Guiding Teacher:
Rev.Dochong Lynch, JDPSN (Jido Popsanim)
Rev. Paul Dochong Lynch, Popsanim, is the Guiding Teacher of the Five Mountain Sangha and the Zen Sitting Group of Cincinnati. He received Inka from Zen Master Robert Jibong Moore on April 9, 2006.
Popsanim (Dochong’s title) has been practicing Buddhist meditation for more than twenty five years, and is a poet and author.
The author of many books, including Cold Heart Thawing, a collection of his earlier poetry, and Peering Through the Cloud, a collection of his latter poetry, Popsanim has also written The Ocean of Zen – a Practice Guide to S?n Buddhism; Zen Liturgy – Korean Son Practice Forms; and Buddhist Precepts – a Guide for Western Buddhist Lay Practitioners – along with translations of The Barrier That Has No Gate, Wú Mén Guan and The Blue Cliff Record.
If you’d like to read some of Popsanim’s work visit his blog sites at:
Zen Mirror and Chán Poetry.
Abbot and Resident Teacher:
Rev. Jiun Foster, SDPS (Sondok Popsa)
Along with being the director of the Five Mountain Buddhist Seminary, and the Abbot of the Five Mountain Sangha, Rev. Jiun Foster is our local abbot and teacher.
A former fully ordained Bhikshu, Rev. Jiun has been a practicing Buddhist for over twenty years, and brings nearly a decade of experience as an ordained teacher to our activities.
Read an interview with Rev. Jiun at the SweepingZen website!
