John Gendo Wolff, Sensei, has been a Zen practitioner for over 30 years. He received lay ordination and the Dharma name Gendo (which means Source of the Way) in 1992 In 2006, he was ordained as a priest in the White Plum lineage, and in 2012, he received Dharma Transmission (Shiho), from his teacher of many years, Susan Myoyu Andersen, Roshi. Authorized as an independent teacher of the Dharma, Gendo Sensei is Spiritual Director at Great Wave Zen Sangha in Ludington, Michigan. Gendo Sensei has published numerous poems and essays in a wide variety of magazines and in the anthology Beneath a Single Moon: The Legacy of Buddhism in American Poetry (Shambhala/Random House, 1991). He appears in the forthcoming video documentary Zen in America (Sweeping Zen) and is a member of the governing board of the White Plum Asanga. Gendo Sensei serves as a member of the literature faculty of West Shore Community College and is Chair of the Communications Division. Gerry Shishin Wick Roshi is President and Spiritual Leader of GMZC. He is a Dharma Successor of Taizan Maezumi Roshi having studied in both major lineages of Zen. He received transmission from Maezumi Roshi in 1990 after 24 years of Zen training under Maezumi, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and Sochu Suzuki Roshi. He administered the Zen Center of Los Angeles and the Kuroda Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Human Values for 8 years from 1978 to 1986. He founded the Great Mountain Zen Center in 1996. Shishin Roshi received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967, has worked as University Professor, science writer, journalist, oceanographer, software developer, and technical manager. He retired as the Director of Electronic Publishing for Merriam-Webster, Inc. in May 2007. He was an adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Naropa University, where he lead frequent classes and retreats. He is the author of books and numerous articles on Buddhism, physics and oceanography.
Through a two way mirror, American poetry and Zen mutually illuminate in this wise telling of the human story of awakening, rendered warm, intimate and authentic in its glimpses of the author's own struggle and journey. Gendo Sensei holds nothing back in this compelling invitation to come face-to-face with ourselves through a fresh look at some of our most beloved master poets. -- Susan Myoyu Andersen, Roshi, abbot Great Plains Zen Center. Rather than treating Zen as an exotic import from the East, this wonderful series of meditations discerns and extracts its essence from the heart of American poetry. Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism. I was deeply moved by this book. This is something subtle and beautiful, brought to us by a wise and generous teacher. Here the heart of the Zen way is fully revealed as we read some of the great poetry of the West. -- James Ishmael Ford, Roshi, author of "If You're Lucky, Your Heart Will Break: Field Notes from a Zen Life." An eloquent, insightful and intriguingly personal account of the fl ourishing of the Zen mind in American writing, starting long before the word and the practice were known here, down through the glory days of the Beat Generation. The author fi nds in close readings of many poems some of the brilliance, humor and glad perplexity of the koan. -- Robert Kelly, author of "In Time."
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