Wendy Egyoku Nakao
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| Place of birth: | Hawaii |
| Religion: | Zen Buddhism |
| School(s): | Soto and Rinzai |
| Lineage(s): | White Plum Asanga |
| Title(s): | Roshi |
| Workplace: | Zen Center of Los Angeles |
| Predecessor(s): | Bernard Glassman |
| Successor(s): | Merle Kodo Boyd |
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| Website: | www.zencenter.org/ |
Wendy Egyoku Nakao is currently the abbot of the Zen Center of Los Angeles, having moved into the center in 1978 and later receiving Dharma transmission and inka from Bernard Glassman. She assumed her abbotship in 1999. According to James Ishmael Ford, "Under her leadership, the center has expanded its mission to be more family-friendly and socially active, creating an important experiment in the development of Western Zen." Nakao has also conferred Dharma transmission to the first ever African-American woman, Merle Kodo Boyd. Nakao is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association.[1][1][2]
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 with Pat Enkyo O'Hara |
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- Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715098.
- Friedman, Lenore (2000). Meetings With Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 1570624747.
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