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Sinclair Shinryu Thomson

Transmission from
Pat Enkyo O'Hara
Born
19??
Died
Not recorded
Source records
4

Tradition labels in the sources

  • Kuroda-Osaka-Maezumi / White Plum school
  • Soto
  • Sōtō Zen
  • White Plum Asanga

Lineage claims

Teachers and predecessors

  • Pat Enkyo O'Haraappointment code transmitting teacher · machine parsed source code

Students and successors

No successor claim is present in the seed sources.

Relationship labels preserve the meaning used by each source; they are not automatically equivalent to Dharma transmission.

Communities and resources

Affiliations listed by sources

  • Village Zendoteaches at · New York, La Paz, NY, USA, Bolivia
  • Centro Zen Phajjsi Oollut Jalsuteaches at · New York, La Paz, NY, USA, Bolivia
  • Village Zendo / Dotokujilisted center · Village Zendo / Dotokuji New York, NY Sinclair Shinryu Thomson received novice priest ordination in 2000 and dharma transmission from Enkyo O’Hara Roshi in December 2009. He has been affiliated with the Village Zendo since 1998. He is an also member of the Phajjsi Qollut Jalsu Zen Center in La Paz, Bolivia, which he helped to co-found in 1992. Shinryu teaches Latin American History at New York University and is the author of books on Native American politics, colonialism, and revolution in the Andes.

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Citation ledger

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  1. Sinclair Shinryu Thomson ↗association membership · table row 29 · retrieved 2026-08-21
  2. Sinclair Shinryu Thomson ↗association directory card · card 43 · retrieved 2026-08-21
  3. Sinclair Shinryu Thomson ↗association profile · profile page · retrieved 2026-08-21
  4. Thomson, Sinclair Shinryu ↗ciolek teacher record · list record 300 · retrieved 2026-08-21