Dosho Port
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- brwing abroad
- BuddhaFrog's Zone of Forgetfulness
- Clouds
- do jhana
- firefly hall
- Monkey Mind
- Perspectives
- Perspectives
- This Truth Never Fails
Occupation | Zen and Special Education |
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Location | White Bear Township, MN, United States |
Introduction | I'm a Zen practitioner and disciple of Dainin Katagiri-roshi, currently involved in koan introspection with James Ford, David Rynick and Melissa Blacker. I began studying Zen under Katagiri-roshi's guidance in 1977 and trained with him until his death in 1990. I undertook shukke tokudo (homeleaving) in 1984 and received shiho (dharma transmission) in 1989. I'm fond of hammering nails into empty space so I've also studied with Ikko Narazaki-roshi, Tangen Harada-roshi, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shodo Harada-roshi, and Daido Loori-roshi. My current teaching/practice project is Wild Fox Zen, Transforming Through Play Temple. I am also a parent and the administrator for an alternative school program for teens. |
Interests | Gardening, scholarly research into the "real" story of Soto Zen, biking, kayaking, politics, prehistorical speculations, sitting on the deck and looking at the stars |
Favorite Music | Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Mary Gautier, Lucinda Williams |
Favorite Books | Taigen Dan Leighton and Shohaku Okumura trans. Dogen’s Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku, Soko Morinaga's Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity, W.S.Merwin's The Vixen, Dale S. Wright's Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism, Steven Heine's Zen Skin, Zen Marrow: Will the Real Zen Buddhism Please Stand Up?, Hee-Jin Kim's Dogen on Meditation and Thinking: A Reflection on His View of Zen, Nicholas Wade's Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors |