Robert Aitken
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 2010
- Authorized by
- Yamada Kōun (authorized by Sanbō Zen, 1974)
- Founded
- Diamond Sangha (1959)
- School
- Sanbō Zen
American lay teacher. Co-founded the Diamond Sangha in Honolulu in 1959, trained under Yasutani and Yamada, and was authorised to teach by Yamada Kōun in 1974. Author of The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-men Kuan (1990).
Related people
Sources
- Honolulu Diamond Sangha, About Us, section on Robert Gyoun Aitken Roshi · link
- Helen J. Baroni, Casting Indra’s Net across the Pacific: Robert Aitken and the Growth of the Diamond Sangha as a Trans-Pacific Zen Movement (2022), Journal of Global Buddhism 23 (2): 145–160 · link
- Robert H. Sharf, Sanbōkyōdan: Zen and the Way of the New Religions (1995), Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 22/3–4, pp. 417–458 · link
- Robert Aitken, The Gateless Barrier: The Wu-men Kuan (Mumonkan) (1990) · link
- James Ishmael Ford, Zen Master Who? A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen (2006)
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