Zoketsu Norman Fischer
About the Teacher
Why study with them?
Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a Zen teacher, poet, translator, and director of the Everyday Zen Foundation. For many years, he has taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, the oldest and largest of the new Buddhist organizations in the West, where he served as co-Abbot from 1995-2000. A beloved figure in the Buddhist world, he is well-known for his efforts at inter-religious dialogue. His numerous books include What is Zen?: Plain Talk for a Beginner’s Mind; Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong; Opening to You: Zen-Inspired Translations of the Psalms; and his latest book is The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path.
