Meet Taitaku Pat Phelan The Chapel Hill Zen Center, in the Spring of 1991, asked the Abbots of the
S.F. Zen Center
to send Taitaku Patricia Phelan to lead the group. Pat was ordained in 1977 by the former
Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, Zentatsu Richard Baker, who was Suzuki Roshi's
successor. She has also studied with two of Suzuki Roshi's other disciples, Sojun Mel
Weitsman and Tenshin Reb Anderson. In addition, she practiced with Robert Aitken Roshi of
the Diamond Sangha in Hawaii. |
 Photo: Dan Howe |
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Prior to her arrival in Chapel Hill in August, 1991, she was a Practice
Leader and Director of Zen Center's residence facility in San Francisco.
In the Fall of 1995, she returned to Tassajara and completed her training by receiving Dharma Transmission from Abbot Sojun Weitsman. In October, 2000, Taitaku Sensei was officially installed as Abbess of the Chapel Hill Zen Center. Pat is married and has a daughter. |
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