David Brazier

David Brazier, aka Dharmavidya, born in 1947 in England, now lives in a hermitage in France when not lecturing internationally. He is a founder member and chief priest of the Order of Amida Buddha. Trained in Vajrayana with Chögyam Trungpa, then in Sōtō Zen with Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett, he became a member of the Tiếp Hiện Order of Thích Nhất Hạnh, until the founding in 1996 of Amida Trust under the patronage of Pure Land Sensei Gisho Saiko and other Japanese teachers. Brazier’s published works include The Feeling Buddha, The New Buddhism and Love and its Disappointment.