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Biography of Robert Aitken
Robert Aitken is one of the most widely respected Western teachers of Zen Buddhism. He first encountered Zen during World War II as a internee in a Japanese camp for enemy civilians in Kobe. Whilst in the camp he met and was much influenced by R.H. Blyth. Robert Aitken and his wife, Anne, founded the Diamond Sangha in Hawaii in 1959. Aitken-Roshi is the author of many articles and nine books, including
Taking the Path of Zen
(1985) and
Original Dwelling Place: Zen Buddhist Essays
(1996).
His contributions can be found in
The Betrayal of Tradition: Essays on the Spiritual Crisis of Modernity
edited by
Harry Oldmeadow
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