Cheri Huber

Cheri Huber
School	Sōtō
Lineage	Unknown
Personal
Born	c. 1944
Senior posting
Based in	Zen Monastery Peace Center
Title	Writer Teacher
Religious career
Website	cherihuber.com

Cheri Huber (born c. 1944) is an independent Soto Zen teacher with more than thirty years of experience. She is the founder and guiding teacher of Zen Monastery Peace Center located in Murphys, California, which was constructed in 1993. The plot of land was purchased in 1987, with 320 acres (1.3 km²). She was raised in the San Francisco Bay area and likely studied Zen for some time under Jay DuPont. Writer Anna Kaplan says that Huber had once desired to live in a cabin in the woods in isolation of the world, but was encouraged by another teacher to teach Zen. The name of this teacher is not indicated. She founded her first Zen center in 1983 in Mountain View, California, which has since moved to Palo Alto under the name Palo Alto Zen Center.^[1][2][3] There have been some questions raised about her authority to teach Zen from some members of the Zen community. Author James Ishmael Ford writes of her, "Perhaps the most prominent of apparently self-declared teachers is the widely read author and meditation teacher Cheri Huber. Huber may have studied briefly with Jay DuPont...but it is not clear that she was authorized to teach by him or anyone else as a Zen teacher."^[4]

Bibliography

• What You Practice Is What You Have : A Guide to Having the Life You Want. Keep It Simple. 2010. ISBN 0971030979. http://www.livingcompassion.org/store/2105. 

• Making A Change For Good : A Guide To Compassionate Self-Discipline. Shambhala Publications. 2007. ISBN 1590302087. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71210331&referer=brief_results. 

• Transform Your Life: A Year of Awareness Practice. Keep It Simple Books. 2007. ISBN 0971030952. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/132306229&referer=brief_results. 

• The Depression Book: Depression as an Opportunity for Spiritual Growth. Keep It Simple Books. 2004. ISBN 096362556X. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43321262&referer=brief_results. 

• The Zen Monastery Cookbook: Stories and Recipes from a Zen Kitchen. Keep It Simple Books. 2003. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53474361&referer=brief_results. 

• When You're Falling, Dive: Acceptance, Freedom and Possibility. Keep It Simple Books. 2003. ISBN 0961475471. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52355111&referer=brief_results. 

• Suffering Is Optional: Three Keys to Freedom and Joy. Keep It Simple Books. 2002. ISBN 0963625586. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45555299&referer=brief_results. 

• There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate. Keep It Simple Books. 2001. ISBN 0971030901. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48114041&referer=brief_results. 

• There Is Nothing Wrong With You for Teens. Keep It Simple Books. 2001. ISBN 0963625594. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48477194&referer=brief_results. 

• Sweet Zen: Dharma Talks from Cheri Huber. Present Perfect Books. 2000. ISBN 0963078445. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45893868&referer=brief_results. 

• How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Hay House. 2000. ISBN 1561707155. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44016648&referer=brief_results. 

• Buddha Facing the Wall: Interviews with American Zen Monks. Keep It Simple Books. 1999. ISBN 0963078437. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45087479&referer=brief_results. 

• Sex and Money: Are Dirty, Aren't They?. Keep It Simple Books. 1999. ISBN 0963625578. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44002624&referer=brief_results. 

• The Key: And the Name of the Key Is Willingness. Keep It Simple Books. 1999. ISBN 0963625543. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44989805&referer=brief_results. 

• Good Life: A Zen Precepts Retreat with Cheri Huber. Keep It Simple Books. 1997. ISBN 0963078429. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40134295&referer=brief_results. 

• Be the Person You Want to Find: Relationship and Self-Discovery. Keep It Simple Books. 1997. ISBN 0963625527. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38143086&referer=brief_results. 

• Being Present in the Darkness. Penguin Group. 1996. ISBN 0399522239. http://books.google.com/books?id=ApMOAAAACAAJ&dq=%22cheri+huber%22+present+darkness. 

• Trying to Be Human: Zen Talks from Cheri Huber. Keep It Simple Books. 1995. ISBN 0963078410. http://books.google.com/books?id=B2MFAAAACAAJ&dq=%22cheri+huber%22+trying+human. 

• Nothing Happens Next: Responses to Questions About Meditation. Keep It Simple Books. 1995. ISBN 0963625535. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42521345&referer=brief_results. 

• The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and for All. Keep It Simple Books. 1995. ISBN 0963625519. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40071101&referer=brief_results. 

• That Which You Are Seeking Is Causing You to Seek. Keep It Simple Books. 1990. ISBN 0961475463. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40313571&referer=brief_results. 

• How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything: A Workbook. Keep It Simple Books. 1988. ISBN 0963625551. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41074162&referer=brief_results. 

As co-author

• Guyol, Melinda (1994). Time-out for Parents: A Compassionate Approach to Parenting. CompassionWorks. ISBN 0961475447. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32158978&tab=editions. 

Audio

• Unconditional Self-Acceptance (The Do It Yourself Course). Sounds True. 2005. ISBN 1591792371. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57728769&referer=brief_results. 

• Being Present in the Darkness. B&B Audio. 1996. ISBN 1882071794. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36518670&referer=brief_results. 

DVD

• The Secret Is There Are No Secrets: An Introduction To Zen Meditation With Cheri Huber. Openings. 2004. OCLC 83259812. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83259812&referer=brief_results. 

See also

• Buddhism in the United States

Notes

1. ^ The Wisdom of Listening, 304
2. ^ Kaplan
3. ^ Miller
4. ^ Zen Master Who?, 79

References

• Brady, Mark (2003). The Wisdom of Listening. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861713559. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52520501&referer=one_hit. 

• Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715098. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70174891&referer=brief_results. 

• Kaplan, Anna (2006-12-16). "Murphys retreat lets seekers get away from it all". Recordnet. http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061216/A_LIFE/612160304. Retrieved 2008-02-12. 

• Miller, David Ian (2006-11-20). "Finding My Religion". SF Gate. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/11/20/findrelig.DTL. Retrieved 2008-02-12. 

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