Zen in American Pop Culture : How Long Does It Take to Go Nowhere

Book Id: WPLBN0000706613
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 9.54 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Zen in American Pop Culture : How Long Does It Take to Go Nowhere
Author:
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
Historic Publication Date:
Publisher:	BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


Citation APA MLA Chicago Zen in American Pop Culture : How Long Does It Take to Go Nowhere. (n.d.). Zen in American Pop Culture : How Long Does It Take to Go Nowhere. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network document.

Excerpt
Excerpt: Echard Musgrave Roshi is a Zen Master in the Soto tradition of Japan, the largest Zen tradition in the world. He received transmission and the title Roshi in 1988 from Reverend Doctor Soyu Matsuoka, bishop of the Soto tradition, one of Japan's most respected Zen masters and patriarch of American Zen. Roshi Echard has been a Zen student for twenty-eight years and has studied under masters of the Rinzai, Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese traditions. In the following interview, Roshi Echard clarifies some of the issues surrounding the stereotypes of Zen in American pop culture. This interview was conducted by Linnea Lamar.