Fred Eppsteiner
Fred Eppsteiner (born March 27, 1945) is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, trained in both Zen and Tibetan lineages.[1] Fred Eppsteiner is a Dharma teacher (Dharmacharya) in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh, has been a student of Buddhism and a practitioner of meditation for over fifty years and has devoted himself to teaching the Dharma (teachings of the Buddha) since 1996. [2]
Born and raised in a secular Jewish household,[3] Fred spent part of his youth engaged in social activism before encountering Buddhism in the late 1960s at the Rochester Zen Center in upstate New York with Philip Kapleau.[4]
Fred met Thich Nhat Hanh in 1975.[5] After befriending Thích Nhất Hạnh, Eppsteiner traveled to India and studied Vajrayana-Dzogchen Buddhism from Tibetan monks.[3] Eppsteiner became a member of the Order of Interbeing in 1983 and served as the editor for two of Thích Nhất Hạnh's books: The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism[6] and Interbeing: The Fourteen Precepts of Engaged Buddhism,[7][8] the latter establishing the framework for the Order of Interbeing. In 1994, Eppsteiner received Dharma Transmission from Thich Nhất Hạnh, joining the lineage of the Linji school (Lâm Tế).[6]
Fred lived in Naples, Florida, where he practiced psychotherapy[9] and founded the Naples Community of Mindfulness in 1998.[10] Fred currently serves as the Dharma Teacher of the Florida Community of Mindfulness in Tampa, Florida.[6]
Further reading
[edit]- Grant, Jennifer (May 31, 2003). "Meaningful Meditation". The Naples Daily News. p. 1B. Continued on page 2B.
See also
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Florida Community of Mindfulness - Fred Eppsteiner". www.floridamindfulness.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ "Florida Community of Mindfulness - Fred Eppsteiner". www.floridamindfulness.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ a b Moore, Waveney Ann (20 July 2008). "Back from Hanoi, Buddhists 'Engage'". Tampa Bay Times. p. 5.
- ^ "Florida Community of Mindfulness - Fred Eppsteiner". www.floridamindfulness.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ Eppsteiner, Fred (2021-01-30). "Thich Nhat Hanh in Paris - Tricycle: The Buddhist Review". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review - The independent voice of Buddhism in the West. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ a b c "Fred Eppsteiner". ashevillemeditation.com. Asheville Insight Meditation. 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ Hanh, Thich Nhat; Eppsteiner, Fred (April 12, 2017). "The Fourteen Precepts of Engaged Buddhism". Lion's Roar. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ Grant, Jennifer (May 31, 2003). "Meaningful Meditation". The Naples Daily News. p. 1B.
- ^ "Mindful Psychotherapy – The Mindfulness Bell". Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ "Florida Community of Mindfulness - Fred Eppsteiner". www.floridamindfulness.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.