Monthly Archives: February 2024

Adapted from The Third Step East – D. T. Suzuki was a scholar. Nyogen Senzaki was an effective teacher, but he had not been formally authorized as one. The first fully authorized, or transmitted, Zen Master to teach in North America was Sokei-an Sasaki. He was the son of a Shinto priest who died whenContinue reading “Sokei-an and Ruth Fuller Sasaki”

Sangha Jewel Zen Center, Corvallis, Oregon – Mushin Abby Terris is the founding teacher of the Sangha Jewel Zen Center in Corvallis, Oregon. She was raised in a household in the Bronx which she describes as culturally Jewish, although her mother’s family were members of the High Church of England. “My father was Jewish, althoughContinue reading “Mushin Abby Terris”

Zen Center of Los Angeles – Wendy Egyoku Nakao – abbot emeritus of the Zen Center of Los Angeles – invites me to call her Wendy which, she explains, is easier to pronounce than her Dharma name. It is a light-hearted conversation. She laughs easily and frequently. She was born and raised in Hawaii. “MyContinue reading “Wendy Egyoku Nakao”