Rev. Danny Fisher

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Gender Male
Industry Religion
Occupation chaplain
Location Rosemead, CA, United States
Introduction Rev. Danny Fisher, M.Div., D.B.S. (Cand.), is Coordinator of the Buddhist Chaplaincy Program at University of the West in Rosemead, CA. He was ordained as a lay Buddhist minister by the Buddhist Sangha Council of Southern California in 2008. In addition, he is certified as a mindfulness meditation instructor by Naropa University in association with Shambhala International. A member of the National Association of College and University Chaplains, he serves on the advisory council for the Upaya Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program. He is also a columnist for elephant journal, and has written for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, The Journal of Buddhist Ethics, The Journal of Religion & Film, Eastern Horizon, New York Spirit, Alternet's Wiretap Magazine, and other publications.
Interests animal-assisted therapy, group process facilitation, hospital chaplaincy, university chaplaincy, men's issues, nonviolent communication, twelve-step recovery programs, body language, nonviolence, human rights, activism and peace work, interfaith dialogue, religion and film, theology of religions, pastoral theology, socially engaged Buddhism, Buddhist ministry, Buddhist theology, Buddhism in America, Buddhism and gender/sexuality, Buddhism and vegetarianism, Buddhism and the media, Buddhism in popular culture, Buddhism and issues of (post-) modernity, Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia, Buddhism in Taiwan, Shambhala Buddhism, the Sino-Tibetan conflict, contemporary Buddhist leaders and teachers, the history of Buddhist studies, methodological issues in Buddhist studies, Buddhism and the caring professions
Favorite Movies The Thin Red Line, Bom Yeoreum Gaeul Gyeoul Geurigo Bom, Kundun, Ikiru, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Favorite Music Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Philip Glass, Patti Smith, Ravenna Michalsen
Favorite Books Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars, The Holy Teaching of Vimalakīrti: A Mahāyāna Scripture, What Book!?: Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop, Buddhism: A Modern Perspective