Danan Henry

Michael Danan Henry (born 1939) is an American Roshi in the Harada-Yasutani lineage, a Zen sect derived from both the Rinzai and Sōtō traditions of Japanese Zen), practicing in the Diamond Sangha lineage of Robert Baker Aitken. The founding teacher of the Zen Center of Denver, Henry received Dharma transmission from Philip Kapleau Roshi[1] in 1989 and was subsequently recognized as a Diamond Sangha teacher and Diamond Sangha master by Robert Baker Aitken.[2][3][4] Danan Henry Roshi created and implemented the Monastery Without Walls training program; the Lotus in the Flame Lay Order; and the "Every Minute Zen" mindfulness practice as abbot and spiritual director of the Zen Center of Denver.

Danan Henry
TitleRoshi
Personal
Born1939 (age 80–81)
ReligionZen Buddhism
LineageHarada-Yasutani
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
Senior posting
Based inZen Center of Denver (formerly)
PredecessorPhilip Kapleau
Robert Baker Aitken
Websitewww.zencenterofdenver.org/
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On September 12, 2010, Danan Roshi conferred Dharma transmission and appointment of abbacy to Karin Kempe, Ken Morgareidge, and Peggy Sheehan, and stepped aside as abbot of the Zen Center of Denver.[5] Danan Roshi has since been serving as the teacher of the Old Bones Sangha, a small group of mostly senior students.

On June 30, 2016, Danan Roshi conferred Dharma transmission to Rafe Martin.[6]

On April 26, 2018, Danan Roshi conferred the status of apprentice teacher to Hoag Holmgren.[7]

See also

Notes
  1. "A Place of Refuge". Zen Center of Denver. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  2. Honolulu Diamond Sangha 2010.
  3. Ford 2006, p. 159.
  4. Prebish 1999, p. 19.
  5. https://zencenterofdenver.org/lineage/
  6. "An Evening with Zen Teacher, Author, and Storyteller Rafe Martin". Zen Desert Sangha. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  7. Scarffe, John (July 6, 2019). "Local author releases Zen Buddhist book". The Mountain Ear. Retrieved September 7, 2019.

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