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Berkeley Zen Center

Coordinates: 37°51′24″N 122°16′12″W / 37.856540°N 122.269917°W / 37.856540; -122.269917
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Berkeley Zen Center
Religion
AffiliationSōtō
Location
Location1931 Russell Street, Berkeley, California 94703
CountryUnited States
Berkeley Zen Center is located in Oakland, California
Berkeley Zen Center
Shown within Oakland, California
Berkeley Zen Center is located in San Francisco Bay Area
Berkeley Zen Center
Berkeley Zen Center (San Francisco Bay Area)
Berkeley Zen Center is located in California
Berkeley Zen Center
Berkeley Zen Center (California)
Berkeley Zen Center is located in the United States
Berkeley Zen Center
Berkeley Zen Center (the United States)
Berkeley Zen Center is located in North America
Berkeley Zen Center
Berkeley Zen Center (North America)
Geographic coordinates37°51′24″N 122°16′12″W / 37.856540°N 122.269917°W / 37.856540; -122.269917
Architecture
FounderSojun Mel Weitsman
Shunryu Suzuki
Website
www.berkeleyzencenter.org

Berkeley Zen Center (BZC), temple name Shogakuji (祥岳寺, Shōgaku-ji), is an Sōtō Zen Buddhist practice centre located in Berkeley, California currently led by Hozan Alan Senauke. An informal affiliate to the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC),[1] BZC was founded in 1967 by Sojun Mel Weitsman and Shunryu Suzuki as a satellite group for the SFZC.[2] Despite founding the centre, Weitsman was not installed as an abbot there until 1985, one year after receiving Dharma transmission from Hoitsu Suzuki.[3] 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.[4] Another former teacher at BZC was Maylie Scott, who died in 2001.[5] In 1969, Zenkei Blanche Hartman began sitting zazen at BZC, receiving Dharma transmission from Weitsman in 1988.[1] In 1979, the centre relocated to its current location on Russell Street—and today houses a small group of residents who live on site. BZC has an active community and a full schedule of zen service, student talks, dharma talks, and zazen. [2]

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ford, 129
  2. ^ Dimidjian, 137
  3. ^ Gach, 230
  4. ^ Prebish, 108
  5. ^ Queen, 266

References

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  • 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. OCLC 41951145.