Pedro Kaiten Piquero was born in 1976, exactly 38 years before the death of his master Gudo Wafu Nishijima, of whom he was the last disciple. In 2017, he received Dharma transmission in Japan from Venerable Peter Rodo Rocca in the lineage of Nishijima Roshi. He is president of the Dogen Sangha in Spain and director of the Zendo Gudo, as well as an active member and guest lecturer of the Dharma Voices for Animals organization.
For more information about Venerable Kaiten and the above organizations, please see the following links:
Zendo Gudo
https://zendogudo.es/
Dharma Voices for Animals
https://www.dharmavoicesforanimals.org/
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