Donen Ted O'Toole
Minnesota Zen Meditation Center / Ganshoji
St. Paul, MN
Donen Ted O'Toole is Co-Guiding Teacher, along with Tim Burkett, at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in Minneapolis. Ted received jukai from Shohaku Okumura in 1995, was ordained in 2005 in the Dainin Katagiri lineage by Tim Burkett, and received dharma transmission from Tim in 2012. Ted has ordained four priests. Ted grew up on a farm in North Dakota, has done construction, packing plant, and factory work, and is retired from a career in the legal profession. He and his wife Kathy Guthrie live in St. Paul, and enjoy their extended family, as well as gardening, house projects, and writing.