Kyozan Joshu Sasaki
Japanese Rinzai Zen teacher (1907-2014) · Japan · Died at 107
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Something wrong?Kyozan Joshu Sasaki , Roshi was a Japanese Rinzai Zen teacher who lived in Los Angeles, United States since 1962.
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Kyozan Joshu Sasaki , Roshi was a Japanese Rinzai Zen teacher who lived in Los Angeles, United States since 1962. He sought to tailor his teachings to westerners, opening dozens of centres, and founding serving as head abbot of the Mount Baldy Zen Center, near Mount Baldy in California, and of the Rinzai-Ji order of affiliated Zen centers. Sasaki Roshi was one of the most influential but also controversial Zen masters in America, "coercing hundreds of [students] into having sexual contact with him" since at least the early 1970s, including using threats of expulsion.
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