Martin Verhoeven | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | Martin J. Verhoeven (1946-12-02)December 2, 1946 (age 79) Appleton, Wisconsin, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Hsuan Hua |
Martin J. Verhoeven (born December 2, 1946) is an American scholar, translator, and formerBuddhist monk.[1][2] He is a senior disciple ofHsuan Hua, and currently serves as dean of academics atDharma Realm Buddhist University. He has previously served as adjunct professor at theGraduate Theological Union and as a lecturer at theUniversity of California at Berkeley.[2] He is best known for completing a three steps one bowpilgrimage with companionHeng Sure. During this pilgrimage Verhoeven and Heng Sure bowed from South Pasadena toUkiah, California, a distance of 800 miles, over the course of two years and six months.[3][4]
Verhoeven completed his BA in 1969, his MA in 1971, and his PhD in 1997, all at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.[2]
In 1976, Verhoeven met and trained under the Buddhist teacherHsuan Hua. He became a monk (under the name Heng Chau) that same year, and undertook a two-year bowing pilgrimage with fellow monk,Heng Sure.[4][3][5]
1998: "Americanizing the Buddha," inThe Faces of Buddhism in America. University of California Press.[6]
2001: "Glistening Frost and Cooking Sand: Unalterable Aspects of Purity in Chan Buddhist Meditation," inPurity of Heart and Contemplation: A Monastic Dialogue Between Christian and Asian Traditions. Continuum.
2001. “Buddhism and Science: Probing the Boundaries of Faith and Reason,”Religion East and West, Issue 1.
2006:Buddhist Ideas about No-Self and the Person. Religion East & West.
2013: “Science Through Buddhist Eyes,”The New Atlantis, Number 39.[7]
2014:The Sixth Patriarch’s Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra. Editor, Translator. Buddhist Text Translation Society.[8]
2016:Highway Dharma Letters. Buddhist Text Translation Society.[9]