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Letting Go: The Story of Zen Master Tosui (Topics in Contemporary Buddhism) by Menzan Zuihō; Haskel, Peter is a biography available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>Of the many eccentric figures in Japanese Zen, the Soto Zen master Tosui Unkei (d. 1683) is surely among the most colorful and extreme. Variously compared to Ryokan and Francis of Assisi, Tosui has been called "the original hippie." After many grueling years of Zen study and the sanction of a distinguished teacher, Tosui abandoned the religious establishment and became a drifter.<br><br>The arresting details of Tosui's life were recorded in the <i>Tribute (Tosui osho densan),</i> a lively and

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Author
Menzan Zuihō; Haskel, Peter
Publisher
University of Hawaiʾi Press; University of Hawaii Press
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9780824824402
Category
biography
Subjects
Memoir, Buddhism, Biography
Updated
2026-03-25

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