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Meido Barbara Anderson is the Resident Guiding Teacher at O-An Zendo. She
began practicing meditation in 1967 soon after receiving her doctorate in
philosophy from Penn State University. She began her formal study and
practice of Zen with the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, receiving the Five
Precepts from him in 1994. In 2010 she received the Ten Grave Buddhist
Precepts from her guiding teacher Shoho Michael Newhall, abbot of Jikoji
and Dharma heir of Kobun Chino Roshi. She was ordained as a Zen priest in
2011, and transmitted to become a Dharma heir in the Phoenix Cloud lineage
in 2019 by Shoho Michael Newhall.
This week Jikoji offers a special Sunday program featuring the Voices of
Women in Zen, who will speak about the Soto Zen ritual and ceremony they
have been creating and nurturing with the guidance of Paula Arai, author of
Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals and...
Published 01/09/22
Carolyn Jikai Dille has been a dedicated student of Buddhist practices for
30 years in the Soto Zen and the Early Buddhist Insight traditions. She
began teaching in dharma communities in 1998 and has studied with a variety
of teachers in the United States and Asia. Carolyn is a poet, writer,...
Published 01/03/22