Our Bright Way Zen lineage comes through Dharma Rain Zen Center - particularly through my teachers, Kyogen and Gyokuko Carlson, and their teacher, Roshi Jiyu Kennett. (Click here to learn more.) We have named this the "Dharma Cloud Lineage" (Gyokuko, Kyogen, and Roshi Kennett all had the family Dharma name "Houn" or "cloud.")
The current sanghas of the Dharma Cloud Family Lineage include Dharma Rain Zen Center, Bright Way Zen, Flowing Field Zendo, Pendleton Sitting Group, Rose Villa Sitting Group, Wy’East Zen Center, and Zen West/Empty Field Zendo.
Every other year, groups in the Dharma Cloud Lineage gather to maintain our connections and give people a sense of our shared lineage.
Bright Way Zen, located at 12020 SW Barnes Rd. in Portland is hosting this year’s Dharma Cloud Lineage Day on Saturday April 29th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. This will be a hybrid event allowing for people to attend either in person or via Zoom. We will have any opportunity to practice together, socialize, and share what’s going on in our respective sanghas. Click here to register!