What is Mel Weitsman?
[[File:Mel Weitsman1.JPG|right|200px]] '''Hakuryu Sojun Mel Weitsman''' (born '''Mel Weitsman'''; July 20, 1929 – January 7, 2021) was an American [[Buddhist]]. He was the founder, abbot and guiding teacher of [[Berkeley Zen Center]]. Weitsman was a [[Soto Zen]] [[Rōshi|roshi]]. He was also a co-abbot of the [[San Francisco Zen Center]], where he was from 1988 to 1997. Weitsman was also editor of the book ''Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai''. Weitsman died on January 7, 2021 at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/sojun-mel-weitsman-founder-of-berkeley-zen-center-dies-at-91/ |title=Sojun Mel Weitsman, founder of Berkeley Zen Center, dies at 91 |access-date=2021-01-11 |archive-date=2021-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111050952/https://www.lionsroar.com/sojun-mel-weitsman-founder-of-berkeley-zen-center-dies-at-91/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Weitsman, Mel}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:People from Long Beach, California]] [[Category:American Buddhists]] {{US-bio-stub}}