Dojin Sarah Emerson trained at San Francisco Zen Center, primarily Tassajara, for ten years, culminating in ordination as a Zen priest in 2007. She has also worked in the fields of mental health and pastoral care. She and her husband Korin serve as head teachers of Stone Creek Zen Center in Sebastopol, California, where they live with their two children.
Dojin Sarah Emerson
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Calling on Jizo
In Japan, Jizo Bodhisattva is the “guardian of children who have died.” Zen priest and grief counselor Dojin Sarah Emerson recalls how the Jizo Ceremony helped after the death of her daughter.