Zen Practice
Turning Point Zen Center is a Zen practice group in Berkeley, California. We are part of the Five Mountain Sangha and are under the spiritual direction of Paul Lynch, JDPSN. Currently we have group practice on the the first Monday of every month form 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. If you would like to practice with us, please contact Greg LeBlanc for information regarding the practice schedule and location.
Paul Lynch, JDPSN
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Paul Lynch, JDPSN received Inka from Zen Master Robert Moore on April 9, 2006; in the ceremony he received the title of Jido Popsa-nim which roughly translated from the Korean means Honored Dharma Master and is parallel to the title of Sensei bestowed in Japanese Lineages. Popsa-nim had served as Abbot of the Zen Center since its beginnings in 1993 and began practicing with Zen Master Moore in the late nineteen-eighties. Before settling into Zen practice Paul studied Vipassana Buddhist Meditation for several years with Greg Penn, DD in Escondido, CA.
Lynch JDPSN has been practicing Buddhist meditation for more than twenty five years, and with the sanction of Zen Master Robert Moore and the assistance and encouragement of Zen Master Sungsan, founded the Huntington Beach Zen Center on August 14th of 1993. He served as Abbot of the Zen Center from 1993 until the fall of 2007. The Huntington Beach Zen Center was renamed the Ocean Eyes Zen Center by Zen Master Sungsan in 1995 when it moved to Stanton, CA. In 1997 the center once again relocated to Long Beach and continued as a residential zen center until December of 1999 when the city of Long Beach forced us to close our doors. We re-emerged in September of 2000 with a non residential location and a Zoning variance which allowed us to run a church at our present location. In October of 2007 Posa-nim handed over the administration of the center to focus more on teaching. Paul currently is the CEO of InSync Technologies, LLC in Irvine, CA.
Books by Paul Lynch:
Cold Heart Thawing, a collection of his earlier poetry.
Peering Through the Cloud, a collection of his later poetry.
A Path to Christ Consciousness, co-authored with Robert Harwood.
Exposed in the Golden Wind.
Zen Liturgy.
The Golden Wind Record.
These books
and many more are available from the Zen Center, at Before Thought Publications, or any of your local booksellers.
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