Wendy Egyoku Nakao
Wendy Egyoku Nakao | |
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Bernard Glassman | |
| Successor | Merle Kodo Boyd |
| Website | www.zencenter.org/ |
Wendy Egyoku Nakao
African-American woman, Merle Kodo Boyd. Nakao is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association.[1][2][3] In May 2019 Egyoku Nakao stepped down as abbot, but remains its head teacher, to devote herself to further developing ZCLA's teaching curriculum. She at that time installed Deborah Faith-Mind Thoresen as the ZCLA's fourth abbot. Her book of modern koans, co-written with rōshi Eve Marko
, was published in 2020.
Bibliography
- Eve Myonen Marko; Wendy Egyoku Nakao (2020). The Book of Householder Koans: Waking Up in the Land of Attachments. Monkfish Book Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-948626-08-8.
Gallery
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withPat Enkyo O'Hara
Notes
- ^ http://www.americanzenteachers.org/list.html
- ^ Ford, 166
- ^ Friedman, 339
References
- ISBN 0-86171-509-8.
- Friedman, Lenore (2000). Meetings With Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 1-57062-474-7.