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Seijaku Roshi Seijaku Stephen, Roshi is the founder of The Zen Society and Abbot of Jizo-an Monastery at Pine Wind Zen Center. After a series of personal transformative insights during the early years of his life, Seijaku began teaching publicly in 1975 at the request of his friends and students. Ten years later he founded The Zen Society, a nonprofit organization (501c3 New Jersey). "The meaning we search for in life, is in its essence - living your life at the level of excellence and full self-expression is the very essence of all life forms.  The purpose of your your life is clear, to live it at the level of excellence and full self-expression and as a benefit for others.  This is Nirvana, this is Enlightenment."  - Seijaku Roshi "My work is to help whomever I can realize the utmost importance of living their life, not mine or anyone else's, in the very brief time we are all given to do so.  Why is this the "utmost importance?  A tree helps us breathe, helps us stay warm and dry, helps cook our food, provides us with playful and romantic opportunities, dreams and so much more, because it lives its life as a 'tree'.  It has no desire to be anything other than a tree.  It lives until it dies, and when it dies, what a terrible thing for the rest of us." - Seijaku Roshi With a mastery born of more than 35 years of teaching, Seijaku Roshi is one of today's most preeminent spiritual teachers and pioneers in the field of human potential and spirituality.  He continues to be a vocal critic of the extreme individualism that characterizes much of contemporary spirituality, and fear-based culture and consumerism in our society.  Seijaku challenges us to awaken to a new understanding of spirituality for the 21st Century, what he calls "Authentic Spirituality", and to redefine for ourselves and our world what it really means to - "be truly alive, to be truly happy, and - to be a human being". * Teaching "The Dharma Beyond Buddhism", Seijaku Roshi claims to hold no particular lineage and shares no formal affiliation with other Zen groups, denominations, or any hierarchy of Dharma Successors. Books available by Seijaku Roshi CD's available by Seijaku Roshi Roshi's Writings Testimonials   Sign up for our Email Newsletter For Email Marketing you can trust The Zen Society 2004 © All rights reserved	What's Happening Monthly Calendar Donations Community Daily Zen Our Teacher Spiritual Counseling Wednesday Evening  Zen Chat   Ceremonies Weddings Funerals Memorials Blessings    SeijakuRoshi.org Pine Wind Zen Center Jizo-an Monastery 863 McKendimen Rd. Shamong, NJ  08088 609.268.9151