died on May 7, 1958 at 81 years old. There are several versions of his "last words," one of the most compelling of which is "Remember the Dharma! Remember the Dharma! Remember the Dharma!" Students Samuel L. Lewis Robert Aitken Roshi Henry Seisen Mittwer Selected works (in English) Buddhism and Zen (with Ruth Strout McCandless) The Iron Flute (with Ruth Strout McCandless) Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings (with Paul Reps) Eloquent Silence: Nyogen Senzaki's Gateless Gate (with Roko Sherry Chayat) 101 Zen Stories (1940) See also Buddhism in the United States List of Rinzai Buddhists Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States Notes References Besserman, Perle; Steger, Manfred (1991). Crazy Clouds: Zen Radicals, Rebels & Reformers. Shambhala. Chayat, Roko Sherry ed. (2008). Eloquent Silence: Nyogen Senzaki's Gateless Gate. Wisdom Publications. Nordstrom, Louis ed. (1976). Namu Dai Bosa. Theatre Arts Books. LCCN 7611286 Senzaki, Nyogen; McCandless, Ruth (1961) The Iron Flute. Charles Tuttle. Shimano, Eido ed. (1978). Like a Dream, Like a Fantasy. Japan Publications. 1958 deaths Zen Buddhist monks Buddhism in the United States Rinzai Buddhists Japanese Zen Buddhists American Zen Buddhists American Buddhist monks Japanese-American internees Japanese emigrants to the United States 1876 births Year of birth unknown