Teachers

Revs. Daijaku Kinst and Shinshu Roberts are Zen priests and teachers in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Both Shinshu and Daijaku trained at the San Francisco Zen Center and Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Both have taught at the San Francisco Zen Center, Santa Cruz Zen Center, and Monterey Bay Zen Center. Both Daijaku and Shinshu are members of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, the American Zen Teachers Association and are registered as teachers with the Japanese Soto School in Japan.

Daijaku, ordained in 1988, received formal authorization as independent Zen teacher in 2004 from Sojun Weitsman, Roshi Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. She has taught and led retreats in a variety of settings including Gampo Abbey with the Venerable Pema Chodron. She received a Ph.D. in Buddhism and Psychology and teachers at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Theological Union, associated with the University of California, Berkeley.

Shinshu was ordained in 1988 and received teacher certification in 2004 from Sojun Weitsman, Roshi, Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. She trained for 17 years at the San Francisoco Zen Center holding various leadership positions during that time. Shinshu currently teachs Dogen studies to a group of senior students/priests at the San Francisco Zen Center. She holds the rank of Kyoshi (teacher qualification) with the Shumucho (administrative headquarters of Soto Zen in Japan).