Shōhaku Okumura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Shōhaku Okumura

Japanese Buddhist monk

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1948

Place of Birth: Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: translator, bhikkhu

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Shohaku Okumura (?? ??, b.
22 June 1948) is a Japanese Soto Zen priest and the founder and abbot of the Sanshin Zen Community located in Bloomington, Indiana, where he and his family currently live.
From 1997 until 2010, Okumura also served as Director of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center in San Francisco, California, which is an administrative office of the Soto school of Japan.