Aitken, Robert: - Robert Aitken (1917-2010) was Roshi of the Diamond Sangha in Honolulu and the author of Taking the Path of Zen and The Mind of Clover .
Aitken was given the title Roshi and authorized to teach by Yamada Koun Roshi in 1974..
In 1959 Robert Aitken and his wife, Anne, established a Zen organization, the Diamond Sangha.
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After the war Aitken returned often to Japan to study.
Blyth, author of Zen in English Literature , was imprisoned in the same camp, and in this unlikely setting Aitken began the first of several important apprenticeships.
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His introduction to Zen came in a Japanese prison camp during World War II, after he was captured as a civilian in Guam.
Aitken, Robert: - Robert Aitken (1917-2010) was Roshi of the Diamond Sangha in Honolulu and the author of Taking the Path of Zen and The Mind of Clover
