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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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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black