Tensin Reb Anderson (born 1943) is a teacher of the Japanese Buddhist Zen tradition of the Soto-shu line . A student of Suzuki Sünryu , a senior Dharma teacher at the San Francisco Zen Center.
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| Date of Birth | 1943 |
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| School / tradition | Soto-shu |
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| www.rebanderson.org | |
Biography
Born Reb Anderson in Mississippi , raised in Minnesota . When Anderson was eleven years old, his father left the family, so that he grew up in an incomplete family [1] . In his youth, Reb was engaged in boxing, then he began to show interest in Buddhism. In 1967, he dropped out of school and took up the practice of Soto-shu under the mentorship of Shunryu Suzuki . In 1970, Anderson became a priest.
Teaching Style
According to James Ismail Ford, “Anderson is one of the first people who worked hard to popularize the name of Dogen (Japanese thinker) in the West. He also did a lot to connect the ideas of Zen with modern psychology, based on ancient Buddhist teachings such as Abhidharma and Yogachara , and at the same time, on research and paradigms accepted in today's Western world. "
See also
- Buddhism in the USA
Notes
- ↑ book "Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains"; 137
Links
- The book “Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains”
- Biography of Reb Anderson (link unavailable )