Zenkei Blanche Hartman was a Soto Zen teacher practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. She was ordained a priest in 1977 by Zentatsu Baker and received dharma transmission with Sojun Mel Weitsman in 1988. She became Abbess of San Francisco Zen Center in 1996. From 1996 to 2002 she served two terms as co-abbess of the San Francisco Zen Center. She was the first woman to assume such a leadership position at the center. (1926-2016)

Zenkei Blanche Hartman was a Soto Zen teacher practicing in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. She was ordained a priest in 1977 by Zentatsu Baker and received dharma transmission with Sojun Mel...Read more