Hoko Jan Kar

Hoko Jan Kar is was ordained as a novice by Shohaku Okumura in 2005. In 2007 she completed a Master of Liberal Studies degree at the University of Minnesota with a thesis on sangha organization and leadership.

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Buddhism by the Numbers

What the Pew Forum report reveals about the face of American Buddhism – and how the results can help sanghas change and grow.

By Hoko Jan Kar

Fall 2008

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Stepping Back onto the Silk Road

An ambitious retrospective lets us view China’s ancient network of Buddhist caves at Dunhuang through the lenses of pioneering photographers James and Lucy Lo.

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When You Greet Me I Bow: Relationship, Emptiness, Activism

Poet, translator, and Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer shares lessons from his decades of practice: from relationships, to emptiness, to activism, to cultural encounters between East and West.

Norman Fischer

Oct 2021

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