Mary Farkas (1911 – June 7, 1992) was the director of the First Zen Institute of America (FZIA), running the center's administrative functions for many years following the death of her teacher (Sokei-an) in 1945.^[1] Though she was not a teacher of Zen Buddhism in any traditional sense of the word, she did help to carry on the lineage of Sokei-an and also was editor of the FZIA's journal, Zen Notes, starting with Volume 1 in 1954.^[2] Additionally, she also edited books about Sokei-an, i.e. "The Zen Eye" and "Zen Pivots." Through her transcriptions of his talks, the institute was able to continue on the lineage without having a formal teacher (Sokei-an left no Dharma heir).^[3]

Bibliography

• Sasaki, Shigetsu; Farkas, Mary; Lopez, Robert (1998). Zen Pivots: Lectures on Buddhism and Zen. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0416-6. OCLC 38120661.
• Sasaki, Shigetsu; Farkas, Mary (1993). The Zen Eye: A Collection of Zen Talks by Sokei-an. Weatherhill. ISBN 0-8348-0272-4. OCLC 27266361.

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• List of Rinzai Buddhists
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

Notes

References

• "IN TRANSITION: MARY FARKAS (1911 - 1992)". Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. Fall 1992. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
• Skinner Keller, Rosemary; Rosemary Radford Ruether; Marie Cantlon (2006). The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34685-1. OCLC 61711172.
• Stirling, Isabel. Zen Pioneer: The Life & Works of Ruth Fuller Sasaki (2006) Shoemaker & Hoard. ISBN 978-1-59376-110-3