ChiKai
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| Gender | Female |
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| Introduction | Kai Harper Leah is a Buddhist priest from the Soto Zen Lineage. She was ordained by Richard Baker for Issan Dorsey who passed away just before her ordination. She began practicing Buddhism in the Rinzai tradition with Walter Nowick in Surry, ME in the mid-seventies. She moved to San Francisco and began practicing at SFZC in 1976. During her many years there she became close to Issan Dorsey and moved to Hartford St. Zen Ctr. in the Castro when he started Maitri Hospice. She now practices with a small group in Northern New Mexico. These days she is very interested in practicing Everyday Zen, that is being as mindful and compassionate as she can in everyday life. This consists of sitting with a small group, doing community service and running a tiny bistro with her partner where they employee local teens and try to help them find their way to college while providing good food and friendliness to the people who stop in to eat. |