Mel Weitsman
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title:
Mel Weitsman
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Hakuryu Sojun Mel Weitsman, born Mel Weitsman, was an American Buddhist who was the founder, abbot and guiding teacher of Berkeley Zen Center located in Berkeley, California. Weitsman was a Soto Zen roshi practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, having received Dharma transmission in 1984 from Suzuki's son Hoitsu. He was also a co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, where he served from 1988 to 1997. Weitsman was also editor of the book Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on
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American Zen Buddhist monk (1929–2021)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Weitsman
date created:
2006-10-17T17:37:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T22:48:14Z
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