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Rochester, New York

Rochester, in New York State, USA, is the home of the Rochester Zen Center, one of the oldest Zen centres in the United States. It was founded in 1966 by Philip Kapleau, the American teacher whose book 'The Three Pillars of Zen' helped introduce Zen practice to a Western audience.

Teachers who lived here

Works composed here

  • 1965

    The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment

    by Philip Kapleau