{"id":83,"date":"2023-08-20T17:45:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T21:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-01-30T19:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T00:23:25","slug":"teachers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/index.php\/teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"83\" class=\"elementor elementor-83\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67c38fa4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67c38fa4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-166bd755\" data-id=\"166bd755\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fc48eb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fc48eb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #833c0b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Our Teachers<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b54bb01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b54bb01\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a0b924\" data-id=\"1a0b924\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc004f9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc004f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jenny-Boyd-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-104\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jenny-Boyd-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jenny-Boyd.bmp 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f18ac elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67f18ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Jenny Yuan Shan Boyd, Sensei<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jenny received Dharma transmission on May 20, 2023 from Scott Zengen Thompson, Sensei. She has been practicing with the New River Zen Community in Blacksburg, VA for over 20 years and has been a member of SWVZG since its inception.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b51993 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b51993\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cac5cfb\" data-id=\"cac5cfb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb3b2c5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb3b2c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"209\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Scott-Thompson.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-105\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ef220 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32ef220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Scott Zengen Thompson, Sensei &#8211; Teacher Emeritus<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Scott received Dharma transmission from Roshi Charles Shinkai Birx on September 21, 2013. Scott began practicing Zen in 1974 at Shasta Abbey and since 2001 with the New River Zen Community in Blacksburg, VA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-230e196 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"230e196\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3454814\" data-id=\"3454814\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cffbac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cffbac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #833c0b;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Our Lineage<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01a13ef elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01a13ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Scott-and-Jenny-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-106\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Scott-and-Jenny-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Scott-and-Jenny.bmp 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-887de24 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"887de24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-align: -webkit-center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri Light', serif;\">Both Scott and Jenny are members of the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-align: -webkit-center;\">White Plum Asanga<\/span><span style=\"text-align: -webkit-center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri Light', serif;\">\u00a0and abide by its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whiteplum.org\/wpa-ethics-policy\/\">Code of Ethical Conduct<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b85f8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b85f8d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9cf84f\" data-id=\"d9cf84f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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loading=\"lazy\" width=\"690\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NRZC1-768x155.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-201\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NRZC1-768x155.png 768w, https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NRZC1-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NRZC1-1024x206.png 1024w, https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NRZC1.png 1088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bc90e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0bc90e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/whiteplum.org\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"533\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WhitePlum.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-202\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WhitePlum.png 533w, https:\/\/southernwvzen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/WhitePlum-300x48.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Teachers Jenny Yuan Shan Boyd, Sensei Jenny received Dharma transmission on May 20, 2023 from Scott Zengen Thompson, Sensei. She has been practicing with the New River Zen Community in Blacksburg, VA for over 20 years and has been a member of SWVZG since its inception. 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