Norman Fischer
| PersonType | Category:Western Buddhist Teachers Category:Zen Buddhist Teachers |
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| FirstName / namefirst | Norman |
| LastName / namelast | Fischer |
| MainNamePhon | Norman Fischer |
| bio | Zoketsu Norman Fischer is an American poet, writer, and Soto Zen priest, teaching and practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. He is a Dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman, from whom he received Dharma transmission in 1988. Fischer served as co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center from 1995–2000, after which he founded the Everyday Zen Foundation in 2000, a network of Buddhist practice group and related projects in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Fischer has published more than twenty-five books of poetry and non-fiction, as well as numerous poems, essays and articles in Buddhist magazines and poetry journals. |
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