- Caitriona Reed
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website =Caitriona Reed (born 1949) is a
transwoman sensei ofThiền Zen Buddhism and co-founder of Ordinary Dharma inLos Angeles, California —as well as its rural retreat center Manzanita Village Retreat Center, located inSan Diego County . Reed, a member of theAmerican Zen Teachers Association , has been practicingBuddhism since 1981. She received her authority to teach Zen to others fromThich Nhat Hanh in 1992, and changed from a man to a woman in 1996. She remarks on her decision to change sexes, "As a teacher encouraging others to live more honest and authentic lives, it was increasingly difficult for me to deny a basic fact—that I was a woman."cite web |last=Yar |first=Harriette |title=Just another dharma bum: Buddhist teacher Caitríona Reed |publisher=The Advocate |date=2006-12-19 |url=http://www.advocate.com/issue_story_ektid39958.asp |accessdate=2008-02-16 ] Together with her partner Michele Benzamin Masuda at Manzanita, Reed conductsmindfulness retreats, workshops, and seminars influenced by her teacher Nhat Hanh, and also teachesdeep ecology ,social responsibility and personal development training. In addition to conducting retreats, she is also a performance coach, consultant andhypnotherapist .cite book |last=Badiner |first=Allan Hunt |title=Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology |publisher=Parallax Press |year=1990 |pages=261 |isbn=0938077309 ] cite book |last=Gottlieb |first=Roger S. |title=Liberating Faith: Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |year=2003 |pages=533 |isbn=0742525341 ] citation |url=http://www.americanzenteachers.org/list.html |title=American Zen Teachers |accessdate=2008-02-18 ]ee also
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Buddhism in the United States
*Homosexuality and Buddhism
*Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States References
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