Konrad Ryushin Marchaj
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Konrad Ryushin Marchaj is the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery
, the mainhouse of the Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) of Zen
Buddhism, founded by John Daido Loori
from whom Marchaj received shiho
in June 2009. Marchaj was a pediatrician and a psychiatrist before entering residency at the monastery in 1992.
Talk on the Dharma
Zen Mountain Monastery
Zen Mountain Monastery is a Zen Buddhist monastery and training center on a forested property in the Catskill Mountains in Mount Tremper, New York. It was founded in 1980 by John Daido Loori, originally as the Zen Arts Center. It combines the Rinzai and Sōtō Zen traditions, in both of which Loori...
, the mainhouse of the Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) of Zen
Zen
Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
Buddhism, founded by John Daido Loori
John Daido Loori
John Daido Loori was a Zen Buddhist rōshi who served as the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery and was the founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order and CEO of Dharma Communications. Daido Loori received shiho from Taizan Maezumi in 1986 and also received a dendokyoshi certificate formally from the...
from whom Marchaj received shiho
Shiho
refers to a series of ceremonies in Sōtō Zen Buddhism wherein which a priest receives full transmission, inheriting the Dharma from his/her master and becoming empowered to transmit the precepts and lineage to others. A shiho ceremony can last anywhere from one to three weeks, with the final...
in June 2009. Marchaj was a pediatrician and a psychiatrist before entering residency at the monastery in 1992.
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