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John H. Crook (1930-2011)

Dr. John Hurrell Crook

Dr. John Hurrell Crook (November 27, 1930—July 15, 2011) was founder of the Western Chan Fellowship of Europe and was the first Western Dharma heir of the late Master Sheng Yen of the Chinese Chan tradition. Before studying with Master Sheng Yen, he had done retreats with Lama Akong at Samye Ling in Scotland and with Houn Jiyu-Kennett-roshi at Throssel Hole Priory. He is the author of several books, both on Buddhism and sociology. Crook is also remembered as a distinguished ethologist, serving as Reader in Ethology at the Department of Psychology of the University of Bristol in the 1970s and 1980s.

Crook, J. H. 1980. The Evolution of Human Consciousness. Oxford.
Crook, J. H. 1990. Catching a feather on a fan. A Zen retreat with Master Sheng Yen. Element. Shaftesbury.
Crook, J. H., 1997 Authenticity and the Practice of Zen. In: Pickering, J. (ed) The Authority of Experience. Essays on Buddhism and Psychology. Curzon. Richmond.
Crook, J. H. 1998. Hilltops of the Hong Kong Moon. Minerva. London.
Crook, J. H. 1999. Zen: the challenge to dependency. In: Watson, G, Batchelor. S and G. Claxton. (Eds) The Psychology of Awakening. Rider. London. 197-214.
Crook, J. H. and D. Fontana. (eds) 1990. Space in Mind: East-West Psychology and contemporary Buddhism. Element. Shaftesbury.
Crook, J. H. 2012 World Crisis and Buddhist Humanism. End Games: Collapse or Renewal of Civilisation. Foreword by Roshi John Daido Loori

John H. Crook:
The Place of Chan in Post-Modern Europe

Website: http://www.westernchanfellowship.org/

In June of 2009, Sweeping Zen had the opportunity to interview Dr. Crook:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120615163050/http://sweepingzen.com/dr-john-h-crook-interview/

Obituary
The Guardian, 2011, aug. 23.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/aug/23/john-crook-obituary

new chan forum - JOHN CROOK MEMORIAL EDITION
Spring 2012, No. 45.
http://www.westernchanfellowship.org/uploads/media/ncf45.pdf