Rev. Dr. Jushin Stephyn Butcher
Rev. Dr. Jushin Stephyn Butcher was ordained in 2017 and received dharma transmission in the Katagiri lineage in 2025 from Hokyoji’s Guiding Teacher, Rev. Dokai Georgesen.
His first exposure to Eastern thought was through the TV Series Kung Fu starring David Carradine. In his 20s and 30s, he followed a winding path through Taoism and Tibetan Buddhism that eventually lead him to Hokyoji in 2008, courtesy of a blog post by Brad Warner.
A double rainbow member of Gen X, Jushin brings a latch-key kid aesthetic to his practice of Zen, including shikantaza, movement, and art. His understanding of the Way fuses traditional sources with neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and Stoicism.
Upcoming Programs by Rev. Dr. Jushin Stephyn Butcher
Art and Zen -- A Zen and Ikebana Retreat
Also With Tran Huynh and Rev. Keido Jeromy Thotland
Over two full days, this retreat will sow the seeds of both Zen meditation and Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, in their shared soil: the cultivation of presence, the dissolving of the gap between self and nature. Under the guidance of Revs. Keidō Jeromy Thotland & Jūshin Stephyn Butcher and certified Sogetsu instructor […]