As an actor, John Garrie played [1] minor roles in a number of British television shows during the 1960s and 1970s, including The Avengers, Z-Cars and UFO.
He was also a bartender at the Rovers Return Inn on the drama Coronation Street for one episode (Christmas Day, 1963).
John Garrie Roshi's teaching drew on several traditions including Zen, Theravadan, Tibetan Buddhism as well as Taoism and martial arts.
He described the mindfulness practice he taught as "Sati", drawing heavily from concepts within Theravadan Buddhist Satipatthana training.
John Garrie Roshi wrote a blessing entitled "Peace to all Beings",[2] which was used to introduce and to end meditations.