Geri Larkin

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Geri Larkin
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Birth name:  Geraldine Kapp Willis
Place of birth: United States
Religion: Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism
School(s): Seon
Title(s): Priest
Teacher(s): Samu Sunim
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P'arang Geri Larkin, born Geraldine Kapp Willis, is founder and former head teacher of Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple in Detroit, Michigan, a Korean Chogye center. The name Geri Larkin is a pen name, and she graduated from Barnard College in 1973.[1] Geri Larkin, daughter of a wealthy IBM executive, left her successful business life as a management consultant to enter a Buddhist seminary for 3 years where she was ordained. When she left she sold her material possessions and bought a brick duplex in downtown Detroit which, with the help of local residents she cleaned up and turned into Still Point.

She currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

[edit] See also

[edit] Books

  • Stumbling Toward Enlightenment
  • Building a Business the Buddhist Way
  • Tap Dancing in Zen
  • First You Shave Your Head
  • The Still Point Dhammapada: Living the Buddha's Essential Teachings
  • The Chocolate Cake Sutra

[edit] References

  1. ^ Books, etc.. Barnard College. Retrieved on 2008-11-02.
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