Okumura, Shohaku

Shohaku Okumura is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma successor of Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. He is a graduate of Komazawa University and has practiced in Japan at Antaiji, Zuioji, and the Kyoto Soto Zen Center, and in Massachusetts at the Pioneer Valley Zendo. He is the former director of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center in San Francisco. His previously published books of translation include "Shobogenzo Zuimonki", "Dogen Zen", "Zen Teachings of Homeless Kodo", and "Opening the Hand of Thought". Okumura is also editor of "Dogen Zen and Its Relevance for Our Time" and "SotoZen". He is the foundi...