1892 - 1967
Ruth Fuller Sasaki American Writer
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| First Name |
Ruth
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| Middle Name |
Fuller
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| Last Name |
Sasaki
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| Birthday |
31st October, 1892
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| Died |
24th October, 1967
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Ruth Fuller Sasaki (October 31, 1892 – October 24, 1967), born Ruth Fuller, was an American
writer and Buddhist teacher. She was important figure in the development of Buddhism in the United States. As Ruth Fuller Everett (during her first marriage), she met and studied with Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki in Japan in 1930.
In 1938, she became a principal supporter of the Buddhist Society of America (later known as the First Zen Institute of America), in New York. She married Sokei-an, the Zen priest in residence there, in 1944, but he died within a year. In 1949, she went to Kyoto to find another roshi to live and teach in New York, to complete translations of key Zen texts, and to pursue her own Zen training, receiving sanzen from GotÅ Zuigan.
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