| Enkyō Pat O'Hara | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Sōtō and Rinzai Zen Peacemaker Circle |
| Lineage | White Plum Asanga |
| Dharma name(s) | Enkyō |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Tisch School of the Arts Village Zendo |
| Title | Roshi |
| Predecessor | Tetsugen Bernard Glassman |
| Successor | Barbara Joshin O’Hara [1] Jules Shuzen Harris [2] Randall Ryotan Eiger Sinlcair Shinryu Thomson Catherine Anraku Hondorp Julie Myoko Terestman |
| Religious career | |
| Website | www.villagezendo.org |
Enkyō Pat O'Hara is a Soto priest and teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage of Zen Buddhism. She is abbot and founder of the Village Zendo in New York City.[1][2] She serves as co-spiritual director of the Zen Peacemaker Order[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. She holds a doctorate in Media ecology. A socially engaged Buddhist, she is a member of the White Plum Asanga and manages the Buddhist AIDS Network.
Much of Enkyo’s activism is in the world of HIV/AIDS, from teaching meditation to HIV-positive practitioners to working on prevention strategies among those at risk, and serving as Chairperson of the Board of the National AIDS Interfaith Network. As a lesbian,[2] she articulates a Zen Buddhist approach to issues of difference around sexuality, race, class, and health. O'Hara was ordained a Soto priest by Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi in 1995 and received shiho from Bernard Glassman in 1996. In June 2004 Glassman gave O'Hara inka.[4]
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