Shozan Jack Haubner is the pen name of a Zen monk who has written two books and a number of essays for The Sun, Tricycle, Buddhadharma, Lion's Roar and the New York Times, and the Best Buddhist Writing series. He won the Pushcart Prize in 2012. Haubner's books, portions of which have been excerpted in essays, present partially fictionalized accounts of life with Kyozan Joshu Sasaki and associated Rinzai-Ji zen centers.
Early life
Shozan was born and raised in a Catholic family. He studied philosophy and worked as a screenwriter, poet and a comedian in Los Angeles, United States before becoming a Buddhist Zen priest.
Books
- Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk
- Single White Monk: Tales of Death, Failure, and Bad Sex (Although Not Necessarily in That Order)
References
- "Shozan Jack Haubner". NPR. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- "Shozan Jack Haubner". shambhala.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- "Amazon.com: Shozan Jack Haubner: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- "Zen Confidential: Confessions of A Wayward Monk by Shozan Jack Haubner | A Room Of One's Own Books & Gifts". www.roomofonesown.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- Haubner, Shozan Jack; Cohen, Leonard (14 May 2013). Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk. Shambhala.
- Haubner, Shozan Jack. Single White Monk. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9781611803631. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- Haubner, Shozan Jack (10 October 2017). Single White Monk: Tales of Death, Failure, and Bad Sex. Shambhala. ISBN 9781611803631.
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