SO TO ZEN - Shasta Abbey

152 Appendix II: CorrespondenceKim Seng was the Rinzai master who ordained me in Malaccain January of 1962. He supported me financially to a very largeextent whilst I was studying in Japan as well as paying aconsiderable amount of my hospital expenses when I was takenseriously ill in 1967: Shasta Abbey was also the main beneficiaryof his will. During the symposium in Japan, Rev. Littlegave a slide presentation of the daily activities of Shasta Abbeyin which was seen the enthronement of Rev. Seck Kim SengÕsashes. Rev. Little pointed out that, although the shrine wasnamed for Rev. Keid‡ Chisan Koh‡ Zenji, there were none ofhis ashes to be found in the shrine. After the presentation wasover, Rev. Korimatsu approached Rev. Little and pointed outthat he felt certain that some of Rev. Koh‡ ZenjiÕs ashes couldbe obtained for Shasta AbbeyÕs shrine. The day after thesymposium ended, Rev. Little and Rev. Tower visited S‡ji-jiand spent a very happy afternoon with Rev. Umeda Zenji andhis senior staff together with some of the officials of the HeadOffice. Rev. Umeda ZenjiÕs chief jiisha, an old friend of minenamed Rev. Okabe, on hearing about Shasta AbbeyÕs lack ofRev. Koh‡ ZenjiÕs ashes immediately made some telephonecalls the results of which were that Rev. Little and Rev. Towerwere invited to Fukujuin Temple, where my nephew in theDharma, Rev. K‡ry‰ Noguchi, presented them with some ofRev. ZenjiÕs ashes and a certificate of authenticity. The certificatereads as follows:Ð