Forest Dalton started his adult life with the dream of
becoming a college physics teacher. He earned master’s degrees in mathematics
and physics at Stanford and at UC Riverside. In 1963 he had a realization to
the effect that a better path for him as a teacher might be to help folks learn
about their true nature and how to treat each other better. Toward this goal he
studied and trained in Eastern philosophy (Alan Watts), advaita vedanta (Master
Subramuniya), Tibetan Buddhism (Tarthang Tulku), Enlightment Intensives
(Charles Berner and Osha Reader) and Dogzen (Edrid).