Mr. Collins is a practicing Buddhist Scholar and Clinical Biotechnology Researcher. His Linage benefactor was Roshi Suda Doki of Tenyuji, Soto-Zen Temple in Isahaya, Japan with whom he co-founded Tenkaiji Mani Zen Institute in San Francisco. His published work includes Mani-Zen, The Dark Jewel Transmission, and “Understanding Zazen”, as well as several clinical Oncology papers. He is currently working on several translations of Tendai Taishu Kaju daily Scriptures for The California Tendai Monastery and daily Buddhist scriptures in Tagalog for the Philippines Buddhist Society. He is well known and sought after for his culinary capability and his love and patronage of artists and musicians worldwide. He works with State and private organizations on behalf of people with cognitive and physical disabilities. He is recognized as an industry leader in Industrial Compliance and a proponent of Corporate Responsibility and Lean 6 Sigma Methodology. His personal practice is based on his training in Japan and Korea and a ongoing study of Mahayana Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā (Fundamental Verses of the Middle Way).
