Soeng Hyang
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| Soeng Hyang | |
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| Birth name: | Barbara Trexler |
| Other name(s): | Barbara Rhodes Bobby |
| Born: | 1948 |
| Place of birth: | Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
| Religion: | Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism |
| School(s): | Kwan Um School of Zen |
| Title(s): | Soen Sa Nim |
| Teacher(s): | Seung Sahn |
| Predecessor(s): | Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim |
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| Website: | www.kwanumzen.org/ |
Soeng Hyang Soen Sa Nim (b. 1948), birth name Barbara Trexler (later Barbara Rhodes née Trexler), is Guiding Dharma Teacher of the international Kwan Um School of Zen and successor of the late Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim. She was a founding member of the Providence Zen Center—now located in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Soeng Hyang received inga from Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim in 1977 and full Dharma transmission in 1992. She has two daughters and currently lives in a same-sex relationship. Seong Hyang has worked as a registered nurse and hospice caregiver, the latter of which she remains actively involved in.[1][2]
[edit] See also
- Buddhism in the United States
- Homosexuality and Buddhism
- Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
[edit] References
- ^ Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who? A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications, pp. 101-102. ISBN 0861715098.
- ^ Skinner, Rosemary, et al. (2006). Encyclopedia of Women And Religion in North America. Indiana University Press, p. 644. ISBN 0253346851.
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