Rev. Kodai Haga (Sen) leads the Rinzai Zen Mission, which is based in Paia, Maui.

We talk about surfing as a way of becoming one with nature, visiting other temples and traditions within the Hawaiian Buddhist temple network, growing up in a temple family and reconnecting with Buddhism after college, monastic training at Enkaku-ji and koan study, "moonbows" and pig feet stew, and the question of how to teach Japanese Buddhism in an American context.