London, Ontario, Zen Center – Guy Gaudry is the director of the London Zen Center in Ontario. He grew up in a small town in British Columbia – Hope – where he was introduced to Buddhism in a pharmacy. “In Hope, our only source of information was the local drug store. It was a veryContinue reading “Guy Gaudry”
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Tess Beasley
Pacific Zen Institute – Tess Beasley, although located in Connecticut on the East Coast, is the current board president of the Pacific Zen Institute on the West. And she grew up far from either ocean in Utah. “Neither of my parents were Mormon. They ended up there by just strange karmic circumstances and decided toContinue reading “Tess Beasley”
Joko Beck
A conversation with Peg Syverson – Joko Beck died in 2011, before I began doing these interviews. I never met her but have spoken with several people who knew her. Peg Syverson was one of the most informative of these. Joko was the founder of the Ordinary Mind School of Zen and became one ofContinue reading “Joko Beck”
Pat Hawk
Abridged from Catholicism and Zen – Combining Zen practice and Catholicism is based in “the recognition in experience of a resonance between the two traditions. Many Catholics remark, after their first Zen experience, that it is what they have always been seeking.” So wrote the first Catholic priest born in America to receive Dharma transmission.Continue reading “Pat Hawk”
Issan Dorsey
Maitri Compassionate Care – Issan Dorsey died thirty-five years ago on Sept 6th, 1990, nearly a quarter of a century before I began this pilgrimage into the landscape of North American Zen. What I know about him comes from reading, especially David Schneider’s biography, Street Zen.[1] For me, Issan is a stellar example of aContinue reading “Issan Dorsey”
Richard Bryan McDaniel 