"Zen Practice at 50" a public symposium
A half century of Zen Practice in America. Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival in America of the Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki (1904-1971)
Agenda
Friday, August 28
San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Session 1: The Zen mission to America
Moderator: Lew Richmond
Speakers: Richard Jaffe, Hoitsu Suzuki, Duncan Williams, Sojun Weitsman
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Session 2: The American reception
Moderator: Lew Richmond
Speakers: Wendy Adamek; Edward Brown; Peter Gregory; Yvonne Rand
Saturday, August 29
UC Berkeley, Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Session 3: Zen as American religion
Moderator: Carl Bielefeldt
Speakers: Jeff Wilson, Grace Schireson, Gil Fronsdal
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Session 4: Where are we now?
Moderator: Carl Bielefeldt
Speakers: Robert Sharf; Norman Fischer; Victor Hori; Lew Richmond