The Peaceful Sea Sangha is led by Edward Espe Brown, a Soto Zen Buddhist priest.  Edward was ordained in 1971 by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, who gave him the Dharma name Jusan Kainei, which means "Longevity Mountain, Peaceful Sea." 

Edward has been practicing Zen since 1965 and also has done extensive vipassana practice, yoga, and chi gung.  He leads regular sitting groups and meditation retreats in Northern California and offers workshops in the U.S. and internationally on a variety of subjects, including cooking, handwriting change, and Mindfulness Touch.  Edward is an accomplished chef, who helped found Greens Restaurant in San Francisco and worked with Deborah Madison in writing The Greens Cookbook.  Edward's other books include The Tassajara Bread Book, Tassajara Cooking, The Tassajara Recipe Book, and Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings.  He also edited Not Always So, a collection of Suzuki Roshi's lectures.  In 2007, Edward appeared in How to Cook Your Life, a critically acclaimed feature-length documentary film directed by Doris Dörrie.

News

• New Audio Dharma.  Three lectures from May 2010 are now available on the Audio Dharma page.
• Facebook Page.  There is now an Edward Espe Brown Facebook page. Edward himself isn't on Facebook, but this page is authorized by him and administered by several of his students. It's a great way for his friends and students to connect and interact. Find it here. You don't need to join Facebook to see the page.
• New Article.  Edward's new article, "Let Your Passion Cook," is in the March 2010 issue of Shambhala Sun.  You can read it here on the How to Cook Your Life page of this website.
• Tassajara Registration opens February 8.  Edward will be teaching three different workshops at Tassajara this summer, The Zen of Baking, in May; How to Cook Your Life, in July; and Clowning Around: The Intersection of Zen and Clowning, in August.  More info on the calendar page, here.
• The Complete Tassajara Cookbook: Recipes, Techniques, and Reflections from the Famed Zen Kitchen has been published by Shambhala. This book is a compilation of three of Edward’s most popular books: Tassajara Cooking, The Tassajara Recipe Book, and Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings, re-edited and updated throughout, with new recipes and line art. A new deluxe edition of The Tassajara Bread Book is also now available from Shambhala. This hardcover edition includes updated interior design and color photographs. You can order copies of both books here.
• Donate via PayPal. You can now use a credit card to make a tax deductible donation to Peaceful Sea Sangha on the Audio Dharma page. Your support is greatly appreciated.
  

Edward Espe Brown