Bishop-elect / Intern ZenTeacher
A Bishop-elect (Intern Zen Teacher) is a Senior Monk/Priest who has been chosen to become a Bishop, and who has not yet been consecrated. The word “elect” does not necessarily mean “democratically elected.” It simply means “chosen” by a Zen Master to begin as an Intern Zen Teacher with students under the supervision of the Zen Master.
Rev. Beopbo Sunya Dharma
Thích-Nữ Đức Bảo
Reverend Boepbo Sunya Dharma began studying with Venerable Sunyananda Dharma in the Spring of 2009. Already a licensed and ordained Unity Minister (having graduated from the Unity Urban Ministerial School in her hometown of Detroit Michigan), she took to the practice of the Dharma easily and enthusiastically.
Rev. Boepbo has continuously applied herself to her monastic formation, and thus is not only fully ordained in both the Korean and Vietnamese Zen traditions, but has also been installed as a Dharma Holder and as Abbess of the Kansas City Sangha. Rev. Beopbo was authorized as a Dharma Holder during the Vesak Ceremony at Dharmakaya Buddhist Abbey on April 18th 2014.
Rev. Boepbo has a background in graphic design and creative direction; holding a BFA, she is currently employed at the Unity World Headquarters, whilst being engaged in continued weekly study and practice with Ven. Sunyananda.
Rev. Boepbo has continuously applied herself to her monastic formation, and thus is not only fully ordained in both the Korean and Vietnamese Zen traditions, but has also been installed as a Dharma Holder and as Abbess of the Kansas City Sangha. Rev. Beopbo was authorized as a Dharma Holder during the Vesak Ceremony at Dharmakaya Buddhist Abbey on April 18th 2014.
Rev. Boepbo has a background in graphic design and creative direction; holding a BFA, she is currently employed at the Unity World Headquarters, whilst being engaged in continued weekly study and practice with Ven. Sunyananda.
Rev. Dr. Hyonjin Prajna
Rev. Dr. Hyonjin Prajna is originally from Kansas City, Missouri and has lived in Guadalajara, Mexico since 2000. He is the Regional Abbot (Mexico) for Five Mountain Zen and the Abbot of Meditación Budista Zen in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico serving the sangha through spiritual counseling, Dharma studies, guiding retreats, giving public lectures, and writing for local magazines on Zen meditation and practice.
He was a student at the Prajna Institute for Buddhist Studies and initially trained with Myogak, JDPSN. He will be finishing his Master’s Degree at Buddha Dharma University and has began studying with Venerable Dr. Wonji Dharma. Additionally, he received ordination of Rev. Master Meiten McGuire, M.O.B.C. in 2007 in the tradition of Soto Zen.
He holds a doctorate in East-West Psychology (comparative religions and transpersonal psychology) from the California Institute of Integral Studies with a focus on Eastern spirituality and meditation techniques involving over 40 years of ongoing investigative research. He is fluent in English and Spanish.
He was a student at the Prajna Institute for Buddhist Studies and initially trained with Myogak, JDPSN. He will be finishing his Master’s Degree at Buddha Dharma University and has began studying with Venerable Dr. Wonji Dharma. Additionally, he received ordination of Rev. Master Meiten McGuire, M.O.B.C. in 2007 in the tradition of Soto Zen.
He holds a doctorate in East-West Psychology (comparative religions and transpersonal psychology) from the California Institute of Integral Studies with a focus on Eastern spirituality and meditation techniques involving over 40 years of ongoing investigative research. He is fluent in English and Spanish.
