
Norman Fischer
Zen priest and former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, now teaching through the Everyday Zen Foundation.
View teacher profile →Norman leads the annual ceremony for the late poet Philip Whalen, streamed from his small zendo in Muir Beach straight after morning zazen, with bells and three recitations of the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo.
Norman leads the annual ceremony for the late poet Philip Whalen, streamed from his small zendo in Muir Beach straight after morning zazen, with bells and three recitations of the Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo.
“Zen practice has two parts - sitting down and getting up. When we sit down, we calm, clear and illuminate the mind. When we get up, we live our life in this world as an extension and expression of the beauty of our sitting.”Norman Fischer

Zen priest and former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, now teaching through the Everyday Zen Foundation.
View teacher profile →Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
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