Traditional Soto Zen Service 10:30 AM

Dharma Talk: 10:30 AM

Speaker:   Shoryu Bradley

Dharma Talk

Practicing With The Fifth Bodhisattva Precept of Not Indulging in Intoxicants: Embracing the Self That is Only Self

Shoryu Bradley was ordained as a Soto Zen priest in 2002 by Seirin Barbara Kohn at Austin Zen Center. In 2004, he moved to Bloomington, IN to study with Shohaku Okumura Roshi and Sanshin Zen Community. He also trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, and Sotoshu International Training Monastery angos held in the US and Japan. In 2010 Shoryu received dharma transmission from Okumura Roshi. He holds a B.S. in psychology from Texas A&M University and an M.Ed. in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Texas at Austin, and he has lived and practiced at Gyobutsuji since founding it in December 2011.