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Shunryu Suzuki

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Shunryu Suzuki (born May 18, 1904, in Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan; died December 4, 1971, in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) was an Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States and is renowned for founding the first Buddhist monastery outside Asia (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center). Suzuki founded the San Francisco Zen Center, which along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West.

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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

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