"Kainei" Edward Espé Brown (born March 24, 1945) is an American Zen teacher and writer.

He wondered why other people weren't eating the same thing instead of "foamy white bread" bought in a store.

[7] Brown leads the Peaceful Sea Sangha in Fairfax, Marin County, California and is a member of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association.

[8] Brown makes his living by teaching meditation in his home and by giving baking and cooking workshops at Zen centers in the United States, Canada and Austria.

[3] He combines zazen with qigong, yoga, and handwriting change, so that some critics call his teaching style "Zen Lite".

Brown told Carol Ness, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, "I'm not insistent on the forms.