Many of you may know who Shohaku Okumura is from our Treeleaf reading list. He is a Dharma Heir to Uchiyama Roshi, and one of the most important figures in keeping Dogen's practice alive in the West (in my humble opinion).
He is currently the abbot of Sanshin-ji in Bloomington, IN, and has recently announced that his successor has been chosen, to be fully installed as abbot after a period of seven years. I thought that some of you might be interested to read his letter of succession:
There is a video as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8rt...ature=youtu.be
I think it also says a lot about the democratization of Zen in the West (and the future strength of the tradition) that Okumura has chosen not only a Westerner, but also a woman, to carry on his legacy.
-satToday
He is currently the abbot of Sanshin-ji in Bloomington, IN, and has recently announced that his successor has been chosen, to be fully installed as abbot after a period of seven years. I thought that some of you might be interested to read his letter of succession:
There is a video as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8rt...ature=youtu.be
I think it also says a lot about the democratization of Zen in the West (and the future strength of the tradition) that Okumura has chosen not only a Westerner, but also a woman, to carry on his legacy.
-satToday
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