Josho Pat Phelan

Josho Pat Phelan, Buddhist name Taitaku Josho,[2] 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.[3][4] 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).[5][6] 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.[7] Ordained as a priest by Zentatsu Richard Baker[8] in 1977, she began Zen practice in 1969 and has also trained under Sojun Mel Weitsman, Robert Baker Aitken and Tenshin Reb Anderson[9] Additionally, Phelan is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association, and in 1995 she received shiho from Sojun Weitsman at Tassajara.[10][11]

Josho Pat Phelan
TitlePriest
Personal
ReligionBuddhism
DenominationSōtō[1]
Other namesTaitaku Josho
Senior posting
Based inChapel Hill Zen Center
Websitehttp://www.chzc.org

See also

References
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  2. "Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . FEATURE . Tensions in American Buddhism . July 6, 2001 | PBS". PBS. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. Shimron, Yonat (October 8, 2000). "Installing abbess is a milestone". The News & Observer. pp. B1, B3. Retrieved November 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Skinner Keller, Rosemary; Rosemary Radford Ruether; Marie Cantlon (2006). The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Indiana University Press. p. 640. ISBN 0-253-34685-1. OCLC 61711172.
  5. Boucher, Sandy (1998). Opening the Lotus: A Woman's Guide to Buddhism. Beacon Press. pp. 159–160. ISBN 0-8070-7309-1.
  6. Wenger, Michael (2001). Wind Bell: Teachings from the San Francisco Zen Center (1968-2001). North Atlantic Books. pp. 213–218. ISBN 1-55643-381-6. pat phelan zen.
  7. Pearce, Carolyn (2001-04-10). "A Community of Choices". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  8. Krall, Ruth E. (2017). Living on the edge of the edge : letters to a younger colleague (First ed.). Victoria, BC. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-5255-0060-2. OCLC 1007230245.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. http://www.duke.edu/web/meditation/past_speakers.html. Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Zen Centers of America Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Taitaku Pat Phelan Sensei Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine


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