Rogue Monk: A Memoir About Zen, Disability, and Work
Peter Schellin is a professor emeritus of California State University, Los Angeles. In 1979, he began meditation practice with Taizan Maezumi at Zen Center Los Angeles. In 1983, he spent most of a practice period at Eiheiji (Zen) Monastery in Fukui, Japan. While at ZCLA, he did koan study with Joko Beck and Genpo Merzel. Due to sight loss, he moved to San Francisco in 1991, but did not begin Zen study with Zenshin Philip Whalen until 1993. He became a resident of Hartford Street Zen Center in 1996, and was ordained a monk-priest in 1999. In 2002, he was Shuso (Head Monk) at Austin Zen Center, Austin, TX. In 2004, he practiced at Plum Village in France with Thich Nhat Hanh, and in 2005, he went to Vietnam with Thich Nhat Hanh for six weeks in Hue and Hanoi. Between 2002-7, he taught meditation at prisons in Austin, Texas, and San Luis Obispo, California. He now lives and works in Sacramento.