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Gerry Shishin Wick is a Soto Zen roshi, author, oceanographer and abbot of Great Mountain Zen Center which he founded in 1996—one of twelve Dharma Successors of the late Taizan Maezumi (receiving Dharma transmission and a Denkai degree from him in 1990). He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and has held a variety of jobs in the scientific community as well as an adjunct teaching position at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. He is currently President of White Plum Asanga, an organization which ackowledged him as a roshi in 2000. In 2006, Wick received inka from Bernard Glassman.[1][2][3][1]
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[edit] Bibliography
- Wick, Gerry Shishin; Hongzhi Zhengjue (2005). The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861713877.
- Wick, Gerry Shishin; Ilia Shinko Perez (2006). The Great Heart Way: How to Heal Your Life and Find Self-Fulfillment. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715138.
- ^ Great Mountain Zen center
- ^ Prebish, 98
- ^ Morreale, 134
[edit] References
- Morreale, Don (1998). The Complete Guide to Buddhist America. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 1570622701.
- Prebish, Charles S. (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 0520216970.
- Gerry Shishin Wick Roshi. Great Mountain Zen Center. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
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