Berkeley Zen Center

Berkeley Zen Center
Religion
Affiliation	Sōtō
Location
Location	1931 Russell Street, Berkeley, California 94703
Country	United States
Architecture
Founder	Sojun Mel Weitsman Shunryu Suzuki
Website
www.berkeleyzencenter.org

Berkeley Zen Center (BZC), temple name Shogakuji (正覚寺, Shōgaku-ji), is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist practice center located in Berkeley, California led by Sojun Mel Weitsman. An informal affiliate to the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC), BZC was originally founded in 1967 by Weitsman and Shunryu Suzuki as a satellite group for the SFZC. Despite founding the center, Weitsman was not installed as abbot there until 1985, one year after receiving Dharma transmission from Hoitsu Suzuki. Weitsman's Dharma heir, Alan Senauke, lives on site with his wife Laurie Senauke (as of 1999) and also works for the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Another former teacher at BZC was Maylie Scott, who died in 2001. In 1969 Zenkei Blanche Hartman began sitting zazen at BZC, receiving Dharma transmission from Weitsman in 1988.[1] In 1979 the center relocated to its current location on Russell Street—and today houses a small group of residents who live on site.[2]

Gallery

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  Sojun Mel Weitsman
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  Hozan Alan Senauke
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  Maylie Scott
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  Zendo

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

References

• Dimidjian, Victoria Jean; Norman Fischer (2004). Journeying East: Conversations on Aging and Dying. Parallax Press. ISBN 1-888375-36-1.
• Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-509-8.
• Gach, Gary (1998). What Book!?: Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop. Parallax Press. ISBN 0-938077-92-9.
• Prebish, Charles S (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21697-0.
• Queen, Christopher S (2000). Engaged Buddhism in the West. Wisdom publications. ISBN 0-86171-159-9.