Bonnie Myotai Treace
Bonnie Myotai Treace is a Zen teacher and priest, the founder of Hermitage Heart, and formerly the abbot of the Zen Center of NYC; she teaches currently in Black Mountain and Asheville, North Carolina. Myotai Sensei is the first Dharma successor of John Daido Loori, Roshi, in the Mountains and Rivers Order, having received shiho, dharma transmission, from him in 1996. Serving and training for over two decades eventually as vice-abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery, she was the establishing teacher and first abbess of the Zen Center of New York City. At the Monastery she was the Vice Abbot, the first director of Dharma Communications, editor of Mountain Record, and coordinator of the affiliates of the Mountains and Rivers Order. Treace, ordained as a Zen monastic, now lives as a lay teacher, working primarily with her long-term students.
Bonnie Myotai Treace | |
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 Bonnie Myotai Treace Sensei of Black Mountain Zen, Black Mountain, NC | |
| Title | Sensei |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1956 |
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| Lineage | Soto Zen |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Maezumi Roshi, Daido Roshi |
| Based in | Hermitage Heart |
| Predecessor | John Daido Loori |
| Successor | Phil Sengetsu Kolman |
| Website | https://www.hermitageheartzenbmt.com |
Treace holds an advanced degree in literature, was a lobbyist for women's issues, and an analyst with the Potomac Research Institute specializing in hydromechanics.
In 2016 Myotai gave shiho or dharma transmission to Phil Sengetsu Kolman, Sensei, and named John Kyoman Weiczorek as Dharma Steward of Hermitage Heart.
Treace is the author of five books: "A Year of Zen," "Wake Up," "Zen Meditation for Beginners," "Winter Moon: A Season of Zen," and "Empty Branches." She's also had chapters in "Water: Its Spiritual Significance" (Vons Fitae Press), The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza, and "Lotus Moon: The Poetry of Rengetsu", along with many other writings. Myotai's teachings have appeared in various Buddhist publications, including Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, The Mountain Record and in several editions of The Best Buddhist Writing. [1][2][3][4][5]
Notes
- Stevens, 128
- Loori
- Seager, 257
- Prebish, 100
- "Zen Meditation And Dharma Talk on "Koans Of Water" to be Held at St. Mary's". Archived from the original on 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
References
- Loori, John Daido (2002). The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza. Wisdom Publications. p. 161. ISBN 0-86171-327-3.
- Prebish, Charles S. (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21697-0.
- Seager, Richard Hughes (1999). Buddhism in America. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-10868-0.
- Stevens, John; Rengetsu (2005). Lotus Moon: The Poetry of the Buddhist Nun Rengetsu. White Pine Press. ISBN 1-893996-36-0.
