Robert Reese, Gotsuzan Jundo (Steadfast Mountain, Purehearted Way), began formal practice at Monterey Bay Zen Center in 1988 and was lay ordained in 1993. He received priest ordained and Dharma transmission 2010 with Sobun Katherine Thanas, Roshi. From 2007 to 2010, he studied in the Open Source koan tradition with Joan Sutherland, Roshi. He has been a chaplain at Monterey County Jail, at Heartland Hospice and the Community Hospital for the Monterey Peninsula. A member of the Monterey Bay Zen Center Teaching Council, he has led classes, sittings and workshops, and co-led Practice Periods. His writing has been published in The San Francisco Examiner, Ceramics Monthly, Zen Quarterly and Parabola, among other publications. His essays have been published in the anthologies Best Spiritual Writing (Harper/Collins) and Passion for Place (Rising Leaf).