A Little Bit of Zen

Roshi Pat Enkyo O’ Hara, PhD, is the abbot of the Village Zendo in downtown Manhattan. A Soto Zen priest and contemporary American Zen teacher, she integrates traditional meditation and koan practice with social engagement and peacemaking. A founding teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order, she taught for many years at New York University’ s Tisch School of the Arts, centering on new media technologies and social justice. Roshi O’ Hara’ s writing has appeared in Tricycle, Turning Wheel, Shambhala Sun, Buddhadharma, and other Buddhist journals. She is the author of Most Intimate, A Zen Approach to Life’ s Challenges, and A Winter Sesshin: Ten Talks on the Heart Sutra.