Bon Yeon

Bon Yeon
Bon Yeon in 2005
Title	Soen Sa Nim (Zen master)
Personal life
Born	Jane McLaughlin United States
Nationality	American
Education	University of Vermont
Religious life
Religion	Buddhism
School	Kwan Um School of Zen
Lineage	Jogye Order of Korean Seon
Dharma names	Bon Yeon
Senior posting
Teacher	Seungsahn
Based in	Cambridge Zen Center

Soensanim Bon Yeon is the dharma name and title of Jane McLaughlin-Dobisz. She is the guiding teacher of the Cambridge Zen Center of the Kwan Um School of Zen in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received dharma transmission in 2000, and is also a published author and editor of the book The Whole World is a Single Flower by Seungsahn. ^{[1] [2]}

Bibliography

• The Wisdom of Solitude: A Zen Retreat in the Woods (2004, HarperCollins)
• One Hundred Days of Solitude: Losing Myself and Finding Grace on a Zen Retreat (2007, Wisdom Publications)
• The Whole World Is a Single Flower: 365 Kong-Ans for Everyday Life by Seung Sahn (editor, 1992, Tuttle Publishing)

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

References

1. Dobisz, Jane (2004). The Wisdom of Solitude: A Zen Retreat in the Woods . HarperCollins. pp.  155. ISBN   0-06-008595-9.
2. "Teachers of the Kwan Um School of Zen". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2008.

External links

• Cambridge Zen Center
• Bon Yeon's 2018 Dharma Talk Practicing with Zen Koans in Your Everyday Life for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review