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Kosho uchiyama, uchiyama kosho, 1912 march, 1998 was a soto priest, origami master, and abbot of antaiji near kyoto, japan. Chagdud tulku rinpoche taught widely for many years in the west and addressed the questions of students. Employing deft analogies and pertinent anecdotes he presents the soto case for. In the thirteenth century, zen master dogenperhaps the most significant of all japanese philosophers, and the founder of the japanese soto zen sectwrote a practical manual of instructions for the zen cook.
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