Hozan Alan Senauke @SZBC 10/22/2023

Hozan Alan Senauke is abbot of Berkeley Zen Center, in the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. He is an activist, writer, father, and musician, an honored "pioneer" of socially engaged Buddhism.

In 2008, Hozan founded Clear View Project, offering Buddhist-based resources for social change in the U.S. and Asia—supporting movements for human rights and empowerment in communities of need in India, Myanmar, and around the world.

Hozan’s most recent book is Turning Words: Transformative Encounters with Buddhist Teachers (Shambhala, 2023). He writes “The Bodhisattva’s Embrace” column for BuddhistDoor Global, and is the author of numerous books and articles on Zen and engaged Buddhism.