Zen Conversations

Conversations with North American Zen Teachers

Alice Cabotaje

Empty Cloud Zen, California – Alice Cabotaje is Director of Spiritual Care Services at Stanford University in California. She is also an ordained Protestant minister in the Metropolitan Community Church, which (on its website) describes itself as “a diverse group of people with different perspectives and opinions. “Many people within Metropolitan Community Churches,” the article…

by Rick McDaniel

Barry Briggs [Zen Master Hye Mun]

Cochise Zen Center, Bisbee, Arizona – Barry Briggs – Kwan Um Zen Master Hye Mun – first encountered Buddhism through a girlfriend. “She practiced in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition with Sogyal Rinpoche, who died several years ago.” Barry was studying the Philosophy of Religion at the time at university. “I’m interested in human behavior and…

by Rick McDaniel

Joshu Sasaki

Adapted from The Story of Zen – In his history of American Buddhism – How the Swans Came to the Lake – Rick Fields recounts the story of the time Rinzai master, Joshu Sasaki, gave a talk at the Berkeley campus of the University of California. One of the people in attendance asked if there…

by Rick McDaniel
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