Ordinary Mind Zen School
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The Ordinary Mind Zen School was created by Charlotte Joko Beck, Elizabeth Hamilton, Diane Rizzetto and Elihu Smith in 1995.
[edit] Authorized Teachers (Dharma heirs)
Joko Beck has given Dharma Transmission to the following people:
- Barry Magid - New York
- Anna Christenson - New York
- Larry Christensen - Oregon
- Elihu Genmyo Smith - Ill
- Diane Rizzetto - California
- Barbara Penn -North Carolina
- Geoff Dawson -Sydney, Australia
- Gregg Howard -Brisbane, Australia
She also gave Dharma Transmission to Ezra Bayda - San Diego and Elizabeth Hamiltion -San Diego, but later dissociated herself from them.
Barry Magid has given preliminary permission to teach to:
- Pat George - Philadelphia
[edit] Teachings
The Zen teachings of this school are varied. Each Dharma Successor in the school may apply diverse practice approaches and determine the structure of any organization that s/he may develop to facilitate practice. Teachers are committed to the openness and fluidity of practice, wherein the wisdom of the absolute may be manifested in/as our life. An important function of this school is the ongoing examination and development of effective teaching approaches to insure comprehensive practice in all aspects of living.
Ordinary Mind Zen School Centers may be either clerical or lay organizations; often they do not have many of the external forms of traditional Zen centers. At some centers members wear rakusu, while at others they do not. Typically, the centers have Zen-styled services that are performed daily.
A chant that is recited at each center is:
Caught in the self centered dream, only suffering. Holding to self-centered thoughts, exactly the dream. Each moment, life as it is, the only teacher. Being just this moment, compassion's way.
