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In 1967 she joined the [[Zen Studies Society]] in [[New York]], training under [[Eido Tai Shimano]], [[Haku'un Yasutani]] and [[Soen Nakagawa]]—and was married to Lou Nordstrom by Shimano and Yasutani. She received the [[Dharma name]] Roko (meaning ''sparkling dew''). The couple moved to Syracuse and Sherry Chayat left [[Zen Studies Society]] in middle seventies. She joined a small sitting group that had been founded in 1972 by some Syracuse University graduate students and later became the group's leader.
In 1967 she joined the [[Zen Studies Society]] in [[New York]], training under [[Eido Tai Shimano]], [[Haku'un Yasutani]] and [[Soen Nakagawa]]—and was married to Lou Nordstrom by Shimano and Yasutani. She received the [[Dharma name]] Roko (meaning ''sparkling dew''). The couple moved to Syracuse and Sherry Chayat left [[Zen Studies Society]] in middle seventies. She joined a small sitting group that had been founded in 1972 by some Syracuse University graduate students and later became the group's leader.


In 1984 Roko invited [[Maurine Stuart]] [[Rōshi|Roshi]] to lead the first sesshin and in 1985 Maurine ordained her as a Zen priest. After Maurine's death in 1990 Roko resumed her studies at [[Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji]]. She was reordained by [[Eido Shimano]] Roshi in 1991.<ref>{{cite book |author=[[James Ishmael Ford]] |coauthors= |title=Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen |year=2006 |publisher=[[Wisdom Publications]] |quote= |page=119| url= |isbn=0-86171-509-8 }}</ref> In 1992 she was given teaching permission and then received [[Dharma transmission]] in 1998 from Shimano.<ref name="keller"/><ref>{{cite book |author=[[James Ishmael Ford]] |coauthors= |title=Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen |year=2006 |publisher=[[Wisdom Publications]] |quote= |pages=117–119| url= |isbn=0-86171-509-8 }}</ref>
In 1984 Roko invited [[Maurine Stuart]] [[Rōshi|Roshi]] to lead the first sesshin and in 1985 Maurine ordained her as a Zen priest. After Maurine's death in 1990 Roko resumed her studies at [[Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji]]. She was reordained by [[Eido Shimano]] Roshi in 1991.<ref>{{cite book |author=[[James Ishmael Ford]] |coauthors= |title=Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen |year=2006 |publisher=[[Wisdom Publications]] |quote= |page=119| url= |isbn=0-86171-509-8 }}</ref> In 1992 she was given teaching permission and then received [[Dharma transmission]] in 1998 from Shimano.<ref name="keller"/><ref>{{cite book |author=[[James Ishmael Ford]] |coauthors= |title=Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen |year=2006 |publisher=[[Wisdom Publications]] |quote= |pages=117–119| url= |isbn=0-86171-509-8 }}</ref> She was the first American woman to receive transmission in the [[Rinzai]] school of Buddhism.<ref name="highbeam.com"/><ref name="books.google.com">[http://books.google.com/books?id=WPILfbtT5tQC&pg=PA642&lpg=PA642&dq=%22sherry+chayat+was+born%22&source=bl&ots=3NiMzEqjEK&sig=HK8D4FfKZwzAllMyBDk54sEvpqE&hl=en&ei=FqOPTPC1B8P7lweO79CcAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCAQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22sherry%20chayat%20was%20born%22&f=false Encyclopedia of women and religion in North America, Volume 2] By Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon (pg. 642)</ref><ref name="HarperSanFrancisco, 2006 320 pages; $24.95 hardcover">{{cite web|author=HarperSanFrancisco, 2006 320 pages; $24.95 (hardcover) |url=http://www.thebuddhadharma.com/issues/2006/spring/women_of_the_way_review.html |title=The Lost Lineage |publisher=Thebuddhadharma.com |date= |accessdate=2010-11-19}}</ref> In 2006 [[Merle Kodo Boyd]], born in Texas, became the first African-American woman ever to receive Dharma transmission in Zen Buddhism.<ref name="google1">[http://books.google.com/books?id=-kut6gcyTNEC&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=%22merle+kodo+boyd%22+%22first+black&source=bl&ots=eIfsa9MCDY&sig=ZLgE9pP6rbrM3iPDpBkAujE8mhY&hl=en&ei=LvyKTPLiIsGC8gb0wdCdDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=merle%20kodo%20boyd&f=false Zen master who?: a guide to the people and stories of Zen] By James Ishmael Ford</ref>



On October 12, 2008, after a 10-year process of advanced training culminating in a ceremony called shitsugo (literally “room-name”), she received the title of roshi and the name Shinge (“Heart/Mind Flowering") from Eido Roshi. It was the first time that this ceremony was held in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zencenterofsyracuse.org/sites/default/files/dharmaConnection2008.pdf |title= Dharma Connections 2008 p.9 |publisher=Zen Center of Syracuse |accessdate=2010-10-05 }}</ref>
On October 12, 2008, after a 10-year process of advanced training culminating in a ceremony called shitsugo (literally “room-name”), she received the title of roshi and the name Shinge (“Heart/Mind Flowering") from Eido Roshi. It was the first time that this ceremony was held in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zencenterofsyracuse.org/sites/default/files/dharmaConnection2008.pdf |title= Dharma Connections 2008 p.9 |publisher=Zen Center of Syracuse |accessdate=2010-10-05 }}</ref>

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Sherry Chayat
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Born1943
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ReligionZen Buddhism
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EducationVassar College
OccupationRoshi
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Shinge-shitsu Roko Sherry Chayat (born 1943) is an advocate for the use of meditation in medical settings, with Hoen-ji running the program Well/Being Contemplative Practices for Healing for healthcare professionals.[1]

Biography

Sherry Chayat was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943 and grew up in New Mexico and New Jersey.

She read her first book on Zen Buddhism while in the eighth grade, and decided she would one day study it abroad. During the 1960s, while attending college at Vassar College, she began an informal study of Buddhism by reading works by D.T. Suzuki, Alan Watts, and many others. She studied art at the New York Studio School for Drawing and Painting.

In 1967 she joined the Zen Studies Society in New York, training under Eido Tai Shimano, Haku'un Yasutani and Soen Nakagawa—and was married to Lou Nordstrom by Shimano and Yasutani. She received the Dharma name Roko (meaning sparkling dew). The couple moved to Syracuse and Sherry Chayat left Zen Studies Society in middle seventies. She joined a small sitting group that had been founded in 1972 by some Syracuse University graduate students and later became the group's leader.

In 1984 Roko invited Maurine Stuart Roshi to lead the first sesshin and in 1985 Maurine ordained her as a Zen priest. After Maurine's death in 1990 Roko resumed her studies at Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji. She was reordained by Eido Shimano Roshi in 1991.[2] In 1992 she was given teaching permission and then received Dharma transmission in 1998 from Shimano.[1][3] She was the first American woman to receive transmission in the Rinzai school of Buddhism.[4][5][6] In 2006 Merle Kodo Boyd, born in Texas, became the first African-American woman ever to receive Dharma transmission in Zen Buddhism.[7]


On October 12, 2008, after a 10-year process of advanced training culminating in a ceremony called shitsugo (literally “room-name”), she received the title of roshi and the name Shinge (“Heart/Mind Flowering") from Eido Roshi. It was the first time that this ceremony was held in the United States.[8]

Sherry Chayat was installed as the second Abbot of Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji on New Year's Day 2011.[9][10]

Bibliography

  • Stuart, Maurine (1996). Subtle Sound: the Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Shambhala Publications, dist. Random House. ISBN 1-57062-094-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Chayat, Sherry (1994). Life Lessons: The Art of Jerome Witkin. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-2617-7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Nakagawa, Soen (1996). Endless Vow: The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 1-57062-162-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Chayat, Roko Sherry ed. (2008). Eloquent Silence: Nyogen Senzaki's Gateless Gate and Other Previously Unpublished Teachings and Letters. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-559-4

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Rosemary Skinner Keller (2006). The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Indiana University Press. pp. 642–643. ISBN 0-253-34685-1. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ James Ishmael Ford (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. p. 119. ISBN 0-86171-509-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ James Ishmael Ford (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. pp. 117–119. ISBN 0-86171-509-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference highbeam.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Encyclopedia of women and religion in North America, Volume 2 By Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon (pg. 642)
  6. ^ HarperSanFrancisco, 2006 320 pages; $24.95 (hardcover). "The Lost Lineage". Thebuddhadharma.com. Retrieved 2010-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Zen master who?: a guide to the people and stories of Zen By James Ishmael Ford
  8. ^ "Dharma Connections 2008 p.9" (PDF). Zen Center of Syracuse. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  9. ^ "Installation". Zen Center of Syracuse. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  10. ^ "The Zen Studies Society". zenstudies.org. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

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