Four Noble Friends: Male Archetypes & Vinaya Insights | Jin Chuan Shi & Jin Wei Shi

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho interview their friends Jin Chuan Shi and Jin Wei Shi of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, & Redwood Vihara. Discussion touches upon embodiment, loving-kindness, non-violent communication, and restorative practices.

Find out more about Jin Chuan Shi, Jin Wei Shi, and the Redwood Vihara at https://www.redwoodvihara.org/

Biographies:

Bhikshus Jin Chuan Shi and Jin Wei Shi both found their spiritual calling early in life and now serve as monastics in the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association. Jin Chuan, born in New Jersey and raised in Silicon Valley, discovered Buddhism while in high school, and committed to the Buddhist path when he met Ajahn Amaro at Stanford, where he was studying physics and religion. He eventually became a resident at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (CTTB) in 2005 and received full ordination in 2013.

Jin Wei, originally from Poland, began meditating in 1999 and, after reading a translation of the Sixth Patriarch Sūtra, committed himself to Dharma service, eventually arriving at CTTB in 2013 and ordaining in 2017. Both hold M.A. degrees in Buddhist Classics from Dharma Realm Buddhist University, where Jin Chuan now serves as an assistant professor and chaplain.

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