Shohaku okumura biography of michael
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Shōhaku Okumura
Sōtō Zen priest and abbot
Shōhaku Okumura | |
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Shōhaku Okumura in 2006 | |
Title | Priest |
Born | (1948-06-22) June 22, 1948 (age 76) Osaka, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Spouse | Yūko Okumura |
Children | Yōko and Masaki |
Education | Komazawa University |
Religion | Zen Buddhism |
School | Sōtō |
Based in | Sanshin Zen Community |
Predecessor | Kosho Uchiyama |
Successor | Hōkō Karnegis |
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Shōhaku Okumura (奥村 正博, born June 22, 1948) is a JapaneseSōtō Zen priest and the founder and abbot of the Sanshin Zen Community located in Bloomington, Indiana,[1] where he and his family currently live.
From 1997 until 2010, Okumura also served as director of the Sōtō Zen Buddhism International Center in San Francisco, California, which is an administrative office of