About the Teacher: Danan Henry, Sensei

Zen is the practice of seeing into Self-nature and realizing one's True-mind, which is to realize one's innate wisdom, love, and compassion. Wisdom is the experience of the indivisibility of all existence. Love is the feeling of great intimacy arising when separation comes to an end. Compassion is the action spontaneously unfolding from wisdom and love.

--Danan Henry, Sensei--

Danan Henry was born abroad of American parents in 1939 and lived abroad until 1957, when he came to the United States to study at the University of California at Berkeley. He began formal spiritual training in 1965 at the Gurdjieff Foundation in New York City. In 1975, he relocated to Rochester, New York, to become a student and disciple of Philip Kapleau, Roshi. He entered monastic training at the Rochester Zen Center in 1979 and was ordained a Buddhist priest in 1986. In 1987, he was granted inka (confirmation of his completion of koan study and formal training) and assumed teaching responsibilities. In 1989, Kapleau Roshi sanctioned Danan as a full teacher and spiritual director of the Denver Zen Center. Since 1990, Danan has traveled regularly to Honolulu, Hawaii, to continue his formal Zen training under Robert Aitken, Roshi, abbot of the Diamond Sangha and author of numerous books on Buddhism.