Sodō Yokoyama Explained

Sodō Yokoyama
Dharma Name:Sodō
Birth Date:1907
Birth Place:Sendai, Japan
Death Date:1980
Nationality:Japanese
Religion:Buddhism
School:Sōtō
Rōshi
Teacher:Kodo Sawaki
Successor:Jōkō Shibata

was a Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher of the 20th century. Also known as the, he was famous for residing in a public park in Komoro in Nagano Prefecture where he practiced zazen and played songs for travelers by whistling on a leaf. He had resided at Antai-ji for eight years from 1949 to 1957 as a student of Kodo Sawaki before moving to Komoro in 1959. He continued his life in the park until his death in 1980.

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