Patrick Bansho Green has practiced with the Zen Community of Oregon since 2004. He received Zen teacher authorization from his teachers Chozen Bays and Hogen Bays in 2019, priest ordination in 2021, and completed Preceptor Authorization and Dharma Transmission in 2023. He led the effort to found Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple, a lay practice center in Portland, Oregon (2010). Prior to becoming the current Administrator for ZCO, Bansho worked for twenty years in the labor movement leading social and economic justice political and legislative campaigns. He is married to Laura Jomon Martin and lives at Great Vow Zen Monastery.”What is Truth?” Join Zen Teacher Bansho Green, one of the senior teachers from Great Vow Zen Monastery, for a Zen Buddhist perspective on Truth and our experience with it.

 

Join us for Coffee Hour after the service in Fellowship Hall!