Essence of Purity — Remembering Sojun Roshi

Dharma Talk by Joel Kyoshin Feigin

Joel Feigin is a long-time Zen practitioner: in 2017 he was ordained a Zen priest by Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi at Berkeley Zen Center and given the dharma name Kyoshin Jokyo. Joel began Zen practice with John Daido Loori Roshi in 1987 and has also studied with Maezumi Roshi at ZCLA and Josho Pat Phelan Roshi at the Chapel Hill Zen Center; his studies with Sojun Roshi began in the mid-1990’s. Joel has been practicing at Berkeley Zen Center since the 1992. He is also an emeritus professor recently retired from UCSB, where he taught composition in the Music Department.