Religion Zen Buddhism Website www.firstzen.org School Rinzai Name Mary Farkas | Nationality American Teacher Sokei-an Title Director | |
Died June 7, 1992, New York City, New York, United States Based in First Zen Institute of America | ||
Mary Farkas of the Hebrew Home interviewed on Sirius XM Radio
Mary Farkas (1911—June 7, 1992) was the director of the First Zen Institute of America (FZIA), running the center's administrative functions for many years following the death of her teacher (Sokei-an) in 1945. Though she was not a teacher of Zen Buddhism in any traditional sense of the word, she did help to carry on the lineage of Sokei-an and also was editor of the FZIA's journal, Zen Notes, starting with Volume 1 in 1954. Additionally, she also edited books about Sokei-an, i.e. "The Zen Eye" and "Zen Pivots." Through her transcriptions of his talks, the institute was able to continue on the lineage without having a formal teacher (Sokei-an left no Dharma heir).
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