Mark Herrick

Mark Nichiryu Herrick is a dharma teacher in the Nichiren tradition and cofounder of Myokan-ji and the Two Buddhas Meditation Community in Oakland, CA. He teaches weekly meditation classes and writes on the intersection of Buddhist philosophy, devotional practice, and lived experience. He is the author of Dharmakaya and God, Parables of the Lotus Sutra, Spring at Minobu, The Living Mandala, The Living Sound, and Daily Meditations of the Nichiren Tradition.

Recent Articles

Equanimity Is Not Detachment

Nichiren Buddhist teacher Mark Herrick argues that equanimity isn't stoic composure — it's homeostasis, the same balancing function that lets a single cell survive change.