The Soto Zen Buddhist Association’s monthly year-long speaker series continues on June 30 with a presentation by Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, “A Trace of Mahapajapati: The Elements of Dharma Transmission Woman to Woman.”
This presentation will share the elements of Dharma Transmission between female teachers and female students. The depth and uniqueness of relationships between female teachers and female students deserve recognition and acknowledgment. Gender matters. Specifically, Zenju Osho will share her personal experience of being transmitted by the renowned Zenkei Blanche Hartman, the first woman Abbess of the San Francisco Zen Center.
She will also speak to the power of cross-cultural aspects of being a student of color with a teacher who was white and Jewish. What can we teach the world from having such unique relationships on the path of dharma?
