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John Daishin Buksbazen (1939-)

Dharma name: 大信 Daishin

Sensei Daishin was born in London, England, to a Jewish-Christian family of Eastern European backgrounds. He began Zen practice in Philadelphia in 1967, receiving both lay and Priest ordination in the Korean Chogye Order of Zen from the Venerable Seo Kyung-bo. He later practiced with (then) Maezumi Sensei at the Zen Center of Los Angeles (ZCLA), where he was in residence until 1979. He served as pastoral counselor, and was publishing editor of the ZCLA Journal and the Zen Writings Series . In 1999, Daishin renewed his Priest vows with Sensei Yoshin Jordan, and returned to ZCLA to study with Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao. In 2003 he received Preceptor Transmission and was empowered as Dharma Holder, and subsequently received Dharma Transmission in June 2008. Sensei Daishin has a PsyD in Psychology from the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private clinical practice. He leads an affiliated sitting group, the Ocean Moon Sangha, in Santa Monica and teaches Buddhist psychology and zazen to mental health professionals. Daishin is the author of To Forget the Self and Zen Meditation in Plain English (Wisdom, 2002) and is co-editor with Roshi Egyoku of the On Zen Practice collection). He is married to Concetta Getsuren Alfano, a Zen practitioner, psychoanalyst and co-founder of the Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. Daishin has one son.
http://www.zencenter.com/Teachers/teachers.php

Works

PDF: To forget the self: An illustrated guide to Zen meditation;
photography by John Daido Loori; foreword by Peter Matthiessen; pref. by Chōtan Aitken Roshi.
(The Zen writings series 3), Zen Center of Los Angeles, 1977, 70 p.
by John Daishin Buksbazen

No trace of enlightenment remains,
and this no-trace continues endlessly.
Dogen Zenji (1200-1253)
Shobogenzo: Genjokoan

PDF: Zen meditation in plain English
foreword by Peter Matthiessen.
Boston: Wisdom, 2002, 125 p.
by John Daishin Buksbazen

PDF: Preview
Interview: http://www.bodhitree.com/lectures/John.Daishin.Buksbazen.htm

„Yasutani Roshi Memorial Issue” (Excerpt)
ZCLA (Zen Center of Los Angeles) Journal, Vol. 3, Nos. 3 & 4, Summer/Fall 1973
Edited by John Daishin Buksbazen

PDF: "Notes on Gassho and Bowing"
by Taizan Maezumi Roshi with John Daishin Buksbazen