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| Born | (1947-11-30)November 30, 1947 (age 77) Hollywood,California,USA |
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Gary Gregory Gach (born 1947)[1] is an American author, translator, editor, and teacher living inSan Francisco. His work has been translated into several languages, and has appeared in several anthologies and numerous periodicals. He has hosted Zen Mindfulness Fellowship weekly for 12 years, and he swims in the San Francisco Bay. His work has appeared inThe Atlantic, BuddhaDharma, Coyote’s Journal, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Hambone, In These Times, Lilipoh, Mānoa, The Nation, The New Yorker, Words without Borders, Yoga Journal, andZyzzyva.[2]
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Gach was born in aJewish American family inHollywood, Los Angeles in 1947. He was student body president ofJohn Burroughs Junior High School. He claims to have had a mystic vision as a young boy.[3] At 11, he readThe Way of Zen byAlan Watts, beginning a lifelong interest inBuddhism.
He was formally introduced to meditation byPaul Reps and later studiedHasidic Judaism andKabbalah, and was introduced toshikantaza byDainin Katagiri Roshi, thenSuzuki Roshi.Alan Watts befriended and encouraged. He took transmission in thePlum Village Tradition, and is lay ordained in its core community theOrder of Interbeing/
He has worked as an actor,stevedore,typographer,legal secretary, editor-in-chief, webmaster, and teacher. He currently teaches Zen Buddhism atUniversity of San Francisco where he also hosts the weekly Zen Mindfulness Fellowship.
Gach is a recipient of anAmerican Book Award (from theBefore Columbus Foundation) in 1999 forWhat Book!?[6]Shortlisted for Northern California Book Award for Translation, forSongs for Tomorrow and finalist forFlowers of a Moment (Lannan Translations Selection).Nautilus Book Awards forComplete Idiot's Guide to Buddhism 3rd ed'n.
