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Prisoner, lama, and “neo-Buddhist” heir to a Russian dharma king

Lubsan Samdan Tsydenov
A Vanished Buddhist King

From Catholic to Chemist to Buddhist Missionary
The story of how an Italian immigrant from Brooklyn helped to bring the dharma back to India

Freedom in the Midst of Action
United Nations leader Dag Hammarskjöld and Buddhism

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Zen Every Day
A remembrance of Charlotte Joko Beck

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The Man who Saved Tibetan Buddhism
Remembering Gene Smith

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No Mean Preacher
Robert Aitken Roshi: The Last Interview

Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Ancestors
Remembering Aitken Roshi
A student offers glimpses of the late Zen master

Kobun Chino Otogawa
Remembering a warm-hearted roshi

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