Soeng Hyang

Soeng Hyang

Infobox Buddhist biography
name = Soeng Hyang



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birth_name = Barbara Trexler
other_names = Barbara Rhodes
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birth_date = 1948
birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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denomination = Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism
school = Kwan Um School of Zen
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title = Soen Sa Nim
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teacher = Seung Sahn
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predecessor = Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim
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website = [http://www.kwanumzen.org/ www.kwanumzen.org/]

Soeng Hyang (Nature Scent) Soen Sa Nim (b. April 15, 1948), birth name Barbara Trexler (later Barbara Rhodes née Trexler), is School Zen Master of the international Kwan Um School of Zen and successor of the late Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim. She was a founding member of the Providence Zen Center—now located in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Soeng Hyang received inga from Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim in 1977 and full Dharma transmission in 1992. She has two daughters and currently lives in a same-sex relationship. Seong Hyang has worked as a registered nurse and hospice caregiver, the latter of which she remains actively involved in.cite book| last =Ford| first =James Ishmael| authorlink =James Ishmael Ford| coauthors =| title =Zen Master Who? A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2006| location =| pages =pp. 101-102| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861715098] cite book| last =Skinner| first =Rosemary, et al.| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Encyclopedia of Women And Religion in North America| publisher =Indiana University Press| date =2006| location =| pages =p. 644| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0253346851]

ee also

*Buddhism in the United States
*Homosexuality and Buddhism
*Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

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