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Gendo Sensei, Sumeru author, in the news

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Professor John Gendo Wolff, Sensei, was in the news recently at a reading from his new book, The Driftwood Shrine: Discovering Zen in American Poetry, published by The Sumeru Press. Here’s the article…

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The Driftwood Shrine now published

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We are pleased to announce publication of The Driftwood Shrine: Discovering Zen in American Poetry By John Gendo Wolff, Sensei Foreword by Gerry Shishin Wick, Roshi ISBN 978-1-896559-28-5 (pbk) $19.95 USD, 160 pages, 6 x 9 Representing a new approach to the West’s evolving understanding of Buddhism, The Driftwood Shrine is the first collection of... Read more »

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Toronto Zen Centre reading fundraiser

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Sumeru author Richard Bryan McDaniel was recently at the Toronto Zen Center for a reading and book signing as a fundraiser for renovations to their Buddha Hall. He read from Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America (which includes a chapter on Taigen Henderson of the Toronto Zen Centre).... Read more »

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The Third Step East reviewed

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Richard Bryan McDaniel will be reading from his latest book, Cypress Trees in the Garden: The Second Generation of Zen Teaching in America, at the Toronto Zen Centre on Tuesday evening, May 24th. His earlier book, The Third Step East: Zen Masters of America, was recently reviewed in Plum Mountain News. Here’s the review… Third... Read more »

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Albert Low memorial

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In Memory of Albert Low Richard Bryan McDaniel Albert Low, the Director of the Montreal Zen Center, died on the morning of January 27. He was 87 years old. In 2013, I had arranged to interview Albert and four of his students for a book I was writing on the second generation of Zen teachers... Read more »

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