Robert Aitken Roshi (1917-2010)
Guiding teacher for the Zen Center of Denver & other Diamond Sangha centers; respected Roshi, scholar, translator, writer,
lover of birds, fighter of social injustice, beloved by countless students, students' children, and readers around the world.

www.tricycle.com/blog/?p=2166

http://robertaitken.blogspot.com/2010/08/goodbye-dad-grandfather-papa-friend.html

Zen is not about creating positive change in one's life; it's about realizing the miraculous in the imperfect.

Zen is not about a higher self; it's about no-self. Looking up at the night sky, the stars are just this body.