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Dosho Port began practicing Zen in 1977 and now co-teachers with his wife, Tetsugan Zummach, with the Vine of Obstacles Zen. Dosho received dharma transmission from Dainin Katagiri Roshi and inka shomei from James Myoun Ford Roshi in the Harada-Yasutani lineage.

Link: https://www.vineobstacleszen.com/ He is the author of “Keep Me In Your Heart Awhile: The Haunting Zen of Dainin Katagiri,” “The Record of Empty Hall: One Hundred Classic Koans,” and “Going Through the Mystery’s One Hundred Questions.”

Ryushin Andrea Thach, Sensei Andrea began formal practice in 1994 in the Vipassana tradition. In 1997 she joined a Buddhist Peace Fellowship program for socially engaged study and practice and met Kushin Maylie Scott, who became her first teacher and lay ordained her in 2000. Andrea has practiced at BZC since 1999, was ordained in 2005, was shuso in 2009 and received dharma transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman in 2015.

Link to other Talks by Ryushin Sensei: https://berkeleyzencenter.org/andrea-thach/

Rev. Sensei Katie Egart is a Diamond Sangha apprentice dharma teacher with Rocks and Clouds Zendo founding teacher Daniel Terragno, Roshi. Sensei, Egart leads a zen meditation group; teaches Buddhism; teaches mindfulness meditation; and coordinates meditation retreats with incarcerated women. She sits regularly w/ Yellow Springs Dharma Center & Zen on High, Columbus, Ohio.

Link to Other Talks with Sensei Egart: https://youtu.be/3mPOlqw96Ic?si=km1CwefpyF3pmdyl