STEVE HAGEN Sensei has been a student of Buddhist thought and
practice since 1967. In 1975 he became a student of Dainin Katagiri Roshi in
Minneapolis, and in 1979 he was ordained as a Zen priest. He has studied with
teachers in the U.S., Asia, and Europe, and received Dharma transmission
(endorsement to teach) from Katagiri Roshi in 1989.
He is the author of
Buddhism Plain and Simple (Tuttle, 1997), and How the World Can Be the Way It
Is: An Inquiry for the New Millennium into Science, Philosophy, and Perception
(Quest Books, 1995). His latest book, Buddhism Is Not What You Think, will be
published by HarperSanFrancisco in September 2003. He also edited You Have to
Say Something, a collection of Dharma talks by Katagiri Roshi published by
Shambhala.
In addition to his duties as head teacher at Dharma Field,
he is currently working on several other books.
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