Joko Beck
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Charlotte Joko Beck is a Zen teacher in the United States and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen. Born in New Jersey in 1917, she studied music at Oberlin College and worked for some time as a pianist and piano teacher. Having received Dharma Transmission From Taizan Maezumi Roshi, she founded the Ordinary MInd School of Zen and opened the San Diego Zen Center in 1983 and served as its head teacher until July of 2006. She now lives in Precott, Arizona, where she teaches part time.
Books
- Everyday Zen: Love and Work (1989) ISBN 0-06-060734-3
- Nothing Special: Living Zen (1993) ISBN 0-06-251117-3
References
An account of Joko Beck's unique role and influence on the development of Zen in America can be found in "Zen Master Who?" by James Ishmael Ford, Wisdom Publications, Boston 2006.
