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Increasingly I find David Loy<\/a> one of the most important and compelling Zen teachers in the West. The new interview with him at Sweeping Zen<\/a> is part of why.\n

Here\u2019s another reason\u2026<\/p>\n

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Increasingly I find David Loy one of the most important and compelling Zen teachers in the West. The new interview with him at Sweeping Zen is part of why. Here\u2019s another reason\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nRecommending David Loy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Increasingly I find David Loy one of the most important and compelling Zen teachers in the West. 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