Mel Weitsman

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Mel Weitsman (1929–2021) was a Zen teacher and abbot of Berkeley Zen Center. He was ordained by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1969 as a resident priest at Berkeley Zendo and became abbot in 1985. He taught in the Soto Zen tradition established by Suzuki Roshi.