Shozan Jack Haubner[1] is the pen name of a Zen monk who has written two books and a number of essays for The Sun, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, Lion's Roar and the New York Times, and the Best Buddhist Writing series. He won the Pushcart Prize in 2012.[2] Haubner's books, portions of which have been excerpted in essays, present partially fictionalized accounts of life with Kyozan Joshu Sasaki and associated Rinzai-Ji zen centers.

Early life

Shozan was born and raised in a Catholic family. He studied philosophy and worked as a screenwriter, poet and a comedian in Los Angeles, United States before becoming a Buddhist Zen priest.[3]

Books

  • Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk[4][5]
  • Single White Monk: Tales of Death, Failure, and Bad Sex (Although Not Necessarily in That Order)[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Shozan Jack Haubner". NPR. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Shozan Jack Haubner". shambhala.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Amazon.com: Shozan Jack Haubner: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Zen Confidential: Confessions of A Wayward Monk by Shozan Jack Haubner | A Room Of One's Own Books & Gifts". www.roomofonesown.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Haubner, Shozan Jack; Cohen, Leonard (14 May 2013). Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk. Shambhala.
  6. ↑ Haubner, Shozan Jack. Single White Monk. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9781611803631. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Haubner, Shozan Jack (10 October 2017). Single White Monk: Tales of Death, Failure, and Bad Sex. Shambhala. ISBN 9781611803631.
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