Taigen Dan Leighton

Taigen Dan Leighton

Religion	Sōtō
Dharma names	Taigen Shizan
Personal
Nationality	American
Senior posting
Based in	Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Loyola University, Chicago Institute of Buddhist Studies
Predecessor	Tenshin Reb Anderson
Religious career
Teacher	Kando Nakajima Tenshin Reb Anderson Zenkei Blanche Hartman
Website	ancientdragon.org/taigen_dan_leigton

Taigen Dan Leighton (b. 1950, grew up in Pittsburgh, PA) is a Soto Zen priest and teacher, academic,^[1] and author. He is an authorized lineage holder and Zen teacher in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki, and is the founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago, Illinois.^[2]

Biography

Leighton began his Zen practice in 1975 at the New York Zen Center, training under Kando Nakajima roshi. He studied at Columbia University, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in East Asian studies. Leighton worked as a television and film editor in New York, and then San Francisco.^[2]

In 1978, he moved to California and eventually became a resident at San Francisco Zen Center, where he worked at Tassajara Bakery and other of Zen Center's businesses. In subsequent years, Leighton practiced in residence at all of the San Francisco Zen Center facilities, including Green Gulch Farm Zen Center and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. In 1986, Leighton was ordained as a priest by Tenshin Reb Anderson (in the latter's first ordination ceremony).^[2]

Leighton lived in Japan from 1990–1992, translating Dōgen texts with Shohaku Okumura and training under various masters. In 1994, Leighton founded the Mountain Source Sangha in Bolinas, San Rafael, and San Francisco, California (of which Ancient Dragon Zen Gate is a sister temple).^[3]

In 2000, Leighton received shiho, or Dharma transmission, from Tenshin Anderson.^[2]

He taught for four years at Loyola University, Chicago and has taught since 1994 at the Institute of Buddhist Studies,^[4] part of the Berkeley Graduate Theological Union, from which Leighton has a Ph.D. degree.^[2]

Leighton has been involved in many interfaith dialogue programs, including conducting Buddhist–Christian dialogue workshops. He has long been active in various Engaged Buddhist programs for social justice, including Environmental and Peace activism. He is on the International Advisory Council of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.^[2]

Professorships

Over the years, Leighton has taught at various universities around the world. The following is a complete list:^[2]^[4]

Gallery

Bibliography

Leighton, Taigen Dan (2015). Just This Is It: Dongshan and the Practice of Suchness. Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-61180-228-3.
Leighton, Taigen Dan (2012). "Dogen's Approach to Training in Eihei Koroku". In Heine, Steven. Dogen: Textual And Historical Studies. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 122–138. ISBN 0199754462. OCLC 731191960.
Leighton, Taigen Dan (2012) [2003]. Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression—an Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism (Revised ed.). Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 1614290148. OCLC 757476824.
Leighton, Taigen Dan (2011). Zen Questions: Zazen, Dogen, and the Spirit of Creative Inquiry. Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861716450. OCLC 713188144.
Leighton, Taigen Dan (2010). "Dongshan and the Teaching of Suchness". In Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale Stuart. Zen Masters. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 33–58. ISBN 0195367642. OCLC 426391158.
Leighton, Taigen Dan (2009). "Now the Whole Planet Has Its Head on Fire". In Stanley, John; Loy, David; Dorje, Gyurme. A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency. Boston: Wisdom Publications. pp. 187–194. ISBN 0861716051. OCLC 298781881.
Leighton, Taigen Dan (2008). "Zazen as an Enactment Ritual". In Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale Stuart. Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 167–184. ISBN 0195304675. OCLC 77573898.
Leighton, Taigen Dan (2007). Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 019532093X. OCLC 71350616.
Leighton, Taigen Dan; Hirshfield, Jane (Foreword) (2007). Songs for the True Dharma Eye: Verse Comments on Dogen's Shobogenzo. San Francisco, CA: Browser Books Publishing. ISBN 9780977221271. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
Payne, Richard Karl; Leighton, Taigen Dan, eds. (2006). Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism. Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415359171. OCLC 59817941.
Dōgen; Leighton, Taigen Dan; Okumura, Shohaku; Anderson, Tenshin Reb (Foreword); Heine, Steven (Introduction) (2004). Dogen's Extensive Record: A Translation of the Eihei Koroku [永平広録]. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861713052. OCLC 55286286. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
Kim, Hee-Jin; Leighton, Taigen Dan (Foreword) (2004) [1975]. Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist (3rd ed.). Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861713761. OCLC 53138715. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
Loori, John Daido; Leighton, Taigen Dan (Foreword) (2004) [2002]. The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza (2nd ed.). Boston: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 086171394X. OCLC 54392536. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
Warner, Jisho Cary; Okumura, Shohaku; Leighton, Taigen Dan; McRae, John (2001). Nothing Is Hidden: Essays on Zen Master Dogen's Instructions for the Cook. New York: Weatherhill. ISBN 0834804786. OCLC 45488199. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
Leighton, Taigen Dan (2001). "Sacred Fools and Monastic Rules: Zen Rule-Bending and the Training for Pure Hearts". In Barnhart, Bruno; Huang, Yuese. Purity of Heart and Contemplation: A Monastic Dialogue Between Christian and Asian Traditions. New York: Continuum. pp. 151–164. ISBN 082641348X. OCLC 47136534.
Leighton, Taigen Dan; Hongzhi Zhengjue; Anderson, Tenshin Reb (Foreword) (2000) [1991]. Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi (Revised ed.). Boston: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0804832404. OCLC 43978646. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
Leighton, Taigen Dan (1998). Bodhisattva Archetypes: Classic Buddhist Guides to Awakening and Their Modern Expression. New York: Penguin Arkana. ISBN 0140195564. OCLC 37211178.
Dōgen; Uchiyama, Kosho; Leighton, Taigen Dan; Okumura, Shohaku (1997). The Wholehearted Way: A Translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa [弁道話]. Boston: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 080483105X. OCLC 38190728. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
Dōgen; Leighton, Taigen Dan; Okumura, Shohaku; Brown, Edward Espe (Foreword) (1996). Dogen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community: a Translation of the Eihei Shingi [永平清規]. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0791427102. OCLC 32859858. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

References

↑ Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. p. 130. ISBN 0861715098. OCLC 70174891.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Leighton, Taigen Dan (2005–2013). "Taigen Dan Leighton Full Biography". Ancient Dragon Zen Gate. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
↑ Leighton, Taigen Dan (2007). "Taigen Dan Leighton, Founding Dharma Teacher". Mountain Source Sangha. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
1 2 Faculty & Staff: The Institute of Buddhist Studies, Institute of Buddhist Studies, retrieved 12 February 2013

External links

"Articles by Taigen Dan Leighton and others". Ancient Dragon Zen Gate. 1999–2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
"Audio Dharma talks by Taigen Dan Leighton and others". Ancient Dragon Zen Gate. 2007–2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
Tebbe, Adam (22 July 2009). "Taigen Dan Leighton Interview". Sweeping Zen. Retrieved 12 February 2013.

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