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name: Gesshin Claire Greenwood
about: Gesshin Claire Greenwood is the author of  Bow First, Ask Questions Later: Ordination, Love and Monastic Zen in Japan. An ordained Zen priest, she spent over 5 years training in Japanese monasteries, and is currently the youngest American authorized to teach Zen.An avid cook, dog lover, and sometimes collage maker, she blogs intermittently at http://www.thatssozen.blogspot.com. Her next book, a vegetarian cookbook and meditation on the philosophy of "just enough," is forthcoming from New World Library.Gesshin is currently completing her master's in East Asian Studies from the University of Southern California. Gesshin Claire Greenwood is the author of  Bow First, Ask Questions Later: Ordination, Love and Monastic Zen in Japan. An ordained Zen priest, she spent over 5 years training in Japanese monasteries, and is currently the youngest American authorized to teach Zen.An avid cook, dog lover, and sometimes collage maker, she blogs intermittently at http://www.thatssozen.blogspot.com. Her next book, a vegetarian cookbook and meditation on the philosophy of "just enough," is forthcoming from New World Library.Gesshin is currently completing her master's in East Asian Studies from the University of Southern California. ...more