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Philip Kapleau

American zen buddhist monk.

Born August 12th, 1912 in New Haven.

Died May 6th, 2004 at 91 years old in Rochester.

Occupations
journalist, poet lawyer, writer
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel