July 25, 2011
David Coady | Seizan Yushin

July 17, 1965 – July 21, 2011
Seizan Yushin – Blue Mountain–Courageous Spirit

David Coady

David at Tassajara by Shundo David Haye

David Coady, a Zen Center resident for several years, died on July 21, 2011. David had lived at Tassajara and Green Gulch Farm and had been living at City Center for about three years.

Details and information on memorial and funeral arrangements will be posted as the information becomes available.

Comments by friends and family are posted on The Great Leap memorial blog, our Facebook page, and the Ino’s blog. To post a note or relfection, please visit The Great Leap.

Listen to Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller’s Dharma talk of July 23, in which he refers to David, “The One in Front of Us Is the One We Feel Most.”

 

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