Daijaku Judith Kinst
Ocean Gate Zen Center
Santa Cruz, CA
Daijaku, ordained in 1988, received formal authorization as independent Zen teacher in 2005 from Sojun Weitsman, Roshi Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center. She has taught and led retreats in a variety of settings including Gampo Abbey with the Venerable Pema Chodron. She received a Ph.D. in Buddhism and Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is currently a core facility member and director of Buddhist Chaplaincy Program at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, an affiliated graduate school of the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.