The way The "goal" Background Chinese texts Classical Post-classical Contemporary Zen in Japan Seon in Korea Thiền in Vietnam Western Zen Oda Sessō (小田 雪窓, 1901 – 16 September 1966)[2] was a Rinzai Rōshi and abbot of the Daitoku-ji (大徳寺) in Kyoto, Japan, a Dharma successor of Gotō Zuigan.
His western students included Gary Snyder,[3][4] Janwillem van de Wetering, Irmgard Schloegl, and Philip Yampolsky.
Snyder described him as [T]he subtlest and most perceptive man I've ever met....His teisho were inaudible, his voice was so soft.
"[6]Janwillem van de Wetering gave an account of his stay at Daitoku-ji in his book "The empty mirror".
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