About the Author

Domyo Sater Burk began Zen practice at Dharma Rain Zen Center (DRZC) in 1996 and was ordained as a Zen monk in 2001 by Gyokuko Carlson Roshi. The first seven years of Domyo’s monastic training were spent in full-time residential practice at DRZC except for a period at Tassajara monastery in California and time practicing at Great Vow Zen Monastery in Oregon.

In October 2010, Domyo Sensei received transmission (authorization to teach in the Soto Zen lineage) from Gyokuko Carlson Roshi. She was a full-time staff member at DRZC from 2000 until the fall of 2011, when she resigned in order to focus her Dharma work on Bright Way Zen.

Domyo Sensei regards both Gyokuko Carlson Roshi and Kyogen Carlson Roshi, founders and co-abbots of Dharma Rain Zen Center, as her teachers. Her training at Dharma Rain gave her a profound respect for both lay and priest practice, and a passionate curiosity about how to inspire and support deep Zen practice in the midst of lay life.

Domyo is a member of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA) and participated in the SZBA Dharma Heritage Ceremony in October 2012. She is also a member of the SZBA Board of Directors.