Paul Lynch

• Age: 52
• Gender: Male
• Astrological Sign: Gemini
• Zodiac Year: Rooster
• Industry: Religion
• Occupation: Zen Teacher
• Location: Huntington Beach : CA : United States

About Me

Hello, my name is Paul Lynch and have been a practicing Buddhist since 1985; I was ordained as a Zen Priest in 1996 in the Kwan Um School of Zen. I received Inka (in the lineage of Zen Master Seung Sahn), authority to independently teach and lead my own Sangha, in 2006. I currently serve as the Guiding Teacher for the Five Mountain Sangha and have written several books on Buddhism and Poetry. Additionally, I am engaged in Zen Studies with James Ford, Roshi of the Boundless Way Zen Project. All posts and comments are my own and represent personal insights and opinions and are not representative of any organization that I belong to.

who are you? what is this? the essence of zen is contained within these questions.

Interests

• Ghazals
• Zen Poetry
• Sufi Poetry

Favorite Movies

• The Razor's Edge
• Hero
• Zen Noir
• Dil Se
• Black
• Malcom X
• Muna Bhai
• Namesake
• Ghandi
• Little Buddha
• Revolver
• the Temptation of a Monk
• Darjiling Limited
• A Place in Time
• Field of Dreams

Favorite Music

• Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn
• Peter Gabriel
• Death Cab for Cutie
• Pink Floyd
• the Cranberries
• Jagjit Singh
• Joni Mitchell
• the Sex Pistols
• Shadowfax
• Hildegard of Bingen

Favorite Books

• Dropping Ashes on the Buddha
• Zen Mind Beginners Mind
• Swampland Flowers
• A Buddha from Korea: the teaching of Zen Master Taego
• the Perfect Enlightenment Sutra
• the Mathnawi (Rumi)
• Bone of Space
• Leaves of Grass
• the Alchemist
• Iron John