Claude Dalenberg

Claude Dalenberg (also known as Ananda Claude Dalenberg) (July 2, 1927 — February 18, 2008 ) was a Zen priest ordained by Shunryū Suzuki and a dharma successor of Tenshin Reb Anderson. he attended Sunday school, catechism classes, Sunday morning and evening services. He studied with Nyogen Senzaki in Los Angeles

Dalenberg enjoyed learning from other Buddhist sects and often attended services at a Buddhist Churches of America branch near Sokoji. He was also involved with Quakers and worked with them towards prison abolition.

He served as President of the Buddhist Council of Northern California and helped establish the East-West House in San Francisco.

Dalenberg appeared under the pseudonym "Bud Diefendorf" in Jack Kerouac's novel The Dharma Bums.