Seirin Barbara Kohn

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name = Seirin Barbara Kohn


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denomination = Zen Buddhism
school = Soto
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workplace = Austin Zen Center
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Seirin Barbara Kohn is a Soto Zen sensei and head priest of The Austin Zen Center (AZC) in Austin, Texas, practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. She was ordained as a Soto priest by Reb Anderson and received Dharma transmission from Zenkei Blanche Hartman—Kohn being Hartman's first Dharma heir. The Austin Zen Center's temple name, Zenkei-ji, is named after Blanche Hartman. Kohn became head priest and resident teacher of AZC on October 13, 2002. Before assuming her leadership of AZC, Kohn served as President of the San Francisco Zen Center. Kohn has also been known to offer "commitment ceremonies" for same-sex couples, stating, "I simply treat them all the same." [Liao, Ruth] [Ford, 131] [Texas Monthly] [http://www.austinzencenter.org/azc/AboutazcHistory.shtml]

ee also

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

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*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 =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70174891&referer=one_hit| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861715098
*cite web| last =Liao| first =Ruth| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Man to Man, Woman to Woman| work =| publisher =Daily Texan| date =2003-04-09| url =http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2003/04/09/Focus/Man-To.Man.Woman.To.Woman-494823.shtml| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-02-15
*cite web| last =Kohn| first =Barbara| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Zen meditation can help ease stress and suffering (Subscription only)| work =| publisher =The Austin American-Statesman| date =2005-10-15| url =http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10D459D0C8867EC0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-02-15
*cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Let It Be: Buddhism becoming more popular in Texas (Subscription only)| work =| publisher =Texas Monthly| date =2001-03-01| url =http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10941489_ITM| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-02-15