| Philip Kapleau started his spiritual
search after his experiences as a court reporter at the Nüremberg
trials after the second world war. He also worked for the International
Military Tribunal in Tokyo. 1953 he returned to Japan and went through
thirteen years of Zen training under two of Japans most famous Zenmasters:
Harada-roshi and Yasutani-roshi. As one of the founders of Zen in
America he returned to USA in 1966 and created the Rochester Zen
Center. Kapleau has written several books; his groundbreaking work
The Three Pillars of Zen is still in print after 34 years. In 1982
Kapleau-roshi were invited to Sweden to speak about Zen and at that
time the Stockholm Zen Center was founded as an affiliate of the
Rochester Zen Center. Philip Kapleau died May 6, 2004, sitting among
friends and students in the garden of the Rochester Zen Center.
He was 92 years old. |
