Zen Profiles

Joan Halifax

Upaya Zen Center – I have a spiel I use before starting an interview. I assure the person interviewed that I am less interested in what they say than in what they intended to say and that I recognize there may be a difference between the two. Therefore, I will send them a transcript of…

by Rick McDaniel

Sara Jisho Siebert

Zen Fields, Ames, Iowa –  Sara Jisho Siebert is a Soto Zen priest who teaches at Zen Fields in Ames, Iowa. Her back story is striking. “When I was fourteen, a number of people in my life experienced sexual violence and talked to me about it. My mom is a great listener, and I guess…

by Rick McDaniel

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