is the abbot emeritus and head teacher of the Zen Center of Los Angeles. She moved into the center in 1978 and later received Dharma transmission and inka from Bernard Glassman. She assumed her abbotship in 1999. According to James Ishmael Ford, “Under her leadership, the center expanded its mission to be family-friendly and socially active, creating an important experiment in the development of Western Zen.” Nakao also conferred Dharma transmission to the first ever African-American woman, Merle Kodo Boyd. Nakao is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association. [1] In May 2019 Egyoku Nakao stepped down as abbot, but remains its head teacher, to devote herself to further developing ZCLA’s teaching curriculum. She at that time installed Deborah Faith-Mind Thoresen as the ZCLA’s fourth abbot. Her book of modern koans, co-written with rōshi Eve Marko, was published in 2020.
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| Age | years old |
| Birth Place | Hawaii |
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| Birth Country | United States of America |
| Nationality | American |
| Famous As | Abbess |
| Also Known for | Abbess |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
| Occupation | Abbess |
Also Known by the Full name Wendy Egyoku Nakao, is a Good Abbess. She was born on , in Hawaii