(cancelled), Title: Zen practice in ordinary life
The Dharma talk by Guo Gu has been cancelled. It is tentatively rescheduled to Spring 2010.
About the speaker
Guo Gu (Jimmy Yu) is one of Master Sheng Yen’s senior lay teachers and
translators, assisting with and leading activities at the Chan
Meditation Center, Dharma Drum Retreat Center, and Dharma Drum
Mountain, Taiwan.
In 1982, while still quite young, he learned meditation from Master
Sheng Yen, and began practicing Chan intensively in 1989.
He was also the personal monastic attendant and assistant to Master
Sheng Yen for almost nine years, and then, in 1995, he was given
permission (inka) by the Master to teach Chan.
He has led retreats in various parts of the United States, Europe, and
Asia. Guo Gu is now the guiding instructor for the Western Dharma
Teachers at the Chan Meditation Center.
He received his doctorate in Buddhist Studies in 2008 from Princeton
University, and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Religion at Florida State University.
