| Dainin Katagiri,Roshi was born in Osaka, Japan.
He trained at Eiheiji Monastery for three years under the guidance of Eko
Hashimoto, Roshi, and attended Komazawa University. He came to the United
States in 1963 after working with Soto Propagation and Research Institute
and then for the Soto Headquarters Office in Tokyo . He practiced and taught
at the Zenshuji Soto Zen Mission in Los Angeles, later moving to Sokoji Soto
Zen mission and then to San Francisco Zen Center, where he assisted Suzuki-roshi.
In 1982 he became the first Abbot of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in
Minneapolis. He returned as Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center betwen 1984
and 1985, then returning to Minneapolis. His book
Returning
to Silence was published in 1988.
Dainin Katagiri, Roshi died in 1990. |