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'''Yvonne Rand''' is a "lay householder"<ref name="sfzc">{{cite web|title=Yvonne Rand|url=http://www.sfzc.org/tassajara/display.asp?catid=4,19,130,192&pageid=1053|publisher=[[San Francisco Zen Center]]}}</ref> [[Soto Zen]] priest and guiding teacher of Goat-in-the-Road<ref>{{cite web|title=Yvonne Rand|url=http://www.goatintheroad.org/yvonnerand.html|publisher=Goat-in-the-Road}}</ref> located in [[Anderson Valley]], [[Mendocino County]], [[California]]. A meditation center which practices predominantly Soto [[Zen]] but also incorporates elements of [[Theravada]] and [[Vajrayana]] [[Buddhism]], the "name Goat-in-the-Road recalls Yvonne's early rescue of young goats from a local Spring barbecue auction, and the goats tendencies to escape out onto Highway 1 in [[Muir Beach]]."[http://www.goatintheroad.org/html/about.html] For many years Rand led meditation retreats at Redwood Creek Dharma Center, which was located on [[Mount Tamalpais]] in [[Northern California]].<ref name="banks">Banks Findly, 385-389</ref> Deeply interested in [[ecology]] and [[environmentalism]], according to Rand, "[f]or a number of years a small group of us went out for a weekend once a month, year-round, criss-crossing the coast range from San Francisco to the Oregon border, studying plants and geology and all manner of things having to do with where we live."<ref name="banks"/> The Redwood Creek Dharma Center was filled with [[garden]]s of various plants and flowers, and was also home to much [[wildlife]].
'''Yvonne Rand''' is a "lay householder"<ref name="sfzc">{{cite web|title=Yvonne Rand|url=http://www.sfzc.org/tassajara/display.asp?catid=4,19,130,192&pageid=1053|publisher=[[San Francisco Zen Center]]}}</ref> [[Soto Zen]] priest and guiding teacher of Goat-in-the-Road<ref>{{cite web|title=Yvonne Rand|url=http://www.goatintheroad.org/yvonnerand.html|publisher=Goat-in-the-Road}}</ref> located in [[Anderson Valley]], [[Mendocino County]], [[California]]. A meditation center which practices predominantly Soto [[Zen]] but also incorporates elements of [[Theravada]] and [[Vajrayana]] [[Buddhism]], the "name Goat-in-the-Road recalls Yvonne's early rescue of young goats from a local Spring barbecue auction, and the goats tendencies to escape out onto Highway 1 in [[Muir Beach]]."[http://web.archive.org/web/20080511160929/http://www.goatintheroad.org/html/about.html] For many years Rand led meditation retreats at Redwood Creek Dharma Center, which was located on [[Mount Tamalpais]] in [[Northern California]].<ref name="banks">Banks Findly, 385-389</ref> Deeply interested in [[ecology]] and [[environmentalism]], according to Rand, "[f]or a number of years a small group of us went out for a weekend once a month, year-round, criss-crossing the coast range from San Francisco to the Oregon border, studying plants and geology and all manner of things having to do with where we live."<ref name="banks"/> The Redwood Creek Dharma Center was filled with [[garden]]s of various plants and flowers, and was also home to much [[wildlife]].


Rand, a [[Dharma heir]] of [[Dainin Katagiri]],<ref name="wenger">Wenger, 71</ref> began practicing with [[Shunryu Suzuki]] at the [[San Francisco Zen Center]] in 1966 and became "a central figure in Zen Center's rise to prominence. She brings a [[pro-choice]], [[anti-abortion]] Buddhist perspective to reproductive issues by defending a woman's right to choose while teaching that abortion's moral gravity makes it at best an option of last resort."<ref name="smith">Smith, 158-159</ref> [[Philip Whalen]] has commented on her time at the San Francisco Zen Center by writing, "She was one of the big bosses."<ref>Meltzer, 330</ref> Yvonne had been "Zen Center secretary in the '60s, President in the '70s, and Chair of the Board in the '80s."<ref name="wenger"/> Rand continues to return to San Francisco Zen Center facilities occasionally to hold retreats or give talks.<ref name="sfzc"/>
Rand, a [[Dharma heir]] of [[Dainin Katagiri]],<ref name="wenger">Wenger, 71</ref> began practicing with [[Shunryu Suzuki]] at the [[San Francisco Zen Center]] in 1966 and became "a central figure in Zen Center's rise to prominence. She brings a [[pro-choice]], [[anti-abortion]] Buddhist perspective to reproductive issues by defending a woman's right to choose while teaching that abortion's moral gravity makes it at best an option of last resort."<ref name="smith">Smith, 158-159</ref> [[Philip Whalen]] has commented on her time at the San Francisco Zen Center by writing, "She was one of the big bosses."<ref>Meltzer, 330</ref> Yvonne had been "Zen Center secretary in the '60s, President in the '70s, and Chair of the Board in the '80s."<ref name="wenger"/> Rand continues to return to San Francisco Zen Center facilities occasionally to hold retreats or give talks.<ref name="sfzc"/>

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Yvonne Rand
TitleMeditation teacher
Soto priest
Personal
Born
San Francisco, California, United States
ReligionSōtō
Theravada
Vajrayana
NationalityAmerican
Senior posting
Based inGoat-in-the-Road
PredecessorDainin Katagiri
Websitehttp://www.goatintheroad.org/

Yvonne Rand is a "lay householder"[1] Soto Zen priest and guiding teacher of Goat-in-the-Road[2] located in Anderson Valley, Mendocino County, California. A meditation center which practices predominantly Soto Zen but also incorporates elements of Theravada and Vajrayana Buddhism, the "name Goat-in-the-Road recalls Yvonne's early rescue of young goats from a local Spring barbecue auction, and the goats tendencies to escape out onto Highway 1 in Muir Beach."[1] For many years Rand led meditation retreats at Redwood Creek Dharma Center, which was located on Mount Tamalpais in Northern California.[3] Deeply interested in ecology and environmentalism, according to Rand, "[f]or a number of years a small group of us went out for a weekend once a month, year-round, criss-crossing the coast range from San Francisco to the Oregon border, studying plants and geology and all manner of things having to do with where we live."[3] The Redwood Creek Dharma Center was filled with gardens of various plants and flowers, and was also home to much wildlife.

Rand, a Dharma heir of Dainin Katagiri,[4] began practicing with Shunryu Suzuki at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1966 and became "a central figure in Zen Center's rise to prominence. She brings a pro-choice, anti-abortion Buddhist perspective to reproductive issues by defending a woman's right to choose while teaching that abortion's moral gravity makes it at best an option of last resort."[5] Philip Whalen has commented on her time at the San Francisco Zen Center by writing, "She was one of the big bosses."[6] Yvonne had been "Zen Center secretary in the '60s, President in the '70s, and Chair of the Board in the '80s."[4] Rand continues to return to San Francisco Zen Center facilities occasionally to hold retreats or give talks.[1]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "Yvonne Rand". San Francisco Zen Center.
  2. ^ "Yvonne Rand". Goat-in-the-Road.
  3. ^ a b Banks Findly, 385-389
  4. ^ a b Wenger, 71
  5. ^ Smith, 158-159
  6. ^ Meltzer, 330

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