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Author of Fire Monks

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Op-ed in the Monterey Herald

August 20, 2016 By colleenmbusch

Read my August 20 opinion piece in The Monterey Herald about why history doesn't have to repeat itself as the Soberanes Fire burns towards Tassajara. Photo by Mako Voelkel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: fire, fire monks, Uncategorized Tagged With: California wildfire, Fire Monks, San Francisco Zen Center, soberanes fire, wildfire, Zen

Soberanes Fire, August 6, 2016 Update

August 6, 2016 By colleenmbusch

Please follow my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: fire, fire monks, Uncategorized, Zen Tagged With: Fire Monks, San Francisco Zen Center, soberanes fire, tassajara zen mountain center, wildfire, Zen

In Remembrance: Myogen Steve Stücky, March 6, 1946 – December 31, 2013

January 1, 2014 By colleenmbusch

In the early morning hours of the last day of 2013, fire monk Myogen Steve Stücky left this world for the great beyond. Read more about Myogen's life here. I was tremendously fortunate to spend time with Myogen during the research and writing of Fire Monks. He was warm and encouraging from the first time we spoke. He was patient and curious and engaged my questions thoughtfully and openly. I remember sitting in the abbot's cabin at Tassajara going over the proposal before I had a contract with Penguin Press for the book. He wasn't sure about the title "fire monks"--none of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: fire monks, Uncategorized Tagged With: Abbot Steve Stucky, Basin Complex fire, Myogen Steve Stucky, San Francisco Zen Center, Steve Stucky, Tassajara fire, Zen practice

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