Sangen Salo is an ordained Zen Buddhist priest and teacher that serves as abbot of Sanneji based in Karjaa, Finland. Sangen sensei is also Sante Poromaa Roshi’s first Dharma heir in the lineage of Roshi Philip Kapleau and teaches at the Helsinki Zen Center as well as other zendos in the Sanneji network.

We talk about the connections between Zen practice and playing the shakuhachi, learning from Sante Poromaa Roshi and the deep sense of understanding and connection between teacher and student, participating in takuhatsu (alms-gathering) in Japan with a lightly sprained ankle, and practicing not just for your self but for other people.