Brooklyn Zen Center | A New York City Soto Zen Buddhist Temple
Norman Fischer

Zen priest, dharma teacher, and poet, Zoketsu Norman Fischer, visits Brooklyn Zen Center throughout the year to give talks and lead half-day and day-long sitting retreats with the BZC sangha, the Jewish Meditation Center and the Center for Mediation in Law.
 
Norman has spent almost 30 years at San Francisco Zen Center, having held many senior positions, including abbot and director. Norman is a dharma heir of Sojun Mel Weitsman, from whom he received Dharma transmission in 1988. Norman founded and currently leads the Everyday Zen Foundation, a network of sanghas with chapters in Canada, the United States and Mexico. He offers teaching to many sanghas across the country. Among his numerous publications, Norman has written nine volumes of poetry as well as Opening to You: A Zen-inspired Translation of the Psalms and Taking our Places: The Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up, which is based on his work mentoring young people.
 
To learn more about Zoketsu Norman Fischer, please visit the Everyday Zen Foundation.