Gyokuko Carlson

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name = Gyokuko Carlson


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denomination = Zen Buddhism
school = Soto
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title = Roshi
workplace = Dharma Rain Zen Center
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website = [http://www.Dharma-Rain.Org www.Dharma-Rain.Org]

Gyokuko Carlson is a Soto Zen roshi and co-abbot of Dharma Rain Zen Center in Portland, Oregon along with her husband, Kyogen Carlson. Carlson and her husband practiced at Shasta Abbey when Jiyu Kennett ran the place (whom she received Dharma transmission from), leaving to found their own center when celibacy became a requirement there. She has been a practitioner of Zen Buddhism for more than thirty years, and is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association. [Ford, 143] [Boucher, 164]

ee also

*Great Vow Zen Monastery
*Jan Chozen Bays

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References

*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 book| last =Boucher| first =Sandy| authorlink =Sandy Boucher| coauthors =| title =Opening the Lotus: A Woman's Guide to Buddhism| publisher =Beacon Press| date =1998| location =| pages =| url =http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45734009&referer=one_hit| doi =| id = | isbn = 0807073091