Project Leader: Mokuo Nancy Sherwood
Mission Statement: Collaboratively research the women ancestors of the Silent Thunder Order by creating a document that provides a brief biography, writings, and contributions of each, to honor these women.
Vision Statement: Provide an interactive database of the lives and contributions of the Buddhist women ancestors of the Silent Thunder Order, to be used as teachings for all practitioners. Beginning in 2022, all members of FSZS will explore each ancestor, offering commentary about them.
We will review both male and female ancestors to identify those who were alive during the same period.
We will examine the teachings of men and women from the same era to explore similarities and differences in their teachings.
We acknowledge and bow to the members of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association who compiled the list of ancestors that serves as the baseline for this project.
