WELCOME
We are a meditation group in the White Plum Zen tradition of Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi, Roshi.
Our teacher is Josh Dainin White, Roshi.
Dainin Roshi has been teaching Zen since 2014 and brings a lively blend of warmth, humor, and relatabiity to his teaching.
We offer Zen intensives (Sesshin) several times per year, indiviudal meditation instruction (including koans) and weekly meditation groups.
We welcome all levels of experience, from experienced Zen students to newcomers.
Zen practice is the direct experience of the present moment, right here, right now.
Through experiencing this moment more fully, we come to experience our lives in a profound way.
We invite you to join us.
About the Teacher
Pictured above is Dainin Roshi on a recent family vacation.
Below are Dainin Roshi, at left, and his Dharma Succesor David Mushin Keeber Sensei (right) with David Daishin Brighton, Roshi (center).
Josh Dainin White, Roshi, is a Zen Master in the White Plum Zen tradition and a successor of David Daishin Brighton, Roshi. He has two successors, David Mushin Keeber of Prajna Zendo in Lamy, New Mexico, and Allen Fuso Stewart of Skyline Zen Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Dainin Roshi is happily married and a proud father. A clinical coach and entrepeneur who was a licensed psycotherapist for two decades, he has founded two successful behavioral health companies in Sedona, Arizona.
Dainin Roshi began his Zen practice at the age of 19 in 1996 at Zen Mountain Monastery and lived at Great Mountain Zen Center for many years before becoming Daishin Roshi's student in 2005. Daishin Roshi gave him Shiho (Dharma transmission and priestly transmission) in 2014 and Inka Shomei (final approval and acknowledgement as a Zen Master) in 2024.
In addition to his Zen studies, Dainin Roshi is an avid musician, hiker, baseball afficianado, and metalhead who loves spending time with his wife and son, their dogs, and extended family.
