Paul Haller

Paul Haller
Religion	Buddhist
School	Sōtō
Dharma name(s)	Ryushin Zendo
Personal
Born	[], Belfast, Northern Ireland
Senior posting
Based in	San Francisco Zen Center
Title	Roshi
Religious career
Website	http://sfzc.org/

Ryushin Paul Haller, a Soto Zen roshi, is the current Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center—a position he has held since 2003. Leaving his homeland of Belfast in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s, Haller spent time in Russia, Afghanistan and Japan. He then went to Thailand for two years where he was ordained as a Buddhist monk. Coming to California in 1974, he entered Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and was later ordained as a priest by Zentatsu Richard Baker in 1980. He received shiho from Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1993, giving him authority to teach. Since the year 2000 Paul has also been the Teacher of Black Mountain Zen Centre in Northern Ireland.

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• San Francisco Zen Center
• Green Gulch Farm
• Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

References

• Clarke, Liam (2002-11-03). "Belfast turns to Zen healing". The Sunday Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/ireland/article820825.ece. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 

• Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715098. 

• SFZC. "Ryushin Paul Haller". San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC). http://www.sfzc.org/zc/display.asp?catid=2,6,126&pageid=101. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 

• SFZC. "Ryushin Paul Haller". San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC). http://www.sfzc.org/zc/display.asp?catid=1,175&pageid=2226. Retrieved 2010-04-21. 

• Japan Times. "Zen Monk helps bring peace in N. Ireland". Japan Times. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20090627a1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-21. 

External links

• Black Mountain Zen Centre
• San Francisco Zen Center
• Audio downloads of Talks by Paul Haller