User:TooTallSid/Dosho Port

Dōshō Port (30 April 1956) is a Sōtō Zen rōshi (teacher). He is a Dharma heir to both Dainin Katigari Rōshi. and James Ford Rōshi. He started practicing in 1977. He has traveled and studied extensively with Zen teachers in the USA and internationally. He is the author of a book about what he learned from Katagiri Rōshi, Keep Me in Your Heart a While: The Haunting Zen of Dainin Katagiri. He is currently the head priest at the Nebraska Zen Center and for the Vine of Obstacles: Online Support for Zen Training.

Zen Buddhism
Port has had a rich life in Zen, studying with numerous teachers, receiving Dharma transmission from two prominent American teachers, developing a method for students remote from a Zen center to still receive training, and currently serving as the head priest for the Nebraska Zen Center in Omaha, Nebraska, USA and for the Vine of Obstacles: Online Support for Zen Training. Port's instruction combines both the sitting meditation of Sōtō Zen and the kōan introspection of Rinzai Zen

Dainin Katagiri
Port began his studies with Dainin Katigari Rōshi in 1977. Port received Dharma transmission in 1984. from Katagiri Rōshi, becoming his Dharma heir in the Daicho Hayashi line. This lineage emphasizes sitting meditation.

James Ford Rōshi
Port began his studies with James Ford Rōshi in 2005. Port received Inka Shomei on January 23, 2015 from Ford Rōshi, becoming his Dharma heir in the  John Tarrant line in the Harada-Yasutani lineage. This lineage emphasizes kōan introspection.

Vine of Obstacles: Online Support for Zen Training
The Vine of Obstacles began in 2013. This is an active online Zen community who practice zazen, study, and engage in their home-based practice and in the larger community. The program includes studies of Dōgen, the Heart Sutra, and the Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts. In addition, participants meet with Port online for practice meetings. In 2017, more than 30 students participated in the community.

Work with Learning Disabled Youth
Port worked from 1979 to 2014 in the public schools in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN, USA, metropolitan area as a teacher and administrator for students in programs addressing behavior and learning issues. In 2011, the Minneapolis Police Department awarded him with the Citizen’s Award for Valor, their highest award for a civilian, for rescuing a police officer

Personal life
Port was born in Cloquet, Minnesota on Apil 30, 1956. He married Tetsugan Zummach in 2015.