Jan Chozen Bays
Jan Chozen Bays | |
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Religion | Zen Buddhism |
School | Harada-Yasutani |
Lineage | White Plum Asanga |
Dharma names | Chozen |
Personal | |
Born | c. 1945 United States |
Spouse | Hogen Bays |
Senior posting | |
Title | Roshi |
Predecessor | Taizan Maezumi |
Religious career | |
Website | Great Vow Zen Monastery Zen Community of Oregon |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Jan Chozen Bays, MD (born 1945), is a pediatrician and Zen teacher practicing in Oregon. With her husband Laren Hogen Bays, since 1985 she has been a teacher at the Zen Community of Oregon, a Zen center or sangha in Portland, Oregon.[1] Chozen and Hogen Bays are also co-founders of the Great Vow Zen Monastery of Clatskanie, Oregon, which opened in 2002 and where she is now co-abbot. She was a student of Venerable Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi, from 1977 until the time of his death in 1995, and from whom she received dharma transmission in 1983. From 1990 until the present she has continued to deepen and expand her practice with Shodo Harada, a Rinzai Zen teacher.[2][3] She is also interested in interfaith dialogue and currently sits on the Board of World Religious Leaders for the Elijah Interfaith Institute.[4]
Gallery
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with Kaz Tanahashi
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husband Hogen Bays
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Hogens Bays, Paul Genki Kahn, Jan Chozen Bays.jpg
Hogen, Paul Genki Kahn, and Chozen
Bibliography
See also
- Gyokuko Carlson
- Kyogen Carlson
- List of Rinzai Buddhists
- Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
References
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- ↑ Before founding Great Vow she was the founder of Larch Mountain Zen Center, also in the Portland area, and prior to that she and Hogen were longtime residents of the LA Zen Center, founded by Maezumi Roshi. Chozen is a pediatrician specializing in child abuse, founded a child abuse clinic in Portland (called CARES) and has lectured on the subject throughout the U.S. and internationally. She is the author of several books. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Elijah Interfaith Institute - Buddhist Members of the Board of World Religious Leaders
External links
- Great Vow Zen Monastery
- Zen Community of Oregon
- Jizo Bodhisattva, Modern Healing and Traditional Buddhist Practice
- Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders
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