Guy Gaudry, Roshi & Director
After successfully training in Zen in a classical manner for 20 years, where I studied briefly with Joko Beck and finished my formal training with Steven Hagen, I went on to study koans in a more expansive and integrative way, after which I received Dharma Transmission* from John Tarrant Roshi (in the line of Robert Aitken Roshi). I now teach Zen in this manner and am focused on evolving the koan lineage passed down to us by Linji Yixuan. I emphasize personal growth and care for all beings of the world.
For the LinkedIn crowd: I have an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University, studied Fine Arts at Sheridan College and have been a successful entrepreneur in the technology sector.
*In Rinzai-Zen, Inka Shōmei (Dharma Transmission) is ideally "the formal recognition of Zen's deepest realization", but practically it is being used for the transmission of the "true lineage" of the masters of the training halls. ~ source Wikipedia