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Names
The Buddha taught that all beings are interconnected and interdependent. We influence and are influenced by each other and by every experience we have. So it is that many beings, both intimates and authorities, have made it possible for me these past fifty years to follow the Buddha Way. In this memoir I use the real names of my family members with their permission. I use the Dharma names of my Zen teachers over the years and of friends who had roles in my ordination and Tassajara experiences. I use the real first names of friends from my early years of practice. I use fictional names for the two Tassajara monks with whom I came into conflict during practice period. I refer to the Tassajara practice leaders by their iconic role names—Abbess, Tanto, Director, Lay Entrusted Teacher, Shuso, Tenzo, Ino, and Jisha. Their influence on us monks was almost mythic.
Bibliographic Citations
Where possible, I have cited bibliographic sources for the Zen chants and verses I have quoted. However, much of Zen liturgy has been handed down over centuries and modified by different teachers. Where I can provide no definitive bibliographic sources, the chants and verses are those used by the Red Cedar Zen and San Francisco Zen centers.
