Josho Pat Phelan

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]

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

See also

Notes
  1. Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . FEATURE . Tensions in American Buddhism . July 6, 2001 | PBS
  2. Skinner Keller, 640
  3. Boucher, 159-160
  4. Wenger, 213-218
  5. Carolyn Pearce
  6. http://www.duke.edu/web/meditation/past_speakers.html.
  7. Zen Centers of America Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Taitaku Pat Phelan Sensei Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine

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. OCLC 61711172.
  • Wenger, Michael (2001). Wind Bell: Teachings from the San Francisco Zen Center (1968-2001). North Atlantic Books. ISBN 1-55643-381-6. pat phelan zen.


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