He reported being mugged at knifepoint by a man just a block away from the San Francisco Zen Center at 300 Page Street. Please keep it in mind. [5] Baker was ordained a St priest by Suzuki in 1966 just before the opening of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Any genuine interpretation or questioning of the meaning of Dharma transmission, lineage, the Zen roshi, their place in the institution, their accountability, and so on is made to seem absurd. Zen practice is not required to stay at Green Gulch, though guests are welcome to participate in zazen or any other activities. Tassajara Zen Mountain Center ("Zen Mind Temple" or Zenshinji) was the first Zen Buddhist monastery built in the United States, and the first in the world to allow co-ed practice. A roshi is a person who has actualized that perfect freedom which is the potentiality for all human beings. In his letter, Zournas, who had resigned the presidency in July, details for the lawyers benefit how the various board members reacted to a motion that Shimano and his wife, then the organizations treasurer, be fired. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. For a very fine book review of Shoes Outside the Door, see Crews, Frederick, "Zen & the Art of Success," The New York Review of Books, 28 Mar. It all came tumbling down in a 1983 event known in Zen Center circles as "the Apocalypse." It was a spiritual scandal starring the usual suspects -- sex, money and the abuse of religious. It is an institutional dream that needs to be analyzed using its own description. In particular, Berger, Peter,L. In the future, his name will be used as proof of authenticity for someone else that is also claiming this authentic connection to the Buddha. Green Gulch An organic farm and garden in a beautiful coastal valley in Marin County Tassajara A monastery and retreat center in a remote mountain valley in the Ventana Wilderness Learn and Practice at San Francisco Zen Center SFZC Online In 1989, some six years after Baker was forced to leave, he threatened to take back Zen Center by going to court. At the time, Schnyer was just 24 years old, yet he had been a Shimano student since he was a teenager. How bad was Shimanos womanizing? I asked Schnyer. Covid-Related Openings and Closings Updates page, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, Conflict, Complaint, and Ethical Review Processes. Suzuki's arrival came at the tail end of the Beat movement and just prior to the social movements of the 1960s, both of which had major roots in San Francisco. He worked for me, and if he didnt work for other people, then I just wanted them to go, and often hoped theyd go more quietly than they did., Quietly or not, many people did leave. For a peek into a period only shortly before our own, we can use Brian Victoria's book Zen At War. A Zen teacher can certainly assist his students in their practice, can encourage the students to be diligent, guide their meditation practice in both public and private meetings, offer aid in difficult times, talk about Zen texts to enrich the student's sense of the tradition and explicate Buddhist and Zen ideas. After six months, he returned to his position. critical insights into Zen/Buddhism have strongly influenced my views: Robert Buswell, Alan Cole, Bernard Faure, T. Griffith Foulk, Robert M. Gimello, Peter N. Gregory, John Kieschnick, John R. McRae, A. Charles Muller, Mario Poceski, Robert H. Sharf, Morten Schlutter, Gregory Schopen, Brian Victoria, Albert Welter and Dale Wright. "[12] And Baker, for his part, is quoted as having said in a 1994 interview with Sugata Schneider: I don't think that the gossipy or official versions of what happened are right, but I feel definitely that if I were back in the situation again as the person I am now, it wouldn't have happened. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. ", Read more about this topic: San Francisco Zen Center, Problems, laws havent the slightest interest for meexcept in the world of science, in which they are always changing; or in the world of art, in which they are unchanging; or in the world of Being in which they are, for the most part, unknown.Margaret Anderson (18861973), One does not arrest Voltaire.Charles De Gaulle (18901970). Zen priest Mel Weitsman served with Anderson as a co-abbot during the remainder of his term, and the tradition of two sitting Abbots continued for the next few decades. There is a whole lineage built on the idea that Kapleau had transmission. [7] Thich Nhat Hanh wrote of Baker, "To me, he embodies very much the future of Buddhism in the West with his creative intelligence and his aliveness. The volunteer project's founding director was Frank Ostaseski, who served until 2004. To see how the most prominent Japanese Zen roshi as well as some of the roshi associated with bringing Zen to America, in spite of the rhetoric of the standard model of Zen, functioned in Japan from roughly 1911 through WWII, see Victoria, Brian, Zen At War , Weatherhill, 1997. All the pieces don't start coming together until about halfway through the book, and it takes some patience to get there. [3] Because his family moved around frequently, he lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Indiana, and Pittsburgh growing up. He was what I needed. If you counted the blow-ups, youd say just a few [women,] but we think he ran his life like a Japanese businessmanlots of affairs, but most of them discreet. Under Baker's leadership, it appears that the Center functioned as a dysfunctional family, denying that anything was wrong or problematic. It should be kept in mind that the senior members, by 1982, were often over forty years old and had been practicing at Zen Center for fifteen or more years. He served as Abbot there until 1978, moving the group to Jikoji in Los Gatos, California in 1979. Used with permission. [2][6][14], A once controversial figure, Richard Baker was publicly criticized for his behavior at San Francisco Zen Center. Suzuki or any other Zen master only looks this way if we avoid looking at their real life. It simply means that a power structure has evolved that will perpetuate itself even if it means imputing "attainment" to people who don't really have it. One justification sometimes heard, glib to my ear, is that enlightenment is not about morality. Means of Authorization: Establishing Hierarchy in Ch'an/Zen Buddhism in America Reviewed December 27, 2012 . The historical Zen masters we have all come to know are always presented in terms of supposedly real people, with names, dates, and locations, and reports of purportedly real conversations and interactions with other monks and sometimes lay people as if there is no doubt at all that we are dealing with historical individuals. Ruling year info. However, this supposed wisdom is beyond words, is not understood by the unenlightened who are then not qualified to judge or evaluate it, whether expressed in the words or in the behavior of the wise one. Rather than report this to the police, Anderson returned to the body over several days to meditate over the corpse. In 1995 Zoketsu Norman Fischer was installed as Abbot at SFZC, and in 1996 Zenkai Blanche Hartman was appointed as co-Abbot with him (becoming the first female Abbot in SFZC history). Former students have said that he was addicted to power, abusive of his position, extravagant in his personal spending, and inappropriate in his love life. [5], In 1983 Tenshin Reb Anderson received shiho (Dharma Transmission) from Richard Baker. I dont know, he said. Tenshin Reb Anderson-roshi, former abbot of City Zen Center, is senior Dharma teacher at Green Gulchtraining priests and laypeople, leading sesshins, giving talks and conducting workshops while also living onsite. Is it any wonder that the inevitable abuses that we have seen for the last thirty years should follow? [2], In the late-1980s Baker also gave shiho to Issan Dorsey, whom he had ordained as a priest in 1975. One student expressed it as, "some of the senior priests were in it for a payoff-Transmission," another stated it as, "They were ambitious, and only Richard could give it [transmission] to them, because he was the only one who had it." Despite its iconoclastic image, Zen has in actuality been a remarkably conservative institution throughout its history, almost always tied to and controlled by the state and elite elements of society. Foulk, T. Griffith, "The Zen Institute in Modern Japan", pp.157-177. Zen ascribes to Pai-chang (died 814) its earliest monastic code that supposedly set Chan apart as a separate sect in the Tang dynasty. Shoes Outside The Door, p.135. He attended Harvard University, where he studied architecture and history. There are also accounts of people receiving transmission from masters who were dead by the time the supposed transmission took place. That little piece of paradise in the Marin County headlands is just a short drive from the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, perfect for a quick retreat. Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki: this link will take you to the website buy this book now Ironically, what follows is in many ways a religious text. They weren't so much about about money (Chapter 27, if that's your cup of tea). In 2003 Paul Haller, who received transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1993, was installed as co-abbot with her. Anybody who traveled to Japan, as many American Buddhists would, quickly learned that every monastery there had its own variations on the traditionas with any other religious practice, there is no one true form. Unlike his predecessors, Suzuki was a fluent speaker of English who actually wanted to come to the United States. It is interesting to keep in mind that Suzuki's lineage is alive today at the San Francisco Zen Center because of transmissions through Hoitsu. When I heard about it, I was like, Thats for me. Soon, Schnyer was practicing Buddhism. [9] The building, designed by Julia Morgan, was built as the Emanu-el Residence Club in 1922 for the Emanu-el Sisterhood. He was doing what Japanese roshis are supposed to do, what they have done for centuries. Or was it that Baker, in addition to his commitment to Zen, was more committed to institutional growth than the others, and importantly, was the only disciple who possessed the necessary skills and qualities to achieve the growth; the growth that Suzuki desired? One of the earliest texts extant is "Regulations of the Chan Approach" (Ch'an men Kuei-shih, which cannot be dated earlier than 988) that some scholars think was the preface to Pai-chang's Rules. And that gets the juices flowing. Having wisdom, in the Zen view, is based on Dharma transmission, which implies that the person is an enlightened being. Zen at War by Brian Daizen A. Victoria: a link to varioius book reviews buy this book now Introduction For a many sided view of the Zen koan see, The Koan, Ed. [Note: This section offers background mostly not covered in Downing's book.] What the teacher really offers the student is literally living proof that all this talk and the seemingly impossible goals can be realized in this lifetime. People interviewed had the luxury of hindsight. Shocked by the series of scandals involving its senior teachers, the organization decided to appoint two abbots, who would share the position at any one time. Finding Safe Harbor: Buddhist Sexual Ethics in America by Stephanie Kaza, Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center by Michael Downing: book review by Vladimir K. buy this book In this regard Mr. Like whoa, and when you start the practice, the practice I feel isits very profound. Suzuki planned to give transmission to Bill Kwong but died before his completion. And stayed for 10 years.. This change in demography caused a rift in the Sokoji community. There is a wealth of contemporary exciting Zen scholarship available in English. Unfortunately, this issue is not raised or considered by any of the Zen Center members interviewed in the book. It will not do for future generations if there are gaps in the line of saintly figures. The Zen understanding of wisdom imputes Foucault's "single gaze to see everything constantly" to the Master. Downing shows that even in their every day negotiations for used restaurant equipment when they were opening Green's Restaurant, they held a disproportionate sense of their own importance in the wider community. It seems that Zen's emphasis on wisdom, while giving compassion only lip service, is really about power. Understandably, Suzuki may not have been able to read across the Japanese-American cultural divide and therefore not see the character flaws of Baker that were obvious to some of his unenlightened American students. The Church hierarchy has displayed a consistent concern for protecting and maintaining the eminence of the abusive priests and the holiness of the institution of the Catholic Church, rather than concern for the children and teenagers trusted to their care. We may however, ask, "What commitment was Suzuki referring to?" A monastery and retreat center in a remote mountain valley in the Ventana Wilderness SFZC Online Resources for beginners, zazen (meditation) and chanting, Dharma talks, live online practice sessions with teachers, as well as classes and workshops from our Online Programs. San Francisco Zen Center's purpose is to make the teachings and practice of Soto Zen Buddhism widely available, to train teachers, and to help cultivate mindfulness and compassion in the world. Shimanos womanizing is of the sleaziest sort: He is married, and he has often picked for his mistresses much younger and disturbed women, the kind particularly susceptible to his twisted charisma. "[36], SFZC is connected, in an unofficial capacity, to the following Zen Centers:[1], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}374626N 1222534W / 37.774009N 122.426075W / 37.774009; -122.426075. Branching Streams is a network of affiliate Dharma centers and Sanghas in the Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. It is fashionable among practitioners in the West to consider critical thought as "un-Zen." [34], Following Baker's resignation, Dainin Katagiri led the community until 1985. This article was excerpted from the new e-bookThe Zen Predator of the Upper East Side,out now. I am greatly indebted to the works of the following scholars, among others, whose This is hagiography, which is necessary for Chan's self-legitimating claims of mind-to-mind transmission and unbroken lineage. And as complete neophytes in Buddhism, they were apt to believe most anything a teacher said: The Americans had no competing knowledge, no critical faculties, no grounds to challenge the teacher, no fixed point on which to stand. Sarasota, Florida. But the Soto sect tries to have it both ways. It allows bureaucratic transmission, but it also uses "historical" biographies of eminent masters presented as desireless beings, the koans, and the many Zen stories and dialogues (mondo) to legitimize and to enhance authority, that make clear that transmission is given because of a deep insight into reality or spiritual attainment. Under the Zen approach, the Chan masters are clearly more potent than the monastics of other Buddhist sects, who merely explicate the Dharma through texts, often texts that are further distanced from their authoritative origins by the act of translation. Interestingly, Suzuki did not mention "spiritual attainment," but rather commitment. Good bread, fine wine and simple, yet elegant, dining were offered by Tassajara Bakery and by Greens, the gourmet restaurant at Fort Mason that dished out vegetarian cuisine and inspiring views of the bay. They will sit for five days or longer in the zendo before they are formally admitted into the monasterya physically daunting challenge. Zen Center members accepted and internalized most all of Zen's self definitions, history and social forms. This is a person without a defect, showing no self-interest, desire, interior calculation, or a shortcoming. Zen Center Members His whole being testifies to what it means to live in the reality of the present. A theme repeated throughout Downing's book is Suzuki's injunction to "just sit," which means to do seated meditation. Downing adds, "Suzuki reminded Richard [Baker] that Hoitsu had a family and two children. 2002: 8-11. Not only the work of Zen writers, but political analysts, social critics, sociologists, and my involvement with the practice have informed my thinking about the state of contemporary Zen in the West. Classes and workshops from our Online Programs, resources for beginners, zazen (meditation) and chanting, Dharma talks, and live online practice sessions with teachers. With this view in place, the entire spectrum of permissible thought is now caught and limited within Zen's mythological presentation, which was a completed creation by the eleventh century in China. Seeing Through Zen by by John R. McRae book reviews buy this book, Coming Down from the Zen Clouds: A Critique of the Current State of American Zen, Means of Authorization: Establishing Hierarchy in Ch'an/Zen Buddhism in America, The Zen Master in America: Dressing the Donkey with Bells and Scarves, Holding the Lotus to the Rock: reflections on the future of the Zen sangha in the West, Sanbkydan Zen and the Way of the New Religions, Finding Safe Harbor: Buddhist Sexual Ethics in America, Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center, Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki, Not Always So: practicing the true spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki. Find classes, retreats, practice periods, and many more offerings in the San Francisco Zen Center calendar of events. "[33], In the 1980s Baker ordained Issan Dorsey as a priest. Right now, Manhattans Zen Studies Society, perhaps the most prestigious Zen Buddhist center in the United States, is being torn apart by lawsuits, backstabbing, and infighting. Anderson remembered stowing the revolver away in the San Francisco Zen Center's garage and quickly retrieved it. This is very similar to the Japanese Soto Zen, with minor variances for social and cultural differences. Interestingly, the later versions of the supposed events often have more detail than the earlier versions, implying that we are dealing with literary creations rather than historical biography. Above all, we agree to the stories that prop up constitutions or money. Learn about the latest news from affiliate sanghas with Tova's newsettes and other timely articles. That made him the successor and dharma heir to Shunryu Suzuki, a Japanese Zen missionary who came to California in 1959 to serve immigrant families living in Japantown. These and any number of other questions, complaints, hurts or criticisms harbored by his disciples, were not raised. The conception of an unbroken lineage based on the idea of mind-to-mind transmission going back to the Buddha superceded a previous idea of authority that was based on texts, i.e., the sutras, which were understood to embody the words of the historical Buddha. Perhaps the biggest change is that the two current co-abbotts are women. In the end, both teacher and student fall prey to these fantasies. I had a kind of insecurity and self-importance, which I didn't see for a long time, that was a bad dynamic in the community. Religion occupies a distinctive place in this enterprise." However, it should be noted, that he let interviewees voice any number of inaccuracies without comment. The idea that Zen's emphasis on wisdom while only giving lip service to compassion in reality is then about power is an idea that I have just begun to examine. I assume that Downing would have included a broader view if he had heard it from any of the interviewees. He was joined by his wife Mitsu (also from Japan) in 1961. Even though the bureaucratic "transmissions" in the Soto church have nothing to do with spiritual insight, the Soto institution does nothing to dissuade people thinking that there is a mind-to-mind connection between its "roshis" and the historical Buddha. These revelations led to community-wide pandemonium, and in 1984 Baker was forced to resign as abbot. (If the reader wants to argue that Dharma transmission in the Rinzai sect or in the modern Sanbokyodan sect so popular in the West matches the ideal of Zen rhetoric, please feel free to email me at my address listed in the Notes.) Downing quotes a prominent older student who expressed it differently, "Dick tried to take over Zen Center again." One older student expressed it this way, "In our hands, and it was in our hands, it [Suzuki's pure teaching] became a bludgeon of power, a source of competition, jealousy, and paranoia. For more on the Soto Zen institution in Japan see Foulk, T. Griffith, "The Zen Institute in Modern Japan", pp.157-177, Zen, Tradition and Transition, Kenneth Kraft ed., NY, Grove Press, 1988. Anderson remembered stowing the revolver away in the San Francisco Zen Center's garage and quickly retrieved it. It acquired property worth around $20 million and built up a network of affiliated businesses staffed by Zen Center students, which included the vegetarian Greens Restaurant in Fort Mason, a bakery, and a grocery store. [6], San Francisco Zen Center expanded quickly with Baker at the helm. In July 1987 Baker gave Dharma transmission to Whalen; Whalen later became abbot of the Hartford Street Zen Center (following the tenure of Issan Dorsey) in the Castro district of San Francisco. 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