Charles Tenshin Fletcher is a British-born American Zen teacher.
Charles Tenshin Fletcher | |
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| Title | Rōshi |
| Personal | |
| Born | Charles Fletcher |
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| Nationality | American |
| School | Harada-Yasutani |
| Lineage | White Plum Asanga |
| Occupation | Abbot |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Yokoji Zen Mountain Center |
| Predecessor | Taizan Maezumi |
| Successor | Philip Shinko Squire[1] Barry Kaigen McMahon[2] David Keizan Scott[3] David Jokai Blackwell[4] Tom Chigen Bartholomew[5] Jim Yugen Lakey[6] Craig Eishu Twentyman[7] Gavin Mokuin Strathie[8] |
Biography
editBorn in Manchester, England, he moved to the United States in 1979 to study at the Zen Center of Los Angeles with founder Taizan Maezumi Rōshi, for whom he served as jisha (personal attendant). In 1994, he received Dharma transmission (authorization to teach) in the White Plum lineage from Taizan Maezumi Rōshi. He acted as administrator for many years at Zen Center of Los Angeles, and then was made abbot of Yokoji Zen Mountain Center in 1995 after the death of Taizan Maezumi Rōshi on May 15, 1995.
Charles Tenshin Fletcher Rōshi continues as the abbot at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center, in the San Jacinto Mountains, near Idyllwild, California. He is certified as a Kokusai Fukyōshi ("Official Foreign Representative") by Sōtō-shū Shûmusôchô, that is, the Japanese Sōtō Zen sect.[9]
Tenshin Rōshi has trained thoroughly in kōan and shikantaza as well as other more recently developed forms of practice. In addition to his work in the US, he returns to the UK annually to lead a sesshin near Liverpool.
Publications
edit- Tenshin Rōshi co-authored Way of ZEN with David Shoji Scott (2001) ISBN 0-312-20620-8
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Teacher | Green Mountain Zen".
- ^ "Teachers | Three Treasures Zen Community".
- ^ "Stonewater Zen Teachers". 16 May 2013.
- ^ "Jokai Sensei | Yokoji Zen Mountain Center".
- ^ http://www.citruszen.com
- ^ https://mojavezen.com
- ^ https://whiteplum.org
- ^ https://whiteplum.org
- ^ "Tenshin Roshi | Yokoji Zen Mountain Center".
External links
edit- Yokoji Zen Mountain Center, California (https://zmc.org/)
- White Plum Asanga, US (http://www.whiteplum.org)
- Green Mountain Zen, New Zealand (http://www.greenmountainzen.org.nz)
- StoneWater Zen Sangha, Liverpool, UK (http://www.stonewaterzen.org/)
- Citrus Zen (http://citruszen.com)
- Mojave Zen (https://mojavezen.com)
- Soto Zen International (https://web.archive.org/web/20080228015830/http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/org_tmpl_non_jpn.html)
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