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Zen Priests
Rev. Taiso Hannya
(Great Ancestor)
Byran Bartow
Taiso has studied and practiced T'ai Chi and other eastern arts and philosophy since the 1970’s. Awakening to Zen, he has practiced with several Midwest groups and attended sesshins with Hollow Bones and at the Hokyoji Zen Center in Minnesota. Taiso received Jukai in the Hollow Bones Rinzai Order with Jun Po Kelly, Roshi in 2005 and received Hollow Bones Priest Ordination on Mother’s Day, 2007.
He earned a BS Ed degree in Human Services and a Master of Public Administration degree. Since recovering from addiction in the 1970’s, Taiso lives the mission of awakening and service through engaging in support of this journey. Actualizing this mission professionally, he contributes to organizations in support of easing suffering and awakening. His recent professional experience involves leadership of treatment programs at the nexus of the mental health and criminal justice fields. He also teaches courses in social science, technology, and research methods. Among varied interests, he is a husband, father, runner, sailor, scholar, and patron of the arts.
Planting Hollow Bones
Plowing noisy fields
with silence…
screeching wonder,
gulls swoop and whirl.
Awakening sews
pregnant being…
empty moment
winnowing yeses…
Such knows.
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