January 2026 – Richard Bryan McDaniel

David Parks

Bluegrass Zen – I was a member of an amateur bluegrass group while in university, so am charmed by the idea that there is Bluegrass Zen community in Lexington, Kentucky. It’s resident teacher, David Parks, was born in Phoenix, Arizona but grew up in Kentucky. “When I was born, my father was a doctor withContinue reading “David Parks”

Guy Gaudry

London, Ontario, Zen Center – Guy Gaudry is the director of the London Zen Center in Ontario. He grew up in a small town in British Columbia – Hope – where he was introduced to Buddhism in a pharmacy. “In Hope, our only source of information was the local drug store. It was a veryContinue reading “Guy Gaudry”

Tess Beasley

Pacific Zen Institute – Tess Beasley, although located in Connecticut on the East Coast, is the current board president of the Pacific Zen Institute on the West. And she grew up far from either ocean in Utah. “Neither of my parents were Mormon. They ended up there by just strange karmic circumstances and decided toContinue reading “Tess Beasley”