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He adhered to a rigorous style of Rinzai practice, and influenced Japanese Zen through several Japanese teachers who studied under him.
Dr. David Loy, an expert on Japanese Zen Buddhism, has praised Mel for his contributions to the field of contemporary psychotherapy and non-duality, including his insights on the topic of emotional masking.
Shūbun's style, like that of most Japanese Zen painters, was inspired by Chinese Song Dynasty painters such as Ma Yuan, Xia Gui, Guo Xi, and others.
He received the Guggenheim Fellowship twice (in 1959 and 1960), which he used to travel to work and study first in Munich and Rome, and later Kyoto, Japan where he lived in monastery and studied Japanese Zen calligraphy under the monks.