Al Rapaport - Zen Master

has practiced and taught Zen for almost 40 years. He studied with Kozan Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, and Genpo Roshi, and was an Assistant Teacher at Kanzeon Sangha in Salt Lake City, UT, until moving to Florida in 2001.

As President of Open Mind Productions, Al conceived of and produced the Buddhism in America Conferences in Boston, San Diego, Denver and New York City.

He is author of Open Mind Zen: A Guide to Meditation in Modern Times, and compiler/editor of Buddhism in America. In 2002 he developed Open Mind Zen as a way for the lay practitioner to progress in what has been a primarily monastic tradition in the past.

 
 

Betsy Smith - Zen Assistant Teacher

was the former Founding Dean of Florida International University's School of Public Affairs and the Founding Dean of the Florida International University's School of Social Work. In the 1980's she was internationally recognized in the field of dolphin communication with autistic children, and conducted extensive research in the Florida Keys.

 

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