
Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara is the founder, senior teacher, and abbot emerita of the Village Zendo. She received priest ordination from Roshi Taizan Maezumi and Dharma Transmission and Inka from Bernie Tetsugen Glassman in the White Plum line of Soto Zen. Her study with Maezumi Roshi brought together Soto priest training and Rinzai koan practice. Bernie Glassman’s focus on social engagement and peacemaking underlies Enkyo Roshi’s vision of Zen practice.
Roshi is a Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Family, a spiritual and social action association. Roshi’s focus is on the expression of Zen through caring, service, and creative response. Her Five Expressions of Zen form the matrix of study at the Village Zendo: Meditation, Study, Communication, Action, and Caring.