Josho Pat Phelan
| Josho Pat Phelan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Religion | Sōtō |
| Other names | Taitaku Josho |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Chapel Hill Zen Center |
| Title | Priest |
| Religious career | |
| Website | http://www.chzc.org |
Josho Pat Phelan, Buddhist name Taitaku Josho,[1] is a Sōtō Zen priest and current abbot of Chapel Hill Zen Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina—she has served as abbot there since 2000.[2] Before coming to Chapel Hill, she practiced for twenty years at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center and the San Francisco Zen Center (where she became practice leader and director).[3][4] Phelan began leading the Chapel Hill Zen Center in 1991, when there were just eight members including herself. As of 2001, the center had forty-five members and provides meditation instruction for approximately one-hundred and fifty people every year.[5] Ordained as a priest by Zentatsu Richard Baker in 1977, she began Zen practice in 1969 and has also trained under Sojun Mel Weitsman, Robert Baker Aitken and Tenshin Reb Anderson[6] Additionally, Phelan is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association, and in 1995 she received shiho from Sojun Weitsman at Tassajara.[7][8]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . FEATURE . Tensions in American Buddhism . July 6, 2001 | PBS
- ↑ Skinner Keller, 640
- ↑ Boucher, 159-160
- ↑ Wenger, 213-218
- ↑ Carolyn Pearce
- ↑ http://www.duke.edu/web/meditation/past_speakers.html.
- ↑ Zen Centers of America
- ↑ Taitaku Pat Phelan Sensei
References
- Boucher, Sandy (1998). Opening the Lotus: A Woman's Guide to Buddhism. Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-7309-1.
- Pearce, Carolyn (2001-04-10). "A Community of Choices". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- Skinner Keller, Rosemary; Rosemary Radford Ruether; Marie Cantlon (2006). The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34685-1.
- Wenger, Michael (2001). Wind Bell: Teachings from the San Francisco Zen Center (1968-2001). North Atlantic Books. ISBN 1-55643-381-6.