Robert Kaku Gunn is an ordained Protestant Christian pastor in the United Church of Christ, and ordained Soto Zen Buddhist priest at the Village Zendo of New York, a psychotherapist in private practice, and adjunct faculty in Psychology and Religion at Union Theological Seminary and New York Theological Seminary in New York City. He earned his A.B. in Philosophy at Columbia, his M.Div., S.T.M. and Ph.D. at Union Theological Seminary. In addition to One Bright Pearl, he is the author if Journeys Into Emptiness: Dogen, Merton and Jung and the Quest for Transformation.