Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara on how to move past our discomfort and old ideas and make Buddhist communities welcoming to people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
It Takes a Village Zendo: Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s Search for Connection
A lifelong outsider, Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara leads a warm and engaged Zen community in New York’s Greenwich Village. Lindsay Kyte profiles one of Buddhism’s leading teachers.
The Radical Buddhism of Rev. angel Kyodo williams
“I just want people to be liberated.” John DeMont on the radical Buddhism of Rev. angel Kyodo williams.
Our Moment of Possibility and Joy
Who am I, really? Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara shares three teachings that have given her solace and strength as she’s asked that question.
How to Make All Your Work Meaningful
Image by Mark T. Morse.Whether you’re waiting tables or washing laundry, meditating or making art, the key, Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara teaches, is always to savor the task at hand.
Include Everything
A teaching on fear and street retreats by Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara.
What might “Ordinary Zen” look like?
In 2011, I started to ask about my sangha’s ordinariness. What do we look like meditating in our apartments, or sitting on a couch?
Beyond Privilege: a Q&A with angel Kyodo williams
Zen teacher angel Kyodo williams. Photo by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis.To make diversity real, says Zen teacher angel Kyodo williams, Buddhists must look deep into their own hearts.
Feminine Principal
White Tara, one of the principal Vajrayana deities representing enlightened feminine energy. Tara is the liberator whose compassion frees us from the fear and suffering of samsara. Painting by Sanje Elliot.The principal figure in Buddhism is the teacher, a role traditionally dominated by men. Andrea Miller profiles three women teachers — Trudy Goodman, Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, and Lama Palden Drolma — who are changing the face of Buddhism and making the teachings whole.
If Siddhartha Didn’t Leave Home
December 7, 2009. Rohatsu, an all-night meditation in commemoration of the Buddha's enlightenment, at the Village Zendo in Manhattan. Photo by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis.As A. Jesse Jiryu Davis meditates on the anniversary of the Buddha’s enlightenment, he finds a tender connection to the young man who said goodbye to everything.