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Taigen Dan Leighton
Personal
ReligionSōtō
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University, B.A.
California Institute of Integral Studies, M.A.
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Ph.D.
Senior posting
TeacherKando Nakajima
Tenshin Reb Anderson
Zenkei Blanche Hartman
Based inAncient Dragon Zen Gate
Loyola University, Chicago
Institute of Buddhist Studies
PredecessorTenshin Reb Anderson
Websiteancientdragon.org/taigen_dan_leigton

Taigen Dan Leighton (b. 1950, grew up in Pittsburgh, PA) is a Soto Zen priest and teacher, academic,[1] and author. He is an authorized lineage holder and Zen teacher in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki, and is the founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

Leighton began his Zen practice in 1975 at the New York Zen Center, training under Kando Nakajima roshi. He studied at Columbia University, where he obtained a bachelors degree in East Asian studies. Leighton worked as a television and film editor in New York, and then San Francisco.[2]

In 1978, he moved to California and eventually became a resident at San Francisco Zen Center, where he worked at Tassajara Bakery and other of Zen Center's businesses. In subsequent years, Leighton practiced in residence at all of the San Francisco Zen Center facilities, including Green Gulch Farm Zen Center and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. In 1986, Leighton was ordained as a priest by Tenshin Reb Anderson (in the latter's first ordination ceremony).[2]

Leighton lived in Japan from 1990–1992, translating Dōgen texts with Shohaku Okumura and training under various masters. In 1994, Leighton founded the Mountain Source Sangha in Bolinas, San Rafael, and San Francisco, California (of which Ancient Dragon Zen Gate is a sister temple).[3]

In 2000, Leighton received shiho, or Dharma transmission, from Tenshin Anderson.[2]

He taught for four years at Loyola University, Chicago and has taught since 1994 at the Institute of Buddhist Studies,[4] part of the Berkeley Graduate Theological Union, from which Leighton has a Ph.D. degree.[2]

Leighton has been involved in many interfaith dialogue programs, including conducting Buddhist–Christian dialogue workshops. He has long been active in various Engaged Buddhist programs for social justice, including Environmental and Peace activism. He is on the International Advisory Council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.[2]

Professorships

Over the years, Leighton has taught at various universities around the world. The following is a complete list:[2][4]

Gallery

Bibliography

  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2012). "Dogen's Approach to Training in Eihei Koroku". In Heine, Steven (ed.). Dogen: Textual And Historical Studies. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 122–138. ISBN 0199754462. OCLC 731191960. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2012) [2003]. Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression—an Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism (Revised ed.). Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 1614290148. OCLC 757476824. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2011). Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry. Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861716450. OCLC 713188144. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2010). "Dongshan and the Teaching of Suchness". In Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale Stuart (eds.). Zen Masters. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 33–58. ISBN 0195367642. OCLC 426391158. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2009). "Now the Whole Planet Has Its Head on Fire". In Stanley, John; Loy, David; Dorje, Gyurme (eds.). A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency. Boston: Wisdom Publications. pp. 187–194. ISBN 0861716051. OCLC 298781881. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2008). "Zazen as an Enactment Ritual". In Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale Stuart (eds.). Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 167–184. ISBN 0195304675. OCLC 77573898. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2007). Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 019532093X. OCLC 71350616. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2007). Songs for the True Dharma Eye: Verse Comments on Dogen's Shobogenzo. San Francisco, CA: Browser Books Publishing. ISBN 9780977221271. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Payne, Richard Karl; Leighton, Taigen Dan, eds. (2006). Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism. Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415359171. OCLC 59817941. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Dōgen (2004). Dogen's Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861713052. OCLC 55286286. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  • Kim, Hee-Jin (2004) [1975]. Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist (3rd ed.). Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861713761. OCLC 53138715. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Loori, John Daido (2004) [2002]. The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza (2nd ed.). Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 086171394X. OCLC 54392536. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Warner, Jisho Cary (2001). Nothing Is Hidden: Essays on Zen Master Dogen's Instructions for the Cook. New York: Weatherhill. ISBN 0834804786. OCLC 45488199. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2001). "Sacred Fools and Monastic Rules: Zen Rule-Bending and the Training for Pure Hearts". In Barnhart, Bruno; Huang, Yuese (eds.). Purity of Heart and Contemplation: A Monastic Dialogue Between Christian and Asian Traditions. New York: Continuum. pp. 151–164. ISBN 082641348X. OCLC 47136534. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (2000) [1991]. Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi (Revised ed.). Boston: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0804832404. OCLC 43978646. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Leighton, Taigen Dan (1998). Bodhisattva Archetypes: Classic Buddhist Guides to Awakening and Their Modern Expression. New York: Penguin Arkana. ISBN 0140195564. OCLC 37211178. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Dōgen (1997). The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa. Boston: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 080483105X. OCLC 38190728. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  • Dōgen (1996). Dogen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community: a Translation of the Eihei Shingi. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0791427102. OCLC 32859858. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

See also

References

  1. ^ Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. p. 130. ISBN 0861715098. OCLC 70174891.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Leighton, Taigen Dan (2005–2013). "Taigen Dan Leighton Full Biography". Ancient Dragon Zen Gate. Retrieved 12 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  3. ^ Leighton, Taigen Dan (2007). "Taigen Dan Leighton, Founding Dharma Teacher". Mountain Source Sangha. Retrieved 12 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  4. ^ a b Faculty & Staff: The Institute of Buddhist Studies, Institute of Buddhist Studies, retrieved 12 February 2013 {{citation}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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