Simplicity Zen Podcast Episode 51 - An Interview with Jiryu Rutschman-Byler (The Zen Lamp Series)

Note:  Sorry about Jiryu's sound being a bit muddy.  I
have improved it as much as I can.

Jiryu Rutschman-Byler is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and teacher
in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, with dharma transmission
from Sojun Mel Weitsman.   He lives and teaches at Green
Gulch Farm Zen Center, where he served as Tanto (Head of
Practice) and is slated to become abbot of the temple next
year.  He also has led sanghas in Columbia and San Quinton
State Prison.


Jiryu has trained in Zen temples in the US and Japan since 1996.
He also holds a master's degree in Asian Studies from UC
Berkeley.   His thesis research focused on Nishiari Bokusan
and the development of Soto Zen in Japan during the Meiji Period
(1868-1912).  


He is the author of the book Two Shores of Zen, about his
experiences in 2002 to 2004 practicing in Japan.

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