Jiryu Rutschman-Byler is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, with dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman. He has trained residentially in Zen temples since 1996 and currently serves as Abiding Abbot of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, a co-abbey of San Francisco Zen Center. Rutschman-Byler is the author of Two Shores of Zen, documenting his monastic practice in Japanese temples from 2002 to 2004, and co-editor of an upcoming collection of Suzuki Roshi's talks. He holds a master's degree in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley with a focus on Soto Zen development during Japan's Meiji Period. He has served as head teacher for the Buddhadharma Sangha at San Quentin State Prison and as mentor to the Montaña de Silencio Sangha in Colombia.