General Information: Overview: Who We Are: Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara

Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara is the Abbot of Dotoku-ji / Village Zendo.

Roshi Enkyo is a Zen Priest and certified Zen Teacher in the Soto tradition. She studied with John Daido Loori Roshi of Zen Mountain Monastery and Taizan Maezumi Roshi of the Zen Center of Los Angeles/Zen Mountain Center. She is a Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order.

In 1997 she received Shiho (dharma transmission) from Roshi Bernie Glassman and in June, 2004, she received inka from him in an empowerment ceremony held at the Mother House of the Zen Peacemakers in Montague, Ma.

ZP Co-Spiritual Directors Roshi Enkyo and Roshi Bernie

In May, 2005 she became Co-Spiritual Director, with Bernie Glassman, of the Zen Peacemakers.

Enkyo's focus is on true self-expression, peacemaking and HIV/AIDS activism. She holds a Ph. D. in Media Ecology and taught Multi-media at New York University for over 20 years.