10-20-14 -
Prof. John Nelson of USF
report and photos of a major cremation in Bali around this time last
year. - posted in
SauntersUSF John Nelson eight month Far West Passage Blog -
Bali page.
 9-29-14
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Experimental Buddhism: Innovation and Activism in Contemporary Japan
by John K. Nelson
Read about this book here or
here
John Nelson is Professor of East Asian religions in the Department of
Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco.
Here's
his faculty profile.
He gave a
talk recently at the SFZC City Center.
 10-21-14
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John Nelson, the USF Buddhism etc
prof whose Bali blog was featured yesterday wants to know who that is to
the left of Shunyru Suzuki in this photo and also I'd like to know who
that is behind him. I keep thinking his name is Larry. The SFZC has used
this photo numerous times through the years. It has a number in the
Shunryu Suzuki photo
archive but can't look for that now due to its rank on the priority
list.
Please send any answer to this query to
dchad at cuke dot com. Thanks, dc
John Nelson has for years been an
advisor to
Cuke Archives and the Shunryu Suzuki Legacy Project which reminds me
to ask him for some advice again. - DC
From the Afterword for the
40th Anniversary Edition of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind:
John Nelson, a professor in the department of religion at the University
of San Francisco who teaches classes on Zen and Buddhism, writes,
What caught my attention was the combination of person, voice, and
perspective. The person looked at me from the back cover as if
challenging my assumptions about Zen and reality in general. His voice
on the page had a unique way of expressing key ideas and explaining the
commonplace so that it took on new significance. Zen was not restricted
to meditation but permeated all dimensions of life and consciousness. To
a young man like myself in Kansas who was sorely disillusioned by
Vietnam, race and cultural conflicts, and Watergate, the book offered an
entirely new perspective on reality and human behavior.
May, 2011 -
Did Shunryu Suzuki use koans - a question from one of John's students
Announcement of DC
meeting Friday, 11-16-07, with Nelson students at USF
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