Linda Hess

  

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Linda Hess came to the SF Zen Center in 1974 after a decade of studies and seeking in India. She has continued returning to India through the years. She became a senior lecturer emeritus at Stanford University in religious studies. She and husband Kazuaki Tanahashi live in Berkeley. She's written three books focusing on the poet Kabir and translating his songs/poems and is working on another: 

• The Bijak of Kabir by Linda Hess and Sukhdev Singh, 2001
  • In the Footsteps of Kabir (an excerpt)
• Singing Emptiness: Kumar Gandharva Performs the Poetry of Kabir, 2009
• Bodies of Song: Kabir Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in North India, 2015

Linda's website: linda-hess.com

It's joyful to learn the difference between Kabir in text, song and performance: Linda Hess, 2015 article, The Economic Times (India)

A Tale of Two Translators: Sensei Kaz and Linda Hess, 2018, Upaya Zen Center

An excellent bio and recording on Awakin.org, 2019.

Coursera Video: Gandhian Principles of Non-Violence - Linda Hess in Conversation with Anne Firth Murray, 2020

YouTube:

• Chalo Hamara Des: Journeys with Kabir & Friends (English, the entire film, 97 minutes, 2015)
  • Linda Hess introduces Kabir- Episode 3 of Chalo Hamara Des
  • Walking with Buddha and Kabir - Episode 11 of Chalo Hamara Des
• The Religious Classes: Locating Kabir with Linda Hess, 2021
• Bodies of Song: Talk by noted Kabir scholar Linda Hess, 2022

Linda and Kaz’s wedding at SFZC in 1980. Richard Baker officiating and Reb Anderson assisting.

Linda and Kaz together 40+ years later. At Muir Beach.

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