Merle Kodo Boyd
United States
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Merle Kodo Boyd was an American Zen Buddhist nun. She was the first African-American woman to receive Dharma transmission in Zen Buddhism, as a Dharma heir…
Buddhist tradition
Sōtō Zen / White Plum
English
Biography
Merle Kodo Boyd was an American Zen Buddhist nun. She was the first African-American woman to receive Dharma transmission in Zen Buddhism, as a Dharma heir of Wendy Egyoku Nakao in the White Plum Asanga. Receiving transmission in March 2006, she led the Lincroft Zen Sangha in New Jersey that is currently part of the Zen Peacemaker Circle established by Tetsugen Bernard Glassman and his wife Sandra Jishu Holmes.
Teachings & topics
MeditationMindfulnessCompassionLiberation
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