Summary: Episode Descripton: In this talk Roshi Eido shares a number of passages from her recently released book Kakurenbo: Or the Whereabouts of Zen Priest Ryokan. She opens with a delightful story of Ryokan playing hide-and-seek with the children of the village near his hut. Eido continues offering stories and poems from Ryokan's life. Roshi also relates some of her experiences in studying at Entsu-ji, the same monastery where Ryokan trained for twelve years. Bio: Roshi Eido Frances Carney received Dharma Transmission from Niho Tetsumei Roshi in 1997 at Entsuji Temple in Kurashiki, Japan. She founded Olympia Zen Center in 1995 when she returned to Olympia after priest training at Shoboji in Iwate Prefecture. She was the first woman and first foreigner to train at this temple founded in the 13th Century. She had been a long-time student of Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi beginning practice in the early 70′s. Kobun Roshi died in 2002. She was Adjunct Faculty in Humanities at South Puget Sound Community College for ten years from 1996 until 2006. She is former President of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, a national organization of Soto Zen Buddhist priests. As she is in lineage with the hermit priest-poet Ryokan, she endeavors to teach about Ryokan, his poetry and life, entering art and poetry for transformation and insight. In 2008, Niho Roshi named Eido Roshi, Abbess of Fukujuji, a new temple which Niho Roshi had built in Nakasho, Japan, which is near Kurashiki and Okayama.
