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Charlotte Joko Beck (March 27, 1917 – June 15, 2011) was an American Zen teacher and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen.
Beck was responsible for a number of important innovations in Zen teaching. Because she was adept at teaching students to work with their psychological states, she attracted a number of students who were interested in the relationship between Zen and modern psychology. Several of her Dharma heirs are practicing psychologists/psychiatrists. In 1995 Joko, along with three of her Dharma heirs, founded the Ordinary Mind Zen School.
Shortly after Beck’s departure in 2006, she revoked Dharma transmission from two senior students: Ezra Bayda and Elizabeth Hamilton. Beck also stated that Zen Center San Diego should not claim to represent her or her teaching. In 2006 Joko moved to Prescott, Arizona, where she continued to teach until she retired as a teacher in late 2010. In the spring of 2010, Joko announced Gary Nafstad as her last Dharma successor.
Beck died on June 15, 2011, at age 94.
From two other teachers she later sought to revoke her appointment:
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Joko Beck appointed nine teachers:
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(1989). 9780060607340, Harper Collins. ISBN 9780060607340
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Categories: 1917 Births, 2011 Deaths, Oberlin College Alumni, Zen Buddhism Writers, Zen Buddhist Spiritual Teachers, American Zen Buddhists, American Buddhist Nuns, 20th-century American Nuns, 20th-century Buddhist Nuns, 21st-century Buddhist Nuns, 21st-century American Nuns, 20th-century American Buddhists, 21st-century American Buddhists
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