About Jakusho Kwong Roshi

Jakusho Kwong Roshi, a successor in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, is the founder and abbot of the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center outside of Santa Rosa, California.

A Meeting of Hearts and Minds

by Jakusho Kwong Roshi| February 18, 2014

In a teacher-student relationship, says Jakusho Kwong, it’s not enough to know your teacher’s heart and mind. You also need to know your own.

View From a Moving Train

by Jakusho Kwong Roshi| May 1, 2003

Whenever I give a talk, the listeners and I may find ourselves in a paradoxical situation… I try to explain something that can’t be explained.

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