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Three Pillars of Zen

1. The three constituent elements of teaching, practice, and enlightenment.

2. Title of a book by Rōshi Philip Kapleau (1912- ) that has been highly influential in zen's transmission to and subsequent development in the West.

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A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)

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