Paul Haller

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name = Paul Haller

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Ryushin Paul Haller, a Soto Zen roshi, is the current co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center—a position he shares with Myogen Steve Stücky and has held since 2003. Leaving his homeland of Belfast in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s, Haller spent time in Russia, Afghanistan and Japan. He then went to Thailand for six months and became a Buddhist monk. Coming to California in 1974, he entered Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and was later ordained as a priest by Zentatsu Richard Baker in 1980. He received shiho from Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1993, giving him authority to teach.Ford, 130] SFZC]

ee also

*Buddhism in the United States
*San Francisco Zen Center
*Green Gulch Farm
*Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
*Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

Notes

References

*cite web| last =Clarke| first =Liam| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Belfast turns to Zen healing| work =| publisher =The Sunday Times| date =2002-11-03| url =http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/ireland/article820825.ece| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-01-25

*cite book| last =Ford| first =James Ishmael| authorlink =James Ishmael Ford| coauthors =| title =Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2006| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861715098

*cite web| last =SFZC| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Ryushin Paul Haller| work =| publisher =San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC)| date =| url =http://www.sfzc.org/zc/display.asp?catid=2,6,126&pageid=101| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-01-25

External links

* [http://www.blackmountainzencentre.org/ Black Mountain Zen Centre]
* [http://sfzc.org/ San Francisco Zen Center]
* [http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/PaulHaller.html/ Audio downloads of Talks by Paul Haller]