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Below is a timeline of important events regardingZen Buddhism in the United States. Dates with "?" are approximate.

• 1893:Soyen Shaku comes to the United States to lecture at theWorld Parliament of Religions held inChicago
• On November 18, 1903, Rev. Sokyo Ueoka, head minister of Tokujuan Soto Zen Temple in Honichi, Nuta Higashi Village. Toyota—gun (present day Mihara City), Hiroshima Prefecture. received an assignment to become a visiting minister to Japanese immigrants in Hawaii. Arriving in Honolulu on July 9, 1904 he built a temporary temple in the Aiea plantation. Upon the request of Japanese residents on Maui, he moved to Lower Paia on November 7, 1906 with his wife, Tomiyo, who joined him from Japan. Through the initiative of Sukesaburo Yamazaki, Kikujiro Soga, and Unosuke Ogawa, he leased a half-acre of land for 15 years from local Hawaiians. This site was adjacent to the present Paia Fire Station and behind the former County Courthouse. The construction of the temple began in March 1907 with a ceremony officiated by Rev. Ryoun Kan of Zenshuji Soto Zen Temple of Kauai. Rev. Kan is considered to be the honorary founder of Mantokuji with the title "Kanjyo Kaisan", while Rev. Sokyo Ueoka is the official founder or "Kaisan" of Mantokuji. The official title of the temple, given by the head temple in Japan, is “Machozan Mantokuji".[1]
• 1905:Soyen Shaku returns to the United States and teaches for approximately one year inSan Francisco
• 1906:Sokei-an arrives inSan Francisco
• 1919:Soyen Shaku dies on October 29 inJapan
• 1922:Zenshuji Soto Mission is established in theLittle Tokyo section ofLos Angeles, California
• 1922:Nyogen Senzaki begins teaching inCalifornia with his "floatingzendō"
• 1930:Sokei-an establishes the Buddhist Society of America (nowFirst Zen Institute of America)
• 1932:Dwight Goddard authorsA Buddhist Bible, an anthology focusing on Chinese and Japanese Zen scriptures
• 1938:Ruth Fuller Sasaki became a principal supporter of the Buddhist Society of America (later known as theFirst Zen Institute of America),
• 1939Zengaku Soyu Matsuoka arrives in America
• 1945:Sokei-an dies
• 1949:Soyu Matsuoka establishes theChicago Buddhist Temple (now the Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago)
• 1949:Soen Nakagawa makes his first trip to theUnited States to meet withNyogen Senzaki

• 1951:DT Suzuki begins teaching seminars on Japanese culture, aesthetics, andZen atColumbia University in New York. Among the students are many influential artists and intellectuals, includingErich Fromm,Karen Horney,John Cage, andAllen Ginsberg.^[1]
• 1953:Philip Kapleau begins formalZen training inJapan.
• 1956:Taizan Maezumi arrives inLos Angeles to serve at theZenshuji Soto Mission
• 1956: TheZen Studies Society is established by Cornelius Crane
• 1957:Alan Watts'The Way of Zen is published, the book first popularizing zen with an American audience
• 1957: TheCambridge Buddhist Association is founded by John and Elsie Mitchell inCambridge, Massachusetts
• 1957:Jack Kerouac's novelThe Dharma Bums is published
• 1958:Nyogen Senzaki dies on May 7
• 1959:Shunryu Suzuki arrives inSan Francisco to lead Sokoji
• 1959:Hsuan Hua arrives in theUnited States and establishes theDharma Realm Buddhist Association
• 1959:Robert Baker Aitken andAnne Hopkins Aitken found theDiamond Sangha inHonolulu, Hawaii

• 1960:Thich Nhat Hanh came from Vietnam to the United States to study and teach until 1963. He created theOrder of Interbeing in 1966.
• 1962:Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, a Rinzai Rōshi, arrives in Los Angeles, teaches in homes, and opens the Cimarron Zen Center in 1968. It later was renamed Rinzai-ji.
• 1962: Rinzai monk (possible fraud)Eido Tai Shimano moves to Hawaii to assist Diamond Sangha and Robert Aitken.
• 1962: TheSan Francisco Zen Center is incorporated, led byShunryu Suzuki
• 1964:Eido Tai Shimano (possible fraud) moves to New York and becomes guiding teacher of theZen Studies Society
• 1965:Philip Kapleau finishesThe Three Pillars of Zen and returns to United States with permission fromHaku'un Yasutani to teach Zen to Westerners.
• 1966:San Francisco Zen Center acquiresTassajara Zen Mountain Center
• 1966:Philip Kapleau establishes theRochester Zen Center with the help ofChester Carlson (founder of Xerox), and Carlson's wife. OriginalSangha consisted of 22 members.
• 1966:D.T. Suzuki dies on July 12 inJapan
• 1967: TheZen Center of Los Angeles is founded byTaizan Maezumi and his students
• 1967:Kobun Chino Otogawa arrives in San Francisco to assist Shunryu Suzuki
• 1967:Sojun Mel Weitsman andShunryu Suzuki co-found theBerkeley Zen Center
• 1968:Samu Sunim founds the Zen Lotus Society inNew York City (aka Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom)
• 1968:New York zendō Shobo-Ji of theZen Studies Society ofNew York City is officially inaugurated bySoen Nakagawa on his 7th trip to the USA
• 1969: Seikan Hasegawa, a Zen Buddhist priest from Japan, arrives in the United States^[2]
• 1969: Shunryu Suzuki givesZentatsu Richard BakerDharma transmission; begins transmission withJakusho Kwong, but dies before completing process

• 1970:Edward Espe Brown publishes theTassajara Bread Book
• 1970: Shunryu Suzuki's bookZen Mind, Beginner's Mind is published by Weatherhill
• 1970: Shunryu Suzuki ordainsTenshin Reb Anderson
• 1970:Shasta Abbey is established inMount Shasta, California byJiyu Kennett
• 1970:James Ishmael Ford received Dharma transmission from Houn Jiyu Kennett 2 May 1971
• 1970:Santa Cruz Zen Center is founded byKobun Chino Roshi.
• 1971 Shunryu Suzuki ordains Keido Les Kaye
• 1971:Shunryu Suzuki dies.
• 1971:Yamada Koun moves toDiamond Sangha inHawaii to leadsesshin
• 1971:Kobun Chino Otogawa becomes abbot of Haiku Zen Center
• 1971:Kyozan Joshu Sasaki foundsMount Baldy Zen Center
• 1972:Seung Sahn arrives fromKorea inProvidence, Rhode Island and founds theProvidence Zen Center
• 1972:Green Gulch Farm opens inMuir Beach, CA as part of theSan Francisco Zen Center
• 1972 First meeting of theZen Center of Syracuse founded by graduate students of Syracuse University
• 1972:Dainin Katagiri founds theMinnesota Zen Center
• 1972:Eido Tai Shimano receivesDharma transmission (Inka Shomei) fromSoen Nakagawa at NY zendō
• 1973:Haku'un Yasutani dies
• 1973:Kyozan Joshu Sasaki foundsBodhi Manda Zen Center
• 1973:Jakusho Kwong founds theSonoma Mountain Zen Center
• 1973: Seikan Hasegawa founds Rock Creek Buddhist Temple of America, Inc., in Derwood, Maryland
• 1973: TheCambridge Zen Center is founded as part of theKwan Um School of Zen
• 1973: TheNew Haven Zen Center is founded as part of theKwan Um School of Zen
• 1974:Robert Pirsig publishesZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values.
• 1974:Robert Baker Aitken receives teaching permission fromYamada Koun
• 1974: TheChicago Zen Center is founded byPhilip Kapleau
• 1975?:Taizan Maezumi founds theWhite Plum Asanga
• 1975: TheChogye International Zen Center is founded by theKwan Um School of Zen inNew York City
• 1975: Seikan Hasegawa's book,The Cave of Poison Grass, Essays on the Hannya Sutra is published by Great Ocean Publishers^[3]
• 1976:Shohaku Okumura helps foundValley zendō inCharlemont, MA
• 1976:Dai Bosatsu zendō Kongo-Ji opens in theCatskill Mountains ofNew York State
• 1976:Tetsugen Bernard Glassman becomesTaizan Maezumi's first Dharma successor
• 1976: TheCity of Ten Thousand Buddhas is built, the first and still largest Chinese Chan community in the United States
• 1976:Heng Sure is ordained byHsuan Hua, becomes one of the first Western Chinese Chan monks
• 1977:Kyogen Carlson receivesDharma transmission fromJiyu Kennett
• 1977: Seikan Hasegawa's book,Essays on Marriage is published by Great Ocean Publishers
• 1977?: TheAtlanta Soto Zen Center is founded by Zenkai Michael Elliston
• 1978: TheBuddhist Peace Fellowship is founded
• 1978:Charlotte Joko Beck receivesDharma transmission fromTaizan Maezumi
• 1978:Genki Takabayashi becomes resident teacher at theSeattle Zen Center
• 1979:Maurine Stuart becomes President of theCambridge Buddhist Association
• 1979:Omori Sogen ofTenryu-ji foundsDaihonzan Chozen-ji in Honolulu, the first Rinzai Zen temple headquarters established outside Japan.

• 1980:Chan masterSheng-yen begins teaching in theUnited States
• 1980:Dennis Genpo Merzel receivesshiho (permission to teach) fromTaizan Maezumi
• 1980:Hartford Street Zen Center is established
• 1980:Zen Mountain Monastery in founded inMount Tremper, New York byTaizan Maezumi andJohn Daido Loori
• 1981:Toni Packer leavesRochester Zen Center and founds her own non-Buddhist retreat
• 1981:Taizan Maezumi foundsYokoji Zen Mountain Center
• 1982:Maurine Stuart informally receives the titleroshi fromSoen Nakagawa in a private ceremony
• 1982: The Rinzai temple that would becomeDaiyuzenji is founded in Chicago, Illinois as abetsuin (branch) ofDaihonzan Chozen-ji by Tenshin Tanouye andFumio Toyoda.
• 1983:Jan Chozen Bays receivesDharma transmission fromTaizan Maezumi
• 1983: TheKwan Um School of Zen is established by Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim
• 1983:Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji is founded inSeattle, Washington byGenki Takabayashi
• 1983:Zentatsu Richard Baker confersDharma transmission toTenshin Reb Anderson
• 1983:Taizan Maezumi is confronted about his sexual relationships with some students and entersalcoholism treatment
• 1984:Zentatsu Richard Baker resigns as abbot ofSan Francisco Zen Center amidst controversy
• 1984:Katagiri Roshi, abbot of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, agrees to serve as interim abbot of theSan Francisco Zen Center
• 1984: TheKanzeon Zen Center is founded byDennis Genpo Merzel inSalt Lake City, Utah
• 1984:Soen Nakagawa dies at Ryutaku-Ji
• 1984: TheNew Orleans Zen Temple is founded byRobert Livingston inNew Orleans, Louisiana
• 1984:Sojun Mel Weitsman receivesDharma transmission from Hoitsu Suzuki, son ofShunryu Suzuki
• 1985 Keido Les Kaye receives Dharma transmission from Hoitsu Suzuki
• 1985:Tenshin Reb Anderson succeeds Dainen Katagiri Roshi as abbot ofSan Francisco Zen Center
• 1985:Robert Baker Aitken receivesDharma transmission fromYamada Koun
• 1985: Tozen Akiyama founds the Milwaukee Zen Center, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and heads it until 2000.
• 1986:Bodhin Kjolhede is installed as abbot ofRochester Zen Center asPhilip Kapleau retires
• 1986:Sojun Mel Weitsman joinsTenshin Reb Anderson as co-abbot ofSan Francisco Zen Center
• 1986:Furnace Mountain is founded inClay City, Kentucky byDae Gak andSeung Sahn as part of theKwan Um School of Zen
• 1986:Toronto Zen Center is incorporated.
• 1986:Village zendō is established inNew York City in the apartment ofPat Enkyo O'Hara
• 1987:Maitri Hospice begins caring forAIDS patients at theHartford Street Zen Center (the first Buddhist hospice of its kind in the United States)
• 1987:Issho Fujita becomes abbot ofPioneer Valley zendō inCharlemont, Massachusetts
• 1988:Blanche Hartman receivesDharma transmission fromSojun Mel Weitsman
• 1988:Yamada Koun givesDharma transmission toRuben Habito
• 1988:Zoketsu Norman Fischer receivesDharma transmission fromSojun Mel Weitsman
• 1988 Keido Les Kaye invited to be abbot of Kannon Do in Mountain View, CA
• 1988:Hsi Lai Temple is built, the largest Chinese Chan community in Southern California, a Triple Platform Monastic Ordination is convened
• 1988: TheKwan Um School of Zen is rocked by revelations thatSeung Sahn had sexual relationships with three students
• 1989:Issan Dorsey becomes abbot ofHartford Street Zen Center
• 1989?: TheAmerican Zen Teachers Association is founded
• 1989:Nonin Chowaney receivesDharma transmission fromDainin Katagiri
• 1989:Yamada Koun dies
• 1989:Danan Henry Roshi receives Dharma transmission fromPhilip Kapleau Roshi
• 1989:Zen Center of Denver founded withDanan Henry Roshi installed as abbot

• 1990:Issan Dorsey dies ofAIDS
• 1990:Maurine Stuart dies ofcancer
• 1990:Gerry Shishin Wick receivesDharma transmission fromHakuyu Taizan Maezumi
• 1990:Joan Halifax receives "Lamp Transmission" fromThich Nhat Hanh
• 1990:Dainin Katagiri dies
• 1990: TheUpaya Zen Center is founded byJoan Halifax inSanta Fe, New Mexico
• 1991: TheMaria Kannon Zen Center is founded byRuben Habito inDallas, Texas
• 1991:Zenshin Philip Whalen becomes the new abbot ofHartford Street Zen Center
• 1991: TheMount Equity zendō is founded byDai-En Bennage inPennsdale, Pennsylvania
• 1992:Mary Farkas of theFirst Zen Institute of America dies
• 1992:Caitriona Reed receives teaching authorization fromThich Nhat Hanh
• 1992:George Bowman,Soeng Hyang, andSu Bong receiveDharma transmission fromSeung Sahn
• 1992:Shi Yan Ming arrives in the United States
• 1993:Wu Bong,Wu Kwang, andDae Gak receive Dharma transmission fromSeung Sahn
• 1994:Charles Tenshin Fletcher receivesDharma transmission fromTaizan Maezumi
• 1994:Su Bong dies during a retreat inHong Kong
• 1994:Still Mind zendō founded by Janet Jiryu Abels andFather Robert Kennedy inNew York City
• 1994:Enkyo Pat O'Hara receivesshiho fromTetsugen Bernard Glassman
• 1994:Taigen Dan Leighton founds Mountain Source Sangha
• 1994:Shi Yan Ming founds the USA Shaolin Temple
• 1995:Taizan Maezumi dies May 15
• 1995:Charles Tenshin Fletcher appointed abbot ofYokoji Zen Mountain Center
• 1995: TheOrdinary Mind School is founded byCharlotte Joko Beck
• 1995:Hsuan Hua dies June 7, age 77
• 1995:Taitaku Pat Phelan receivesshiho fromSojun Mel Weitsman
• 1995:Anne Seisen Saunders receivesshiho fromTetsugen Bernard Glassman
• 1995:Zoketsu Norman Fischer becomes abbot ofSan Francisco Zen Center, and serves until 2000
• 1995:Shodo Harada founds One Drop zendō onWhidbey Island inWashington state.
• 1996:Blanche Hartman becomes co-abbot ofSan Francisco Zen Center
• 1996 Les Kaye's book,Zen at Work, published by Three Rivers Press
• 1996: TheZen Peacemaker Order is founded byBernard Glassman and his wife, Sandra Jishu Holmes.
• 1996:Jisho Warner receives dharma transmission from Tozen Akiyama and founds Stone Creek Zen Center in Sebastopol, California.
• 1996: TheSanshin Zen Community is founded byShohaku Okumura inBloomington, Indiana
• 1996:Jiyu Kennett dies November 6
• 1996:Jiko Linda Cutts receivesDharma transmission fromTenshin Reb Anderson
• 1996: TheHazy Moon Zen Center is founded byWilliam Nyogen Yeo inLos Angeles, California
• 1996:Dae Kwang receivesDharma transmission fromSeung Sahn
• 1996:Bonnie Myotai Treace receivesDharma transmission fromJohn Daido Loori in theMountains and Rivers Order
• 1996:Bernard Glassman confersDharma Transmission toDennis Genpo Merzel
• 1996:Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association is established bySheng-yen
• 1997:Dharma Drum Retreat Center is established inPine Bush, New York bySheng-yen and followers
• 1996:Ji Bong receivesDharma transmission fromSeung Sahn
• 1997:Catholic priestFather Robert Kennedy receivesinka fromBernard Glassman
• 1997:Soyu Matsuoka dies
• 1997:Geoffrey Shugen Arnold receivesshiho fromJohn Daido Loori
• 1998: Sherry Chayat, born in Brooklyn, became the first American woman to receive transmission in theRinzai school of Buddhism. She received transmission fromEido Tai Shimano.
• 1998:Maylie Scott receivesDharma transmission fromSojun Mel Weitsman
• 1998:Hozan Alan Senauke receivesDharma transmission fromSojun Mel Weitsman
• 1999:Genjo Marinello foundsChobo-ji
• 1999:Joan Halifax receivesDharma transmission fromBernard Glassman
• 1999:John Tarrant establishes thePacific Zen Institute
• 1999: Seikan Hasegawa's bookMind to Mind is published by Great Ocean Publishers^[4]
• 1999:Zen Center of Pittsburgh – Deep Spring Temple is founded byNonin Chowaney inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• 2000:Deer Park Monastery is founded inEscondido, California as part ofThich Nhat Hanh'sOrder of Interbeing
• 2000:Taigen Daniel Leighton receivesDharma transmission fromTenshin Reb Anderson.
• 2000:Bon Yeon receivesDharma transmission fromSeung Sahn
• 2000:Sweetwater Zen Center established inNational City, California
• 2001:Maylie Scott dies May 10, age 66
• 2002:Peter Schneider receivesDharma transmission fromSojun Mel Weitsman
• 2002:Zenshin Philip Whalen, abbot ofHartford Street Zen Center, dies on June 26
• 2002:Great Vow Zen Monastery founded byJan Chozen Bays and Hogen Bays inClatskanie, Oregon
• 2002:Kobun Chino Otogawa drowns inSwitzerland
• 2002:Seirin Barbara Kohn becomes head priest and guiding teacher of Austin Zen Center inAustin, Texas
• 2002: Tim Burkett becomes Guiding Teacher of theMinnesota Zen Meditation Center
• 2003: Jy Din Shakya opens the Hsu Yun Temple in Honolulu before dying on March 13
• 2003:Paul Haller becomes abbot ofSan Francisco Zen Center
• 2003:Brad Warner publishes the bookHardcore Zen
• 2003:Daniel Doen Silberberg receivesDharma transmission fromDennis Genpo Merzel
• 2004:Philip Kapleau dies on May 6 from complications ofParkinson's disease
• 2004:Seung Sahn dies on November 30 inSouth Korea
• 2004:Soeng Hyang succeeds Seung Sahn as Guiding teacher of theKwan Um School of Zen
• 2004:Angie Boissevain receivesDharma transmission from Vanja Palmers, a Dharma heir ofKobun Chino Otogawa
• 2004:Enkyo Pat O'Hara receivesDharma transmission fromTetsugen Bernard Glassman
• 2004:Golden Wind Zen Order is founded byJi Bong inLong Beach, California
• 2005: RinzaiDaiyuzenji (formerly a branch temple ofDaihonzan Chozen-ji in Hawaii) becomes independent
• 2005: Harvey Daiho Hilbert receives Dharma transmission from Hogaku Shozen McGuire and founds Order of Clear Mind Zen.
• 2006:Gerry Shishin Wick receivesDharma transmission fromBernard Glassman
• 2006:Merle Kodo Boyd becomes firstAfrican-American woman to receiveDharma transmission in Zen Buddhism, which she received fromWendy Egyoku Nakao.^[5]
• 2006: TheNashville Mindfulness Center is founded by Tiếp Hiện
• 2007: Joko Dave Haselwood receives dharma transmission fromJisho Warner.
• 2007 Kannon Do completes construction and occupies larger center in Mountain View, CA
• 2007:Rochester Zen Center completes countryzendō inBataviaNew York calledChapin Mill Zen Retreat Center.
• 2007:New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care is founded by Robert Chodo Campbell and Koshin Paley Ellison inNew York, NY.
• 2008:Roko Sherry Chayat is formally recognized as a "Zen master"
• 2008:Genjo Marinello receivesDharma transmission fromEido Tai Shimano
• 2008:Hsi Lai Temple celebrates 20th anniversary
• 2009:Sheng-yen dies on February 3 at age 80 inTaiwan
• 2009:Ancient Dragon Zen Gate is founded byTaigen Daniel Leighton in Chicago.
• 2009:John Daido Loori dies in New York at age 78 inMount Tremper

• 2010:Robert Aitken dies in Hawaii at age 93.
• 2010: Eko Little resigns as abbot ofShasta Abbey due to misconduct and subsequently disrobes^[6]
• 2010:Eido Shimano resigns from the board of theZen Studies Society due to misconduct in July; retires as abbot of theZen Studies Society in December
• 2010: TheSoto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA) approves a document honoring the women ancestors in the Zen tradition at its biannual meeting on October 8, 2010. Female ancestors, dating back 2,500 years from India, China, and Japan, may now be included in the curriculum, ritual, and training offered to Western Zen students.^[7]
• 2010: Karin Kempe, Ken Morgareidge, and Peggy Sheehan receiveDharma transmission and appointment of abbacy fromDanan Henry Roshi who steps down as abbot of theZen Center of Denver.
• 2011:Gyobutsuji Zen Monastery [(行仏寺 gyōbutsu-ji)], a Soto Zen monastery in the line ofShōhaku Okumura is dedicated near Kingston, Arkansas.
• 2011:Roko Sherry Chayat was installed as the second Abbot ofDai Bosatsu zendō Kongo-ji on New Year's Day.
• 2011: February,Dennis Genpo Merzel steps down as abbot of theKanzeon Zen Center and resigns as elder of the White Plum Asanga due to sexual misconduct^[8]
• 2011:Joko Beck dies
• 2012: Helen Cortes, Lee Ann Nail and Maria Reis-Habito received Dharma Transmission from Ruben Habito of Maria Kannon Zen Center.
• 2012: Dana Kojun Hull receives Dharma Transmission from Jan Chozen Bays and Hogen Bays at Great Vow Zen Monastery
• 2012: Seikan Hasegawa's bookEssays for Buddhist Trainees is published by Great Ocean Publishers
• 2013:Korinji [祖的山光林禅寺], a Rinzai Zen monastery in the line ofTekio Sogen Roshi, is dedicated near Madison, Wisconsin.
• 2014:Kyozan Joshu Sasaki dies in Los Angeles at age 107.
• 2014: Kyogen Carlson dies in Portland at age 65
• 2014: Blue Cliff Zen Center is established inEugene, Oregon, a Rinzai Zen Center in the line ofShinzan Miyamae Roshi.
• 2015: Harvey Daiho Hilbert retires as abbot of the Order of Clear Mind Zen and becomes abbot emeritus.
• 2015: Kathryn Shukke Shin Hilbert is installed as abbot of the Order of Clear Mind Zen.
• 2015: Joshin Brian Byrnes becomes vice-abbot ofUpaya Institute and Zen Center.^[9]
• 2016: Robert Livingston Roshi retires as abbot of New Orleans Zen Temple and becomes abbot emeritus. Richard Collins Roshi becomes abbot.^[10]
• 2016:Rafe Martin receivesDharma transmission fromDanan Henry Roshi in a ceremony at theRochester Zen Center.
• 2016:Rebecca Li receivesDharma transmission from Simon Child.^[11]
• 2016: Ron Hogen Green receives Dharma transmission fromGeoffrey Shugen Arnold at Zen Mountain Monastery.^[12]
• 2017: Jody Hojin Kimmel receives Dharma transmission fromGeoffrey Shugen Arnold at Zen Mountain Monastery.^[13]
• 2018: Vanessa Zuisei Goddard receives Dharma transmission fromGeoffrey Shugen Arnold at Zen Mountain Monastery.^[14]
• 2018:Harvey Daiho Hilbert was re-instated as Abbot of the Order of Clear Mind Zen.
• 2018: Joshin Brian Byrnes founds and becomes guiding teacher of Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community.^[15]

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