Baker, R.
English Phonetics | Richard Baker |
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Sort Name | Richard Baker |
- Zentatsu Richard Baker
Birth: | 1936/03/30 |
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Place of birth: | Biddeford, Maine |
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- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- San Francisco Zen Center
- Religious Affiliation
- Soto Zen
- Teachers
- Suzuki, S.
Biographical Information
Zentatsu Richard Baker (born March 30, 1936), born Richard Dudley Baker, is an American Soto Zen master (or roshi), the founder and guiding teacher of Dharma Sangha—which consists of Crestone Mountain Zen Center located in Crestone, Colorado and the Buddhistisches Studienzentrum (Johanneshof) in Germany's Black Forest. As the American Dharma heir to Shunryu Suzuki, Baker assumed abbotship of the San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) shortly before Suzuki's death in 1971. He remained abbot there until 1984 . . . Baker was instrumental in helping the San Francisco Zen Center to become one of the most successful Zen institutions in the United States. (Source Accessed Nov 23, 2020)
Publications
Baker, Richard. Original Mind: The Practice of Zen in the West. London: Thorsons, 1999.
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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