Claude Dalenberg (also known as Ananda Claude Dalenberg) (July 2, 1927[1] — February 18, 2008[2][3]) was a Zen priest ordained by Shunryū Suzuki and a dharma successor of Tenshin Reb Anderson.[3]

Biography

Dalenberg was born on July 2, 1927, in South Holland, Illinois.[1] Growing up in a Dutch-Reformist environment,[4] he attended Sunday school, catechism classes, Sunday morning and evening services.[1]

After serving in the Navy, Dalenberg enrolled in Northwestern University in the School of Engineering.[1] Dalenberg initially discovered Buddhism after attending a talk by Alan Watts in Chicago in 1949.[4] Dalenberg eventually graduated Northwestern with a degree in Philosophy.[1]

After moving to California in the 1950s, Dalenberg began attending the American Academy of Asian Studies where he met D.T. Suzuki,[4] Gary Snyder[3][4] and others who deepened his interest in Buddhism.[4] Dalenberg was a member of a zazenkai group with Snyder, Philip Whalen, Albert Saijo, and Lew Welch.[5] He studied with Nyogen Senzaki in Los Angeles[4] as well as with Hodo Tobase at Sokoji in San Francisco.[4]

In the mid-1960s, Dalenberg met Shunryū Suzuki and began studying with him, eventually becoming a Senior Priest at the San Francisco Zen Center.[6]

Dalenberg enjoyed learning from other Buddhist sects and often attended services at a Buddhist Churches of America branch near Sokoji.[7] He was also involved with Quakers and worked with them towards prison abolition.[7]

He served as President of the Buddhist Council of Northern California[3] and helped establish the East-West House in San Francisco.[3]

Dalenberg appeared under the pseudonym "Bud Diefendorf" in Jack Kerouac's novel The Dharma Bums.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ananda Claude Dalenberg Biographical Notes". Cuke.com. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dalenberg, Ananda Claude". Sweeping Zen. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "In memory of Ananda Claude Dalenberg". Sweeping Zen. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Chadwick, David (1999). Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki. Broadway Books. pp. 258. ISBN 0-7679-0105-3.
  5. ↑ Fields, Rick (1992). How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America. Shambhala Publications. p. 220. ISBN 0-87773-631-6.
  6. ↑ Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom publications. pp. 134. ISBN 0-86171-509-8.
  7. 1 2 Chadwick, David. "Remembering Ananda Claude Dalenberg". Cuke.com. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
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