Spiritual Lineage and Teachers
Great Vow Zen Monastery is a training monastery in the White Plum lineage of the Japanese Soto Zen tradition. Abbot Hogen Bays was an early disciple of Roshi Philip Kapleau; both he and Chozen Roshi studied for many years with Taizan Maezumi Roshi at Zen Center of Los Angeles. More recently they have continued to deepen their spiritual practice with the contemporary Rinzai Zen teacher Shodo Harada Roshi.
Visiting teachers often lead or co-lead meditation retreats or weekend workshops at the monastery, sometimes on a recurring annual basis. Among them are Buddhist teachers Kyogen Carlson and Gyokuko Carlson; Ejo Patrick McMullen; Lama Michael Conklin; Alan Wallace; and Ajahn Amaro.
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