On one visit he decided to take the revolver home with him. At the time of the purchase, Baker claimed he needed so expensive a car because of the amount of driving he did. The latter choice was too painful for many for any number of reasons, including: 1) many believed that the Center was the best place to practice Zen and so leaving meant giving up what made life seem most meaningful, 2) their self-identities as Zen practitioners were connected to the Center, 3) loyalty to Suzuki Roshi, 4) leaving close friendships established through communal living and especially through practicing meditation together, 5) loving the lifestyle and 6) fear of losing one's position in the hierarchy and the possibility for future higher positions culminating in being Dharma transmitted oneself. Audio recordings of familiar sounds heard at our temples. Koun Yamada was Yasutani roshi's Dharma heir. It was not mentioned in the interviews that Suzuki himself might be partially responsible for the ensuing trouble. An organic farm and garden in a beautiful coastal valley in Marin County, A monastery and retreat center in a remote mountain valley in the Ventana Wilderness. In July 1987 Baker gave Dharma transmission to Whalen; Whalen later became abbot of the Hartford Street Zen Center (following the tenure of Issan Dorsey) in the Castro district of San Francisco. It was considered "real" because it came from the saintly Suzuki and Suzuki made a point of saying it was "real." [20] Zen Hospice Project provides hospice care for individuals of any or no religion who are looking for a compassionate end to their life. Baker then quotes Trudy Dixon, the editor of the book, thus endorsing her words: He then arrived in San Francisco, California in 1960beginning to sit with Shunryu Suzuki in 1961. But for Schnyer this constantly refreshing membership was proof that the sangha did disapprove of Shimanos treatment of women. The Zen Institution Having wisdom, in the Zen view, is based on Dharma transmission, which implies that the person is an enlightened being. Also see his Zen War Stories to be published December 2002. Introduction Baker and the senior priests dismissed any questioning of Baker's behavior or activities as a lack of insight into enlightenment on the part of the questioner. [6] Baker also penned the introduction to Suzuki's famous book, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. I remember many heated arguments, he told me, and no doubt one of my many arguments was: this is personal behavior, not illegal behavior., Denis Kelly, a former Dai Bosatsu vice abbot, and himself no model of sexual continencehe too has had affairs, he told me, including one that almost broke up his current sanghashared Schnyers understanding of the proper hierarchical relationship between the Zen master and his female students. Upon his final visit he found the body no longer there, and a fellow priest in whom he had confided showed him a newspaper article covering the apparent suicide. While jogging through Golden Gate Park, Anderson deviated from the path to urinate in some bushes. And what was Suzuki's intention here? "Zen Dharma transmission between master and disciple could occur whether or not the disciple had realized enlightenment, just so long as the ritual of personal initiation had been performed." A vibrant community in an urban temple in the heart of San Francisco. His focus on having the Center grow quickly and on reforming Soto Zen in Japan may also have contributed to the problems. But there is another kind of authority, an opposite kind, grounded in the invisible, the faith-based, the fictional. San Francisco Zen Center has begun to offer on-site meditation, Dharma talks, programs, classes, and other events. This is not a new idea nor is it unique to Chan/Zen. SteveSiesta. With so many students and so much public attention, some felt Baker became less available to the members of the community. The past generations are presented in a saintly and exalted manner, which adds to the prestige of the tradition as a whole, but most importantly, to the prestige of the last name on the lineage chart, the living teacher. 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He was convincing not just because of his own facility with a story, but because he found Americans who were very receptive to that story. Suzuki Roshi There's too much court intrigue and "monastic" gossip, and not enough effort to put the Zen Center and its scandal in the larger story of American Buddhism and the spiritual supermarket's never-ending list of gurus-gone-bad. Please send to slachs@worldnet.att.net. After failing to re-create his Zen empire in Santa Fe, N.M., he settled in Crestone, Colo., where he presides over a much smaller Zen center. Institutional and personal motives played an important part in the composing of Buddhist biographical collections; this was especially so in earl Chan lineage texts. Sokojifounded by Hosen Isobe in 1934had been housed in a former Jewish synagogue that is now Kokoro Assisted Living. [1] San Francisco Zen Center's web site now comments: "Although the circumstances leading to his resignation as abbot in 1984 were difficult and complex, in recent years, there has been increased contact; a renewal of friendship and dharma relations. [32], These revelations led Baker to resign as abbot in 1984. Shocked by the series of scandal involving its senior teachers, the organization decided to appoint two abbots, who would share the position at any one time. Writings featured as biography in Zen are most often an idealized presentation of how a master should perform his role rather than the life of a real person. All of this is in the context of Suzuki, the Zen master, being a man whose quality of life is described as: "buoyancy, vigor, straightforwardness, simplicity, humility, security, joyousness, uncanny perspicacity and unfathomable compassion." Baker presided over it all like a feudal lord, hosting dinner parties with then-Gov. Obedience, subservience, and discipline were well rewarded at a large institution like the San Francisco Zen Center, as Downing's book amply shows. For students of the San Francisco Zen Center, one of America's oldest and most prestigious Buddhist institutions, the world has already ended. I said, I have to come back here. So I did one more semester of school and then dropped out. More tellingly, Baker, inserted the very idealized description of qualities and characteristics supposedly of Suzuki Roshi, generalized to all roshi, knowing it would inevitably, indeed shortly, be applied to himself. Cole, who teaches at Lewis and Clark College, also has two very provocative books soon to be published, one on the Mahayana sutras and the other on early Chan texts and the "birth" of Chinese Buddhas. In the 1960s, four major Zen teachers came to the United States from Japan: Shunryu Suzuki, Taizan Maezumi, Joshu Sasaki, and Eido Shimano. These and any number of other questions, complaints, hurts or criticisms harbored by his disciples, were not raised. Introduction Shocked by the series of scandals involving its senior teachers, the organization decided to appoint two abbots, who would share the position at any one time. Soon these Westerners participated in regular services, and new non-Asian students came to outnumber the Japanese-American congregation. After all, the only two previous Dharma transmissions Suzuki gave, to his son Hoitsu and to Unknown, were not based on attainment at all. These revelations led to community-wide pandemonium, and in 1984 Baker was forced to resign as abbot. Suzuki's prescription to "just sit" as a kind of medicine to answer all questions and problems apparently did not apply to his Dharma transmitted son Hoitsu. Institutional mythology, which created a seamless picture of unbroken lineage along with pure, desireless perfection and attainment housed in the body of the master, was not questioned, and hence, remained intact. With this view in place, the entire spectrum of permissible thought is now caught and limited within Zen's mythological presentation, which was a completed creation by the eleventh century in China. Because the newcomers' indoctrination into Zen ideology was incomplete, their unfortunate reliance on common sense prevented them from viewing Baker's eccentricities as qualities of an enlightened Zen master. San Francisco Zen Center offers seven charming guest rooms for short-term stays. Its raison d'etre is to produce people who possess a fundamental insight into life, people who are not fooled by appearances or ideas. Not only is the book a compelling read; it also, more importantly perhaps, provides raw data for observing Zen mythmaking in action. These recordings of zazen instruction feature a variety of teachers offering an introduction to meditation. It is possible that Suzuki had a paternal attachment to Baker. It was not surprising, then, that when trouble arose at the Center it was mostly assumed that something must be wrong with the members themselves; that it was because they did not use or handle well Suzuki's pure teaching. Foulk, T. Griffith, "The Zen Institute in Modern Japan", pp.157-177. Importantly, the head of every Soto temple must have Dharma transmission. Richard Baker is a man who through the ritual of Dharma transmission has been installed in the Soto Zen sect's "authentic" unbroken lineage going back to the historical Buddha. In this regard Mr. "[33], In the 1980s Baker ordained Issan Dorsey as a priest. I think that really helped to put everybody on their best behavior. When Katagiri left, Tenshin Reb Anderson assumed Abbotship of the Zen Centerserving until 1995. Ironically, one may ask, is that what Suzuki hoped to reform? Anderson remembered stowing the revolver away in the San Francisco Zen Center's garage and quickly retrieved it. We should be affirming that. Zen ascribes to Pai-chang (died 814) its earliest monastic code that supposedly set Chan apart as a separate sect in the Tang dynasty. As in any field, there is a need for experienced and knowledgeable teachers. Despite hesitance of some members of SFZC due to the size of 80 acres (320,000m2), Baker felt that acquiring Green Gulch Farm was very important for Buddhism in America. (I don't mean to say that Kapleau is any more or less qualified to teach for receiving transmission or not, and in fact he is one of the few major teachers not involved with sexual or other scandal though one of his disciples did have a major scandal.) A roshi is a person who has actualized that perfect freedom which is the potentiality for all human beings. . This is a person without a defect, showing no self-interest, desire, interior calculation, or a shortcoming. For a look at how religious fantasies may cause trouble, especially with leaders, see "Religion and Alienation" in Berger, Peter L., The Sacred Canopy, pp, 81-101. San Francisco Zen Center SFZC Online Welcome to SFZC Online Below you'll find information about our online offerings: resources for beginners, zazen (meditation) and chanting, Dharma talks, live online practice sessions with teachers, as well as classes and workshops from our Online Programs. Ironically, what follows is in many ways a religious text. It is a performance meant to confirm and display the current master's significance, authority and attainment. Mark Oppenheimeris the author of three other books, includinga memoir of high school debateand atravelogue about crashing bar mitzvahs. Original Dwelling Place by Robert Aitken book review by Robert Goss buy this book now Practitioners are given the ultimate encouragement of knowing that real people "attained enlightenment" and therefore so can we. For example there was the claim that Zen monasteries in China were self- sufficient, which makes it seem that they were not dependent on the state and elite elements of society and were not actively promoting themselves to get this support and patronage. There he found the corpse of a man with a bullet wound to the head and a revolver nearby. If this was the case, it would seem that he failed this task in America. It was more about power, about finding another way to govern and manage an operation that was never sure if it was a California commune, a Japanese monastery or a New Age business. ---Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human (1878) We seem to forget that we live with other humans and that society is a human product that we act upon and that acts upon us and in a sense produces us. The situation is now reversing, as the Japanese, in particular, abandon Buddhism as an old relic, while it continues to find adherents in the West. [2][6][14], A once controversial figure, Richard Baker was publicly criticized for his behavior at San Francisco Zen Center. Was he hypocritical for reprimanding his students for flirting while he carried on numerous affairs with his female students, including one that ruptured his best friend's marriage? The teacher knew all; the American knew nothing. In the future, his name will be used as proof of authenticity for someone else that is also claiming this authentic connection to the Buddha. Also available are practice sessions with SF Zen Center teachers. San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC), is a network of affiliated St Zen practice and retreat centers in the San Francisco Bay area, comprising City Center or Beginner's Mind Temple, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. Ruling year info. He then drove after the alleged mugger and followed him into a housing project with the revolver (unloaded) in hand, being arrested minutes later by a police officer with his own gun pointed at him. An interesting debate between Victoria and members of the Deshimaru group (A.Z.I.) And three of the four, Afable noted when we spoke, have caused major public sex scandals: first Maezumi, and more recently Shimano and Sasaki. Members soon raised funds for a zendo to be built there, and over time the farm transformed into a monastery and retreat center for residents and guests with an organic farm, flower gardens, a teahouse and a plant nursery. Suzuki's prestige grew enormously. Shimano was not the bad guy; rather, those who made too much noise, who refused to go quietly, and thus disturbed Schnyers and others Zen practice, were the blameworthy ones. There appeared to be a vast cultural divide between the Zen Center students of Suzuki and Japanese Zen monks that showed itself both in America and in Japan. San Francisco Zen Center 300 Page Street San Francisco, California 94102 www.sfzc.org. Suzuki planned to give transmission to Bill Kwong but died before his completion. In 1987 SFZC started the Zen Hospice Project, a volunteer hospice program run out of a guest house on Page Street with five residential beds. In addition, if there were something to reform in Japanese Soto Zen, the automatic Dharma transmission for virtually all priests, often between father and son, would be high on the list. #28 of 84 Specialty lodging in San Francisco. It allows bureaucratic transmission, but it also uses "historical" biographies of eminent masters presented as desireless beings, the koans, and the many Zen stories and dialogues (mondo) to legitimize and to enhance authority, that make clear that transmission is given because of a deep insight into reality or spiritual attainment. [5], In 1969, Sokoji's board of directors asked Suzuki to resign his position as the temple's priest, asserting that he was spending more time with his Western students than the Japanese-American congregation. Most of the narratives of the early heroes of Chan that we have today were composed hundreds of years after the ostensive events, complete with verbatim accounts of the master's interaction with a disciple presented as if a court stenographer had been recording the entire interaction. This ancient twisted karma I now fully avow. In fact, a number of older students who had known Baker for years left the Zen Center when he was installed as both abbot and roshi of SFZC. Definitely worth checking them out on their website and trying to attend the beginners lesson! Green Gulch Farm ("Green Dragon Temple", or Soryuji), located in Sausalito, California in a valley on the Pacific Ocean, was acquired by SFZC in 1972. Brian Victoria was so interested in the possibility of a public pacifist/anti-war Soto monk that he contacted Suzuki's son Hoitsu who told him: "I don't know where all of this antiwar talk comes from, but my father and the rest of the family supported Japan's war effort just like everyone else." Zen practice is not required to stay at Green Gulch, though guests are welcome to participate in zazen or any other activities. [10] The community's sense of crisis sharpened when the woman's husband, one of SFZC's primary benefactors, threatened to hold the organization legally responsible for its abbot's apparent misconduct.[11]. It seems that Zen's emphasis on wisdom, while giving compassion only lip service, is really about power. Thanks to Mr. Oppenheimer's efforts, women have come forward, some even using their names; we think this kind of courage can only embolden other survivors of abuse to speak out. What they really found is another story of flawed human behavior. I feel sorry for anybody who's bitter. As is common among members of new religions, they viewed themselves as special. Was he perhaps not a fully realized person? Baker's use of Dixon's words begins the description of Suzuki Roshi, with the strange phrasing "a roshi is" This substitutes what is supposed to be a description of their close and beloved teacher Suzuki Roshi, a real person, with an abstraction, "a roshi." It is clear from Downing's interviews that Zen Center members assumed that there was no ideology to be questioned, i.e., the unreliable history of Zen, the hagiographic picture of the lineage, along with its mythology of Dharma transmission, unbroken lineage, and enlightened Zen masters. [1] Zen Hospice Project was the subject of the Netflix 2018 Academy Award-nominated[24] short documentary End Game,[25] about terminally ill patients in a San Francisco hospital as well as at the Zen Hospice Project house, featuring the work of palliative care physician BJ Miller and other palliative care clinicians. 1969 - Suzuki was asked to resign as priest at Sokoji by the temple's board of directors because he was spending more time with his Western students than the Japanese-American congregation. This is also extremely disempowering which can lead to all sorts of problems, as the SFZC case clearly shows. In 2003 Paul Haller, who received transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1993, was installed as co-abbot with her. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. This new Buddha is also alive and homegrown and hence more immediate and real. These days, when we think of predatory clergy, we think of Roman Catholic priests. Guests stay at the Lindisfarne Guest House, a traditional Japanese building with a wood-burning stove as the heating source. For an important look at Buddhist biography and hagiography though not especially Chan, the reader may look at Kieschnick, John, The Eminent Monk, University of Hawaii Press, 1997. I am greatly indebted to the works of the following scholars, among others, whose However, crediting a teacher, by definition of their role or title, with exalted qualities he does not really possess, is begging for trouble. Dorsey went on to serve as abbot of the Hartford Street Zen Center in San Francisco, where he worked to develop hospice care for AIDS patients. He writes a religion column forThe New York Timesand is on Twitter@markopp1. Others were more forgiving, but their trust in me and my integrity was permanently shaken. This "history" has added weight because it is presented as biographical fact. For a view from the political perspective that has application in the religious arena see Edwards, David, "A Chest of Tools for Intellectual Self-Defense" in Burning All Illusions, South End Press, pp.177-224. Sarasota, Florida. If some one would like copies, please email me at: slachs@worldnet.att.net . The bakery was closed altogether in 1999. [7], Baker received Dharma transmission from Suzuki in 1970,[2] and then was installed as abbot of San Francisco Zen Center during the "Mountain Seat Ceremony" on November 21, 1971. At first, I had trouble with Downing's refusal to bend to the dictates of chronology and a quirky writing style that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. The Zen Buddhist Who Preyed on His Upper East Side Students, The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side,. 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