Priest

Reverend Jonathan Kaigen Levy

Sensei Jonathan Kaigen Levy is a ZCLA priest, Dharma-Holder and transmitted Preceptor. He received Dharma Transmission (Denbo) from Roshi Egyoku in 2022. For many years he was Co-Steward of the ZCLA Tenzo Circle, which oversaw the preparation of Sangha meals, he was Co-Steward of the Introduction to Meditation classes, the 2018-2019 Shuso (Head Trainee), and is […]

Sensei Darla Myoho Fjeld

Sensei Darla Myoho Fjeld is a Zen Buddhist priest and Temple Development Steward at the Zen Center of Los Angeles. She began her practice at the Zen Studies Society in New York in 1996 and in 1997 began practicing at the Fire Lotus Zendo in New York. While in New York she was a political […]

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Rōshi Mark Kizan Shōgen Angyo Bloodgood

Raised in the Episcopal Church, Rōshi Shōgen aspired to become an Episcopal priest in his youth. But in the late 1960s and early '70s, a “subtle feeling” nudged him toward the spiritual teachings of the East. This quiet shift began with Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, and deepened through the writings of Shunryū Suzuki, Philip Kapleau, Huston […]