Preceptor

Sensei Jitsujo T. Gauthier

Sensei Jitsujo T. Gauthier is a Zen priest and preceptor at the Zen Center of Los Angeles, as well as a member of the Zen Peacemakers International. She received Dharma Transmission (denbo) from Roshi Egyoku in 2024. She is also an Assistant Professor and current Chair of the Buddhist Chaplaincy department at University of the […]

Sensei George Mukei Horner

Sensei George Mukei Horner is a preceptor and Dharma Holder at the Zen Center of Los Angeles, where he has been a member since 1984. He received Dharma Transmission (Denbo) from Roshi Egyoku in 2022. He is also the Zendo Steward, overseeing the training of service positions for the meditation hall, and an instructor for […]

Sensei Tom Dharma-Joy Reichert

Sensei Tom Baiten Dharma-Joy Reichert received the Temple Seal and was installed as ZCLA’s Fifth Abbot on May 21, 2023.  He is also currently the Head Priest/Preceptor of ZCLA. Dharma-Joy grew up in New Rochelle, New York to a Roman Catholic family.  During college at Georgetown, he spent a year in the Middle East and, […]

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Sensei Katherine Senshin Griffith

Sensei Katherine Senshin Griffith started studying Zen in the Rinzai tradition at New York Zendo Shobo-Ji in Manhattan in 1987. At Dai Bosatsu Zendo, she received Jukai in 1994 from Eido Shimano Roshi, with whom she studied until 2000 when she moved to Los Angeles. She became a member of ZCLA in 2001 and began […]

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Dharma-Holder Bill Earth-Mirror Corcoran

Bill Earth-Mirror Corcoran has practiced at the Zen Center of Los Angeles since 1997. He is a Preceptor and President of the ZCLA Board. In 2025, Sensei Senshin named him a Dharma-Holder. He advises climate-focused advocacy organizations and funders. His interests include exploring the eco-sattva path, Indigenous allyship, backpacking, and writing. He lives in Van […]

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Sensei Lorraine Gessho Kumpf

Sensei Lorraine Gessho Kumpf is a Preceptor and ZCLA member since 1978.  She was empowered as a Dharma-Holder by Roshi Kipp Ryodo Hawley in 2022 and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2025. As Senior Resident, her role is to promote the Residential Training Program and encourage community practice. She has been active in the […]

Sensei Nem Etsugen Bajra 

Sensei Nem Etsugen Bajra has been a member of ZCLA since 2007.  He completed training as Head Trainee under the guidance of Roshi Egyoku in 2021. He was designated as Dharma Holder by Roshi Ryodo in 2022 and received Dharma Transmission in 2025.  He served as a Co-Steward of the ZCLA Tenzo Circle for four years.  […]

Preceptor Peggy Faith-Moon Gallaher

Peggy Faith-Moon Gallaher is a preceptor in the White Plum lineage.  She is interested in ways Zen Buddhism is being transmitted in the digital age, and how our training can help us be responsive to the unique challenges of the "attention economy."

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