Complex sentence: He went to Ryutaku-Ji in Japan, where he met Soen Nakagawa, and later became a student of Soen Roshi's successor, Eido Shimano Roshi.
Split into simpler sentences: He went to Ryutaku-ji in Japan, where he met Soen Nakagawa. Later he became a student of Soen Roshi's successor, Eido Shimano Roshi.