Joan Amaral

  

Photo of Mel and Joan by Shundo David Haye.

Cuke Podcast with Joan  🔊

Joan Amaral is the founding teacher of the Zen Center North Shore in Beverly, Massachusetts. In 2005 she was the jisha, attendant, to Mel Weitsman for a practice period at Tassajara. In our podcast, after getting to know her some, she shared memories of Mel who recently retired as the abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center, died at home just a week ago at the age of 91 (written 1/14/2021).

See Joan's calligraphy from Mel with her comments here.

Joan was ordained at City Center on September 18, 2004. Photo in Wind Bell.

Joan's bio and some audio of her dharma talks at Zen Center North Shore.

Q&A: Zen priest talks about launch of Marblehead center -  Joan Amaral interviewed in the Wicked Local from the Marblehead Reporter in 2012.

Joan giving a dharma talk