Edward has been practicing Zen since 1965; he was ordained by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1971, who gave him the name Jusan Kainei, Longevity Mountain, Peaceful Sea. He has spent the last forty years teaching, cooking, writing, and leading retreats all over the US, Canada, and Europe.

Dare Records is the Indie Label operated by musician Robert Randolph. Current artists on the Dare roster include Robert Randolph and the Family Band; The Slide Brothers.

The purpose of San Francisco Zen Center is to make accessible and embody the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha as expressed in the Soto Zen tradition established by Dogen Zenji in 13th-century Japan and conveyed to us by Suzuki Roshi and other Buddhist teachers. Our practice flows from the insight that all beings are Buddha, and that sitting in meditation is itself the realization of Buddha nature, or enlightenment.

I am a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, creative human being.  This is a place I put some of my demos...

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