Sozan Schellin began Zen study in LA in 1979 with Maezumi-roshi, with whom he had lay ordination in 1982; he studied at two monasteries in Japan. He was ordained in the Soto Zen Lineage of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi by Philip Whalen at Hartford Street Zen Center, San Francisco, in 1999. His teacher is Barbara Kohn-sensei, of Austin,TX, with whom he has been head of practice for the summer practice period, 2002. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: * Donate * Learn how to participate live * Find our schedule of upcoming speakers * Join our mailing list or discussion forum * Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter