SEIGAKU AMATO WAS ORDAINED A SOTO ZEN PRIEST IN 2016 IN THE IWOJI TEMPLE LINEAGE BY GYOKEI YOKOYAMA SENSEI. SEIGAKU COMPLETED HOSSENSHIKI “DHARMA COMBAT” IN 2019 AT SAIKOJI TEMPLE IN TOYOHASHI, JAPAN. AFTER RECEIVING DHARMA TRANSMISSION SEIGAKU TRAVELED TO EHEIJI AND SOJIJI THE HEAD TEMPLES OF SOTO ZEN IN JAPAN FOR ZUISE IN 2023. SEIGAKU CURRENTLY SERVES THE LONG BEACH BUDDHIST CHURCH AS THE RESIDENT PRIEST. SEIGAKU IS THE AUTHOR OF THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ZEN FROM WISDOM PUBLICATIONS.

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