Complex sentence: The Venerable Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi (1931-1995), is a seminal influence on the growth of Zen Buddhism in the United States, was ordained as a Soto Zen monk at the age of eleven.
Split into simpler sentences: The Venerable Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi (known as Taizan Maezumi) (1931-1995), was a Zen Buddhist monk who had a seminal influence on the growth of Zen Buddhism in the United States. Born in 1931, Maezumi Roshi was ordained as a Soto Zen monk at the age of eleven.