Tetsugyu Soin Ban

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[2] In 1947 Tetsugyu Ban became Tanto, or Head of Practice, of Hosshin-ji Monastery.

Ban received Dharma transmission from Harada Daiun Sogaku and founded the Soto Zen temple Tosho-ji, in Tokyo.

One well-known disciple was Maura Soshin O'Halloran, an Irish-American Buddhist nun who wrote about Zen training at Kannon-ji and Tosho-ji in her diary Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind, in which she refers to Ban Roshi with the honorific title "Go-Roshi."

Tetsugyu Soin died on January 21, 1996, after a life dedicated to spreading Zen in Japan and beyond.