Martin J. Verhoeven (born December 2, 1946) is an American scholar, translator, and former Buddhist monk.
[1][2] He is a senior disciple of Hsuan Hua, and currently serves as dean of academics at Dharma Realm Buddhist University.
He has previously served as adjunct professor at the Graduate Theological Union and as a lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley.
During this pilgrimage Verhoeven and Heng Sure bowed from South Pasadena to Ukiah, California, a distance of 800 miles, over the course of two years and six months.
“Buddhism and Science: Probing the Boundaries of Faith and Reason,” Religion East and West, Issue 1.