	poor
poor	health
health	Then
Then	he
he	would
would	burst
burst	down
down	another
another	path
path	Advertisement
Advertisement	He
He	discussed
discussed	the
the	difficulties
difficulties	of
of	raising
raising	children
children	He
He	lingered
lingered	on
on	the
the	subject
subject	of
of	death
death	Eventually
Eventually	he
he	raised
raised	a
a	small
small	fist
fist	in
in	the
the	air
air	Everybody
Everybody	is
is	together
together	at
at	one
one	point
point	he
he	said
said	We
We	cry
cry	together
together	we
we	love
love	together
together	There
There	is
is	no
no	moment
moment	in
in	which
which	we
we	are
are	not
not	together
together	He
He	is
is	years
years	old
old	and
and	not
not	even
even	feet
feet	tall
tall	with
with	paper
paper	white
white	skin
skin	and
and	a
a	blocky
blocky	bald
bald	head
head	Enveloped
Enveloped	in
in	long
long	black
black	robes
robes	he
he	looks
looks	a
a	little
little	like
like	a
a	child
child	wrapped
wrapped	in
in	towels
towels	after
after	a
a	bath
bath	Denkyo
Denkyo	Kyozan
Kyozan	Joshu
Joshu	Sasaki
Sasaki	Roshi
Roshi	arrived
arrived	in
in	Los
Los	Angeles
Angeles	ago
ago	to
to	teach
teach	a
a	religion
religion	that
that	for
for	centuries
centuries	had
had	been
been	confined
confined	to
to	the
the	monasteries
monasteries	of
of	Japan
Japan	With
With	a
a	handful
handful	of
of	other
other	monks
monks	he
he	helped
helped	carve
carve	out
out	a
a	new
new	incarnation
incarnation	of
of	Zen
Zen	Buddhism
Buddhism	here
here	mixing
mixing	traditional
traditional	meditation
meditation	practice
practice	with
with	teachings
teachings	tailored
tailored	for
for	Western
Western	minds
minds	Most
Most	of
of	that
that	first
first	wave
wave	of
of	Japanese
Japanese	teachers
teachers	have
have	died
died	But
But	Roshi
Roshi	as
as	his
his	followers
followers	call
call	him
him	says
says	he
he	will
will	live
live	until
until	he
he	s
s	He
He	once
once	made
made	a
a	pledge
pledge	to
to	his
his	students
students	I
I	will
will	not
not	die
die	until
until	Zen
Zen	is
is	born
born	in
in	America
America	One
One	muggy
muggy	morning
morning	this
this	summer
summer	a
a	few
few	hundred
hundred	people
people	gathered
gathered	at
at	Rinzai
Rinzai	ji
ji	Roshi
Roshi	s
s	home
home	temple
temple	in
in	the
the	West
West	Adams
Adams	district
district	to
to	celebrate
celebrate	the
the	anniversary
anniversary	of
of	his
his	coming
coming	to
to	this
this	country
country	His
His	reach
reach	over
over	the
the	years
years	could
could	be
be	seen
seen	in
in	the
the	range
range	of
of	people
people	milling
milling	around
around	the
the	temple
temple	s
s	walled
walled	garden
garden	before
before	the
the	ceremony
ceremony	began
began	There
There	was
was	a
a	DJ
DJ	from
from	Montreal
Montreal	and
and	a
a	surgeon
surgeon	from
from	Taos
Taos	N
N	M
M	the
the	poet
poet	and
and	songwriter
songwriter	Leonard
Leonard	Cohen
Cohen	and
and	a
a	Brown
Brown	University
University	professor
professor	who
who	helped
helped	pioneer
pioneer	an
an	academic
academic	field
field	called
called	Contemplative
Contemplative	Studies
Studies	There
There	were
were	dancers
dancers	and
and	lawyers
lawyers	and
and	filmmakers
filmmakers	And
And	there
there	was
was	my
my	father
father	smiling
smiling	in
in	his
his	own
own	black
black	robes
robes	his
his	bald
bald	head
head	tanned
tanned	from
from	the
the	desert
desert	sun
sun	When
When	I
I	was
was	growing
growing	up
up	my
my	dad
dad	would
would	sometimes
sometimes	disappear
disappear	for
for	weeks
weeks	at
at	a
a	time
time	He
He	would
would	return
return	home
home	physically
physically	drained
drained	but
but	mentally
mentally	recharged
recharged	and
and	filled
filled	with
with	stories
stories	about
about	his
his	energetic
energetic	and
and	enigmatic
enigmatic	teacher
teacher	A
A	writer
writer	who
who	was
was	raised
raised	Catholic
Catholic	my
my	dad
dad	found
found	Buddhism
Buddhism	in
in	the
the	late
late	s
s	at
at	a
a	Zen
Zen	center
center	in
in	Albuquerque
Albuquerque	one
one	of
of	two
two	dozen
dozen	centers
centers	Roshi
Roshi	has
has	established
established	around
around	the
the	world
world	Like
Like	many
many	people
people	my
my	dad
dad	had
had	a
a	bad
bad	case
case	of
of	what
what	some
some	Buddhists
Buddhists	call
call	monkey
monkey	mind
mind	a
a	busy
busy	head
head	crowded
crowded	with
with	lots
lots	of
of	thoughts
thoughts	He
He	says
says	Zen
Zen	practice
practice	with
with	its
its	daily
daily	practice
practice	of
of	meditation
meditation	allowed
allowed	him
him	to
to	be
be	more
more	engaged
engaged	with
with	the
the	world
world	outside
outside	As
As	often
often	as
as	he
he	s
s	been
been	able
able	he
he	has
has	joined
joined	Roshi
Roshi	for
for	retreats
retreats	For
For	seven
seven	days
days	he
he	would
would	endure
endure	a
a	rigorous
rigorous	schedule
schedule	of
of	little
little	sleep
sleep	no
no	talking
talking	and
and	up
up	to
to	hours
hours	of
of	daily
daily	meditation
meditation	Health
Health	permitting
permitting	Roshi
Roshi	would
would	talk
talk	speaking
speaking	in
in	short
short	spurts
spurts	of
of	gravelly
gravelly	Japanese
Japanese	Maybe
Maybe	it
it	s
s	in
in	the
the	translation
translation	but
but	he
he	often
often	seems
seems	to
to	be
be	speaking
speaking	in
in	riddles
riddles	Consider
Consider	this
this	Roshi
Roshi	ism
ism	from
from	a
a	teaching
teaching	he
he	gave
gave	in
in	April
April	Where
Where	there
there	is
is	one
one	thing
thing	it
it	does
does	not
not	move
move	I
I	don
don	t
t	move
move	either
either	The
The	flower
flower	doesn
doesn	t
t	move
move	either
either	Then
Then	it
it	becomes
becomes	clear
clear	Roshi
Roshi	s
s	students
students	hang
hang	on
on	his
his	parables
parables	But
But	when
when	I
I	was
was	a
a	kid
kid	I
I	thought
thought	the
the	whole
whole	thing
thing	was
was	crazy
crazy	I
I	liked
liked	doing
doing	things
things	swimming
swimming	with
with	friends
friends	playing
playing	the
the	guitar
guitar	or
or	just
just	wandering
wandering	on
on	the
the	sandy
sandy	mesa
mesa	behind
behind	our
our	house
house	dreaming
dreaming	about
about	life
life	outside
outside	of
of	Albuquerque
Albuquerque	I
I	didn
didn	t
t	understand
understand	why
why	my
my	dad
dad	kept
kept	hitting
hitting	the
the	pause
pause	button
button	why
why	on
on	some
some	nights
nights	I
I	would
would	walk
walk	outside
outside	and
and	find
find	him
him	perched
perched	cross
cross	legged
legged	beneath
beneath	an
an	old
old	cottonwood
cottonwood	tree
tree	just
just	sitting
sitting	there
there	Roshi
Roshi	was
was	just
just	a
a	kid
kid	himself
himself	when
when	he
he	boarded
boarded	a
a	train
train	in
in	bound
bound	for
for	a
a	monastery
monastery	miles
miles	away
away	from
from	home
home	His
His	parents
parents	farm
farm	owners
owners	near
near	Sendai
Sendai	had
had	sent
sent	him
him	to
to	Sapporo
Sapporo	to
to	study
study	Zen
Zen	timing
timing	it
it	so
so	he
he	would
would	arrive
arrive	at
at	the
the	temple
temple	on
on	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	s
s	birthday
birthday	When
When	he
he	got
got	there
there	the
the	teacher
teacher	posed
posed	a
a	question
question	How
How	old
old	is
is	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	The
The	same
same	age
age	as
as	me
me	he
he	replied
replied	Roshi
Roshi	s
s	response
response	was
was	deemed
deemed	adequate
adequate	so
so	the
the	young
young	man
man	who
who	once
once	dreamed
dreamed	of
of	becoming
becoming	a
a	pilot
pilot	instead
instead	became
became	a
a	priest
priest	He
He	learned
learned	how
how	to
to	meditate
meditate	And
And	he
he	learned
learned	about
about	the
the	life
life	and
and	teachings
teachings	of
of	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	an
an	Indo
Indo	Nepalese
Nepalese	prince
prince	who
who	some
some	years
years	earlier
earlier	had
had	renounced
renounced	a
a	life
life	of
of	riches
riches	for
for	a
a	spiritual
spiritual	path
path	The
The	Buddha
Buddha	s
s	epiphany
epiphany	after
after	years
years	of
of	wandering
wandering	and
and	meditation
meditation	was
was	that
that	everyone
everyone	and
and	everything
everything	is
is	impermanent
impermanent	and
and	interconnected
interconnected	Those
Those	thoughts
thoughts	in
in	your
your	head
head	Those
Those	emotions
emotions	He
He	found
found	that
that	they
they	were
were	always
always	changing
changing	as
as	part
part	of
of	the
the	constant
constant	regeneration
regeneration	of
of	the
the	world
world	The
The	Buddha
Buddha	taught
taught	that
that	the
the	pain
pain	in
in	life
life	comes
comes	when
when	we
we	become
become	too
too	tied
tied	to
to	one
one	feeling
feeling	or
or	idea
idea	and
and	begin
begin	defining
defining	ourselves
ourselves	as
as	something
something	unchanging
unchanging	and
and	distinct
distinct	estranged
estranged	from
from	the
the	people
people	and
and	things
things	around
around	us
us	Our
Our	suffering
suffering	will
will	disappear
disappear	he
he	taught
taught	when
when	we
we	truly
truly	understand
understand	through
through	spiritual
spiritual	practice
practice	that
that	there
there	is
is	fundamentally
fundamentally	no
no	us
us	and
and	therefore
therefore	no
no	them
them	The
The	United
United	States
States	wouldn
wouldn	t
t	seem
seem	fertile
fertile	ground
ground	for
for	Buddhism
Buddhism	The
The	American
American	Dream
Dream	drives
drives	us
us	to
to	be
be	individuals
individuals	and
and	to
to	put
put	our
our	mark
mark	on
on	the
the	world
world	sometimes
sometimes	through
through	acquiring
acquiring	cars
cars	clothes
clothes	and
and	other
other	material
material	signs
signs	of
of	success
success	But
But	in
in	the
the	late
late	s
s	Eastern
Eastern	thought
thought	began
began	gaining
gaining	currency
currency	in
in	some
some	quarters
quarters	as
as	Beat
Beat	poets
poets	like
like	Jack
Jack	Kerouac
Kerouac	and
and	Allen
Allen	Ginsberg
Ginsberg	devoured
devoured	translations
translations	of
of	Buddhist
Buddhist	texts
texts	In
In	two
two	Zen
Zen	students
students	in
in	California
California	wrote
wrote	to
to	a
a	large
large	monastery
monastery	in
in	Japan
Japan	seeking
seeking	a
a	teacher
teacher	and
and	Roshi
Roshi	was
was	selected
selected	to
to	go
go	He
He	was
was	and
and	by
by	then
then	an
an	accomplished
accomplished	teacher
teacher	who
who	had
had	been
been	the
the	abbot
abbot	of
of	a
a	historic
historic	temple
temple	When
When	he
he	stepped
stepped	off
off	the
the	plane
plane	at
at	Los
Los	Angeles
Angeles	International
International	Airport
Airport	he
he	carried
carried	a
a	change
change	of
of	robes
robes	and
and	two
two	Japanese
Japanese	English
English	dictionaries
dictionaries	Soon
Soon	a
a	stream
stream	of
of	young
young	spiritual
spiritual	seekers
seekers	were
were	showing
showing	up
up	at
at	his
his	small
small	rented
rented	house
house	in
in	Gardena
Gardena	These
These	artists
artists	professors
professors	musicians
musicians	and
and	doctors
doctors	had
had	one
one	thing
thing	in
in	common
common	according
according	to
to	Steve
Steve	Sanfield
Sanfield	a
a	poet
poet	who
who	met
met	Roshi
Roshi	shortly
shortly	after
after	he
he	arrived
arrived	They
They	were
were	seeking
seeking	a
a	life
life	apart
apart	from
from	the
the	American
American	way
way	But
But	Roshi
Roshi	wanted
wanted	to
to	learn
learn	about
about	the
the	American
American	way
way	as
as	much
much	as
as	his
his	students
students	wanted
wanted	to
to	learn
learn	about
about	Japanese
Japanese	Zen
Zen	He
He	took
took	road
road	trips
trips	hiked
hiked	the
the	Grand
Grand	Canyon
Canyon	and
and	went
went	to
to	the
the	movies
movies	falling
falling	asleep
asleep	during
during	a
a	screening
screening	of
of	A
A	Space
Space	Odyssey
Odyssey	He
He	even
even	accompanied
accompanied	students
students	to
to	a
a	strip
strip	club
club	According
According	to
to	Sanfield
Sanfield	Roshi
Roshi	told
told	his
his	followers
followers	that
that	if
if	Zen
Zen	was
was	going
going	to
to	flourish
flourish	it
it	was
was	going
going	to
to	have
have	to
to	wear
wear	American
American	clothes
clothes	He
He	taught
taught	that
that	enlightenment
enlightenment	was
was	available
available	to
to	everyone
everyone	including
including	women
women	and
and	about
about	the
the	need
need	for
for	integrating
integrating	Buddhism
Buddhism	into
into	everyday
everyday	life
life	Once
Once	in
in	a
a	one
one	on
on	one
one	teaching
teaching	known
known	as
as	sanzen
sanzen	Roshi
Roshi	asked
asked	Sanfield
Sanfield	When
When	you
you	re
re	on
on	the
the	freeway
freeway	where
where	is
is	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	After
After	Roshi
Roshi	s
s	students
students	and
and	their
their	hippie
hippie	clothing
clothing	started
started	raising
raising	eyebrows
eyebrows	among
among	his
his	Japanese
Japanese	American
American	neighbors
neighbors	he
he	moved
moved	his
his	temple
temple	to
to	a
a	dilapidated
dilapidated	Spanish
Spanish	Colonial
Colonial	house
house	just
just	south
south	of
of	the
the	Freeway
Freeway	By
By	the
the	s
s	he
he	had
had	founded
founded	one
one	training
training	center
center	at
at	a
a	former
former	Boy
Boy	Scout
Scout	camp
camp	at
at	Mt
Mt	Baldy
Baldy	and
and	another
another	near
near	natural
natural	hot
hot	springs
springs	in
in	the
the	juniper
juniper	dotted
dotted	hills
hills	of
of	New
New	Mexico
Mexico	As
As	interest
interest	in
in	Eastern
Eastern	thought
thought	grew
grew	Roshi
Roshi	brought
brought	his
his	teachings
teachings	all
all	over
over	the
the	world
world	to
to	Germany
Germany	to
to	Puerto
Puerto	Rico
Rico	to
to	a
a	cooperative
cooperative	farmhouse
farmhouse	outside
outside	of
of	Princeton
Princeton	N
N	J
J	In
In	Los
Los	Angeles
Angeles	he
he	traveled
traveled	in
in	an
an	old
old	Studebaker
Studebaker	Sanfield
Sanfield	was
was	driving
driving	him
him	one
one	day
day	when
when	they
they	were
were	pulled
pulled	over
over	for
for	speeding
speeding	The
The	police
police	officer
officer	peered
peered	into
into	the
the	back
back	of
of	the
the	car
car	which
which	was
was	filled
filled	with
with	meditation
meditation	cushions
cushions	and
and	in
in	the
the	front
front	where
where	Roshi
Roshi	sat
sat	silently
silently	his
his	hands
hands	clasped
clasped	in
in	his
his	lap
lap	looking
looking	just
just	like
like	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	Unnerved
Unnerved	the
the	traffic
traffic	officer
officer	let
let	them
them	off
off	As
As	soon
soon	as
as	he
he	walked
walked	away
away	Roshi
Roshi	broke
broke	out
out	laughing
laughing	He
He	coughs
coughs	a
a	lot
lot	now
now	after
after	a
a	recent
recent	bout
bout	with
with	pneumonia
pneumonia	and
and	he
he	can
can	no
no	longer
longer	walk
walk	on
on	his
his	own
own	But
But	he
he	laughs
laughs	a
a	lot
lot	still
still	Before
Before	the
the	anniversary
anniversary	ceremony
ceremony	at
at	his
his	temple
temple	I
I	peered
peered	around
around	a
a	corner
corner	to
to	see
see	him
him	being
being	helped
helped	by
by	several
several	students
students	down
down	a
a	set
set	of
of	stairs
stairs	and
and	into
into	a
a	wheelchair
wheelchair	When
When	he
he	noticed
noticed	me
me	staring
staring	at
at	him
him	and
and	a
a	photojournalist
photojournalist	raising
raising	a
a	camera
camera	to
to	take
take	his
his	picture
picture	Roshi
Roshi	s
s	arched
arched	eyebrows
eyebrows	lifted
lifted	as
as	he
he	broke
broke	into
into	a
a	delighted
delighted	grin
grin	There
There	seemed
seemed	to
to	be
be	a
a	message
message	behind
behind	his
his	good
good	cheer
cheer	Don
Don	t
t	take
take	yourself
yourself	so
so	seriously
seriously	It
It	had
had	been
been	years
years	since
since	I
I	d
d	seen
seen	him
him	By
By	now
now	I
I	was
was	not
not	much
much	younger
younger	than
than	my
my	father
father	had
had	been
been	when
when	he
he	first
first	sought
sought	the
the	cushion
cushion	to
to	calm
calm	his
his	busy
busy	mind
mind	I
I	now
now	knew
knew	monkey
monkey	mind
mind	intimately
intimately	College
College	in
in	New
New	York
York	City
City	and
and	a
a	career
career	in
in	Los
Los	Angeles
Angeles	had
had	produced
produced	a
a	whirl
whirl	of
of	new
new	ideas
ideas	experiences
experiences	and
and	relationships
relationships	It
It	was
was	fun
fun	and
and	fast
fast	moving
moving	but
but	endless
endless	digital
digital	distractions
distractions	and
and	a
a	dose
dose	of
of	recession
recession	anxiety
anxiety	left
left	me
me	sometimes
sometimes	thirsting
thirsting	for
for	a
a	less
less	cluttered
cluttered	life
life	and
and	for
for	a
a	connection
connection	with
with	the
the	world
world	beyond
beyond	just
just	my
my	self
self	On
On	my
my	own
own	I
I	started
started	investigating
investigating	meditation
meditation	and
and	I
I	found
found	myself
myself	drawn
drawn	not
not	to
to	Buddhism
Buddhism	but
but	yoga
yoga	Spending
Spending	a
a	little
little	part
part	of
of	each
each	morning
morning	in
in	the
the	deep
deep	focus
focus	of
of	a
a	sun
sun	salutation
salutation	gave
gave	me
me	clarity
clarity	I
I	used
used	to
to	think
think	my
my	dad
dad	s
s	meditation
meditation	was
was	escapism
escapism	Now
Now	I
I	saw
saw	that
that	it
it	has
has	helped
helped	him
him	be
be	more
more	awake
awake	for
for	his
his	life
life	As
As	Roshi
Roshi	was
was	wheeled
wheeled	into
into	the
the	main
main	ceremony
ceremony	room
room	I
I	looked
looked	around
around	at
at	the
the	roomful
roomful	of
of	students
students	Some
Some	wore
wore	robes
robes	but
but	many
many	were
were	dressed
dressed	in
in	jeans
jeans	sneakers
sneakers	and
and	other
other	American
American	clothes
clothes	That
That	afternoon
afternoon	there
there	would
would	be
be	a
a	party
party	with
with	long
long	tables
tables	of
of	great
great	food
food	chilled
chilled	sake
sake	and
and	live
live	music
music	People
People	would
would	ditch
ditch	their
their	shoes
shoes	and
and	sprawl
sprawl	in
in	the
the	grass
grass	But
But	now
now	we
we	listened
listened	to
to	the
the	man
man	who
who	had
had	lived
lived	so
so	long
long	and
and	who
who	seemed
seemed	so
so	at
at	ease
ease	Teaching
Teaching	always
always	Roshi
Roshi	used
used	his
his	own
own	life
life	to
to	talk
talk	to
to	us
us	about
about	the
the	impermanence
impermanence	of
of	things
things	and
and	about
about	the
the	ways
ways	we
we	are
are	connected
connected	There
There	is
is	nothing
nothing	more
more	joyful
joyful	than
than	dying
dying	he
he	said
said	Together
Together	with
with	you
you	I
I	am
am	dying
dying	So
So	nothing
nothing	is
is	sad
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