Joshin John Busch
Mt. Diablo Zen Group
Pleasant Hill, CA
John practiced Soto Zen Buddhism for 27 years in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. He was lay ordained in 2005 by Sojun Mel Weitsman; priest ordained by Baika Andrea Pratt in 2015; served as Shuso in 2016; and received Dharma Transmission from Baika Andrea Pratt in 2019. He currently co-leads the Mt. Diablo Zen Group in Pleasant Hill, CA and leads Buddhist meditation services at the Women's Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, CA. In the recent past John served for 7 years as volunteer caregiver and trainer at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco, CA and served for 5 years as a pastoral care counselor (chaplain) at the Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee, CA. John practiced Transcendental Mediation, and in Theravada and Vipassana Buddhist centers for 15 years prior to entering Zen.