Street Zen by David Schneider

Street Zen by David Schneider

Drag queen. Prostitute. Drug addict. American bodhisattva.

These words describe the unlikely persona of Issan Dorsey, one of the most beloved teachers to emerge in American Zen. From his early days as a gorgeous female impersonator to the LSD experiences that set him on the spiritual path, Issan's life was never conventional. In 1989, after twenty years of Zen practice, he became the Founding Abbot of San Francisco's Hartford Street Zen Center, where he established Maitri Hospice for AIDS patients. Featuring Bernie Glassman's foreword to the second edition, as well as a new foreword by Koshin Paley Ellison, Street Zen paints a vivid portrait of a teacher whose creativity, honesty, joy, and compassion awakened new possibilities for American Buddhism.

Cynthia Kneen is a senior student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the current Shambhala lineage holder, and Ch�gyam Trungpa Rinpoche. She has directed Shambhala Training (TM) weekends and advanced programs for more than twenty years. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

David Schneider, ordained as a Zen priest in 1997, is Director of Shambhala Europe and the author of Street Zen.

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ISBN 13	9780877739142
ISBN 10	0877739145
Title	Street Zen
Author	David Schneider
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Shambhala Publications Inc
Year published	1993-11-09
Number of pages	272
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