Soensanim Bon Yeon is the

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and title of Jane McLaughlin-Dobisz. She is the guiding teacher of the

Cambridge Zen Center Cambridge Zen Center is an urban meditation center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, close to Harvard University, part of the Kwan Um School of Zen. Free meditation training and dharma talks are offered to the public and the Zen Center also provides a ...

of the

Kwan Um School of Zen The Kwan Um School of Zen (관음선종회) (KUSZ) is an international school of zen centers and groups founded in 1983 by Zen Master Seung Sahn. The school's international head temple is located at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode I ...

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. She received

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in 2000, and is also a published author and editor of the book ''The Whole World is a Single Flower'' by

Seungsahn Seungsahn Haengwon (, August 1, 1927November 30, 2004), born Duk-In Lee, was a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. He was the seventy-eighth Patriarch in his lineage. As one of the early ...

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*''The Wisdom of Solitude: A Zen Retreat in the Woods'' (2004,

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) *''One Hundred Days of Solitude: Losing Myself and Finding Grace on a Zen Retreat'' (2007,

Wisdom Publications The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) was founded in 1975 by Lamas Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who began teaching Mahayana Buddhism to Western students in Nepal. The FPMT has grown to encompass over ...

) * ''The Whole World Is a Single Flower: 365 Kong-Ans for Everyday Life'' by

Seung Sahn Seungsahn Haengwon (, August 1, 1927November 30, 2004), born Duk-In Lee, was a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. He was the seventy-eighth Patriarch in his lineage. As one of the early ...

(editor, 1992,

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)

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Cambridge Zen Center
*Bon Yeon's 2018 Dharma Tal
Practicing with Zen Koans in Your Everyday Life
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