Zoketsu Norman Fischer | |
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| Title | Roshi |
| Personal | |
| Born | c. 1946 |
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| Spouse | Kathie Fischer |
| Children | Aron and Noah (twins) |
| School | Sōtō |
| Lineage | Shunryu Suzuki |
| Education | University of Iowa University of California, Berkeley Graduate Theological Union |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Everyday Zen Foundation |
| Predecessor | Sojun Mel Weitsman |
| Website | www.everydayzen.org www.bellinghamzen.org |
Zoketsu Norman Fischer is an American poet, writer, and Soto Zen priest, teaching and practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki.[1] He is a Dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman, from whom he received Dharma transmission in 1988. Fischer served as co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center from 1995–2000, after which he founded the Everyday Zen Foundation in 2000, a network of Buddhist practice group and related projects in Canada, the United States and Mexico.[2] Fischer has published more than twenty-five books of poetry and non-fiction, as well as numerous poems, essays and articles in Buddhist magazines and poetry journals.[3]
- ^ "Jewish Buddhist Encounters" (PDF).
- ^ "Everyday Zen :: Teachers". www.everydayzen.org. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ "Biography". Norman Fischer Books. Retrieved 2017-06-21.