Enkyo Pat O'Hara
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| Enkyō Pat O'Hara | |
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| Dharma name(s): | Enkyō |
| Religion: | Zen Buddhism |
| School(s): | Soto and Rinzai Zen Peacemaker Circle |
| Lineage(s): | White Plum Asanga |
| Title(s): | Roshi |
| Workplace: | Tisch School of the Arts Village Zendo |
| Predecessor(s): | Tetsugen Bernard Glassman |
| Successor(s): | Barbara Joshin O’Hara[1] Jules Shuzen Harris[2] |
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| Website: | www.villagezendo.org |
Enkyō Pat O'Hara, a lesbian[1] Soto Zen roshi, is the co-spiritual director of the Zen Peacemaker Circle[3] along with Tetsugen Bernard Glassman. She is also a former professor of interactive media at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and is the current head abbess of Village Zendo in New York City (formerly located in her apartment).[2][1] A socially engaged Buddhist, she is a member of the White Plum Asanga and manages the Buddhist AIDS Network. She also leads a zazen group at Manhattan's Gay Men's Health Crisis and is actively involved in issues relating to poverty and homelessness.[3] O'Hara was ordained a Soto priest by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi in 1974 and received shiho from Bernard Glassman in 1994. In June of 2004 Glassman gave O'Hara inka.[4]
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[edit] See also
- Buddhism in the United States
- Homosexuality and Buddhism
- Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
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[edit] References
- Gregory, Peter N. (2007). Women Practicing Buddhism: American Experiences. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 086171539X.
- Skinner Keller, Rosemary; Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon (2006). The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253346851.
- Wilson, Jeff (2000). The Buddhist Guide to New York. Macmillan. ISBN 0312267150.
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