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Mel Weitsman was born on 20 July, 1929 in Southern California, U.S., is an American Zen Buddhist monk (1929–2021). Discover Mel Weitsman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

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Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 20 July, 1929
Birthday 20 July
Birthplace Southern California, U.S.
Date of death 7 January, 2021
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Nationality United States

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1929

Hakuryu Sojun Mel Weitsman (July 20, 1929 – January 7, 2021), born Mel Weitsman, was an American Buddhist who was the founder, abbot and guiding teacher of Berkeley Zen Center located in Berkeley, California.

Mel Weitsman was born in Southern California in 1929, to Edward Weitsman and Leah Rosenberg Weitsman.

1964

Interested in religion from an early age, he started practicing at the San Francisco Zen Center under Shunryu Suzuki in 1964.

1967

He co-founded the Berkeley Zen Center with his teacher in 1967.

1969

Suzuki ordained Weitsman as a priest in 1969, and arranged for him to be Shuso (Head Monk) in 1970 under Tatsugami Roshi at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.

His other teachers included Dainin Katagiri Roshi, Kobun Chino Roshi, Ryogen Yoshimura and Kazuaki Tanahashi, with whom he has often worked on translations of Zen texts.

1984

Weitsman was a Soto Zen roshi practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, having received Dharma transmission in 1984 from Suzuki's son Hoitsu.

In 1984, Weitsman received Dharma transmission from Suzuki Roshi's son and Dharma Heir, Hoitsu Suzuki Roshi, Abbot of Rinso-In Temple in Yaizu, Japan.

1985

Installed as Abbot of Berkeley Zen Center in 1985, he later was invited to lead San Francisco Zen Center as co-abbot with Tenshin Reb Anderson from 1988 to 1997, following the eviction of Zen Center's previous abbot, Richard Baker, because of sexual scandal and allegations of financial wrongdoing.

1988

He was also a co-abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, where he served from 1988 to 1997.

Weitsman was also editor of the book Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai, based on talks given by Suzuki on the Sandokai.

Weitsman has entrusted the Dharma to over twenty individuals, including Zenkei Blanche Hartman (1988) and Zoketsu Norman Fischer (1988).

1995

He co-founded the American Zen Teachers Association (AZTA) with senior American Dharma teachers Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, Dennis Genpo Merzel and Keido Les Kaye in 1995.