Zen Master Wu Kwang

- Guiding Teacher of:
Chogye International Zen Centerof New York
Bio: Zen Master Wu Kwang, (Richard Shrobe) is guiding teacher of the Chogye International Zen Center of New York and lives in New York with his family. Before he began practicing Zen he studied intensively with Swami Satchidananda, living with his wife and children for four years at the Integral Yoga Institute in New York. He has a Master's degree in Social Work and did six years of postgraduate study in Gestalt, including training with Laura Perls. He has been director of a drug program, and has served as an instructor in psychiatry and Gestalt therapy. He started practicing with Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1975 and was given inka in 1984. He received dharma transmission on August 1, 1993. A former professional musician, his undergraduate training was in music theory, and he also studied with jazz pianist, Barry Harris. Currently he has a private practice in psychotherapy specializing in the Gestalt approach. He has written three books: Open Mouth Already a Mistake, Don't Know Mind: The Spirit of Korean Zen, and Elegant Failure: A Guide to Zen Koans, all available from from Amazon.com.
Posts by Zen Master Wu Kwang:
- Together-Action is Not Something We Create
- Your Inner Gyroscope
- Plenty of Nothing
- Zen and Psychotherapy
- Stepping Off a One-Hundred Foot Flagpole
- Transmission Speech
- Revealing the Family Shame
- What is Your Original Face?
- Every Day and Every Moment
- Commentary on Hyang Eom’s “Up a Tree”
- An Exploration of the Zen Kong-An and Gestalt Impasse
- Carrying Snow in a Teaspoon
