[1] After moving to California in the 1950s, Dalenberg began attending the American Academy of Asian Studies where he met D.T.
[4] Dalenberg was a member of a zazenkai group with Snyder, Philip Whalen, Albert Saijo, and Lew Welch.
[5] He studied with Nyogen Senzaki in Los Angeles[4] as well as with Hodo Tobase at Sokoji in San Francisco.
[4] In the mid-1960s, Dalenberg met Shunryū Suzuki and began studying with him, eventually becoming a Senior Priest at the San Francisco Zen Center.
[7] He served as President of the Buddhist Council of Northern California[3] and helped establish the East-West House in San Francisco.