Roshi Merle Kodo Boyd | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | December 23, 1944 Prairie View, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | February 20, 2022 (aged 77) Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Religion | Zen |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | One daughter |
| School | Zen Peacemaker Circle |
| Lineage | White Plum Asanga |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Lincroft Zen Sangha |
| Predecessor | Wendy Egyoku Nakao |
| Website | www |
Merle Kodo Boyd (1944–2022) was an American Zen Buddhist nun. She was the first African-American woman to receive Dharma transmission in Zen Buddhism, as a Dharma heir of Wendy Egyoku Nakao in the White Plum Asanga.[1] Receiving transmission in March 2006, she founded and led the Lincroft Zen Sangha in New Jersey that is currently part of the Zen Peacemaker Circle established by Tetsugen Bernard Glassman and his wife Sandra Jishu Holmes.[2]
- ^ Ford, 166
- ^ "Roshi Bernie's Family Lineage". www.peacemakercommunity.org. Archived from the original on 2007-12-28.