Berkeley Zen Center

Infobox Buddhist temple
name = Berkeley Zen Center


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denomination = Soto
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founder = Sojun Mel Weitsman
Shunryu Suzuki
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roshi = Sojun Mel Weitsman
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priest = Hozan Alan Senauke
Maylie Scott (deceased)
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address = 1931 Russell Street, Berkeley, California 94703
country = United States
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website = [http://www.berkeleyzencenter.org www.berkeleyzencenter.org]

Berkeley Zen Center (BZC), temple name Shogakuji, is a Soto Zen Buddhist practice center located in Berkeley, California led by Sojun Mel Weitsman. An informal affiliate to the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC),Ford, 129] BZC was originally founded in 1967 by Weitsman and Shunryu Suzuki as a satellite group for the SFZC.Dimidjian, 137] Despite founding the center, Weitsman was not installed as abbot there until 1985, one year after receiving Dharma transmission from Hoitsu Suzuki.Gach, 230] 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.Prebish, 108] Another former teacher at BZC was Maylie Scott, who died in 2001. [Queen, 266] In 1969 Zenkei Blanche Hartman began sitting zazen at BZC, receiving Dharma transmission from Weitsman in 1988. [http://www.zencircle.org/speakers.html] In 1979 the center relocated to its current location on Russell Street—and today houses a small group of residents who live on site. [http://www.berkeleyzencenter.org/aboutBZC.shtml]

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ee also

*Buddhism in the United States
*Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

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References

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