Gerry Shishin Wick

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name = Gerry Shishin Wick

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school = Soto and Rinzai
lineage = White Plum Asanga
title = Roshi
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Gerry Shishin Wick is a Soto Zen roshi, author, oceanographer and abbot of Great Mountain Zen Center which he founded in 1996—one of twelve Dharma Successors of the late Taizan Maezumi (receiving Dharma transmission and a Denkai degree from him in 1990). He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and has held a variety of jobs in the scientific community as well as an adjunct teaching position at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. He is currently President of White Plum Asanga, an organization which ackowledged him as a roshi in 2000. In 2006, Wick received inka from Bernard Glassman.Great Mountain Zen center] Prebish, 98] Morreale, 134] [http://www.peacemakercommunity.org/zps/family.htm]

ee also

*Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

Bibliography

*cite book| last =Wick| first =Gerry Shishin| authorlink =| coauthors =Hongzhi Zhengjue| title =The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2005| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861713877
*cite book| last =Wick| first =Gerry Shishin| authorlink =| coauthors =Ilia Shinko Perez| title =The Great Heart Way: How to Heal Your Life and Find Self-Fulfillment| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2006| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861715138

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References

*cite book| last =Morreale| first =Don| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =The Complete Guide to Buddhist America| publisher =Shambhala Publications| date =1998| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 1570622701
*cite book| last =Prebish| first =Charles S.| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America| publisher =University of California Press| date =1999| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0520216970
*cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Gerry Shishin Wick Roshi| work =| publisher =Great Mountain Zen Center| date =| url =http://www.gmzc.org/teachers| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-01-18