Steven Heine

Dr. Steven Heine is professor and founding director of Asian Studies at Florida International University and an expert on East Asian religions and society, especially the transmission of Zen Buddhism from China to Japan, including the life and thought of Master Dogen. He has published nearly three dozen book on these and related topics, including Dogen and the Koan Tradition, Did Dogen Go to China?, Dogen: Textual and Historical Studies, and Readings of Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye. Dr. Heine was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun award from the Japanese government for a lifetime of service to cross-cultural relations.