Rev. Paul Genki Kahn, Sensei
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Sensei Paul Genki Kahn is a Dharma
Successor of Roshi Bernie Tetsugen
Glassman, Spiritual Director of the Zen
Peacemakers and first successor of
Taizan Maezumi Roshi.
Rev. Kahn has been named Executive
Director of the Zen Peacemakers
Sangha (ZPS) and the International Zen
Peacemakers Order (ZPO). Both
organizations are sponsored by the Zen
Peacemakers, known for their holistic
services as Zen Practice, engaged
spirituality, which is holistic service
based on oneness and the
interconnectedness of all creation.
Sensei Genki was ordained by Maezumi
Roshi as a Soto Zen Buddhist priest in 1975, received Denkai from
Roshi Dennis Genpo Merzel and Denbo from Roshi Bernie.
Sensei Kahn began dedicated yoga and meditation practice in the
1960s. In 1970 he entered residential Zen training with Aitken Roshi
in Hawaii. He transferred to the Zen Center of Los Angeles in '72 to
become a monk and priest under Maezumi Roshi, served as his
personal attendant, and was the Director of Training there. In 1980 he
came East with Glassman Roshi to establish what has become the
Greyston Mandala.
For the past 15 years Rev. Kahn has designed and administered
mental health programs for disadvantaged people, all of which have
included yoga and meditation. He serves on state and county mental
health committees. He is married to Jocelyn Myoen Kahn and has two
children.
SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR
ZEN CENTER - 393 Crescent Avenue - Wyckoff, NJ 07481 201-891-9100 - www. HighZen.org Rev. Paul Genki Kahn, Sensei: Soto Zen Buddhist priest, Zen teacher Affiliate: High Point Zendo - Sussex, NJ and Sussex County Community College. 973-875-4014
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