Josho Pat Phelan Explained

Josho Pat Phelan
Alias:	Taitaku Josho
Religion:	Buddhism
Denomination:	Sōtō^[1]
Priest
Location:	Chapel Hill Zen Center
Website:	http://www.chzc.org

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]}

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

Notes and References

1. Book: Wilson, Jeff . Dixie dharma: inside a Buddhist temple in the American South . 2012 . 978-0-8078-6997-0 . Chapel Hill . 144 . 785811659.
2. Web site: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . FEATURE . Tensions in American Buddhism . July 6, 2001 PBS . . September 2, 2017 . March 10, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130310153736/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week445/cover.html . dead .
3. News: Shimron . Yonat . October 8, 2000 . Installing abbess is a milestone . B1, B3 . . November 20, 2022 . Newspapers.com.
4. Book: Skinner Keller, Rosemary. Rosemary Radford Ruether . Marie Cantlon . The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Indiana University Press. 2006. 0-253-34685-1. 61711172 . 640.
5. Book: Boucher, Sandy. Sandy Boucher. Opening the Lotus: A Woman's Guide to Buddhism. Beacon Press. 1998. 0-8070-7309-1. registration . 159–160.
6. Book: Wenger, Michael. Michael Wenger. Wind Bell: Teachings from the San Francisco Zen Center (1968-2001). North Atlantic Books. 2001. registration. pat phelan zen.. 1-55643-381-6 . 213–218.
7. Web site: Pearce. Carolyn. A Community of Choices. The Daily Tar Heel. 2001-04-10. 2008-03-08.
8. Book: Krall, Ruth E. . Living on the edge of the edge : letters to a younger colleague . 2017 . 978-1-5255-0060-2 . First . Victoria, BC . 226 . 1007230245.
9. http://www.duke.edu/web/meditation/past_speakers.html.
10. http://americanzenteachers.org/list.html Zen Centers of America
11. http://www.intrex.net/chzg/patsbio.htm Taitaku Pat Phelan Sensei