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Charles Tenshin Fletcher | |
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| Title | Rōshi |
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| Born | Charles Fletcher |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Abbot |
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| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Harada-Yasutani |
| Lineage | White Plum Asanga |
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| Based in | Yokoji Zen Mountain Center |
| Predecessor | Taizan Maezumi |
| Successor | Philip Shinko Squire[1] Barry Kaigen McMahon[2] David Keizan Scott[3] David Jokai Blackwell[4] Tom Chigen Bartholomew[5] Jim Yugen Lakey[6] Craig Eishu Twentyman[7] Gavin Mokuin Strathie[8] Arthur Wayu Kennedy[9] |
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Charles Tenshin Fletcher is a British-born AmericanZen teacher.
Born inManchester, England, he moved to the United States in 1979 to study at the Zen Center of Los Angeles with founderTaizan MaezumiRōshi, for whom he served asjisha (personal attendant). In 1994, he receivedDharma transmission (authorization to teach) in the White Plum lineage fromTaizan MaezumiRōshi. He acted as administrator for many years at Zen Center of Los Angeles, and then was made abbot of Yokoji Zen Mountain Center in 1995 after the death ofTaizan MaezumiRōshi on May 15, 1995.
Charles Tenshin FletcherRōshi continues as the abbot at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center, in theSan Jacinto Mountains, nearIdyllwild, California. He is certified as aKokusai Fukyōshi ("Official Foreign Representative") by Sōtō-shū Shûmusôchô, that is, the JapaneseSōtō Zen sect.[10]
TenshinRōshi has trained thoroughly inkōan andshikantaza as well as other more recently developed forms of practice. In addition to his work in the US, he returns to the UK annually to lead asesshin near Liverpool.
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