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Kevala Jnana Deb Hoffmann

Wisconsin  

Kevala lives in Wisconsin where Hollow Bones Zen found her under the most unlikely circumstances.  

She began to practice Zen in 2002, delighted to have found Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, a living teaching of Zen, in the basement of a Catholic abbey in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  Jun Po was related through their grandmothers and his transmission was complete (as he loved to say).

She had been studying ayurveda before finding Zen. Subsequently she began the practice of yoga.  The practices of ayurveda, zen and yoga were all within teacher-to-student lineages.

Attracted to the clarity and truth of Zen, chanting the enigmatic Heart Sutra opened a door. She took jukai in 2005 and was ordained as a priest in 2010. She served as registrar for Hollow Bones for about 10 years.

“However endless my true path may be, I vow to awaken and follow forever.”