R.I.P. Sokai Geoffrey Barratt

Sokai and me at Haku-un-ji, circa 2007

Earlier this evening, talking with a friend, I heard that Sokai Geoffrey Barratt Osho, Abbot of Haku-un-ji Zen Center in Tempe, AZ, died back in June. I’m very sad to hear this, and shocked that there’s been nothing about it in Zen media.

Sokai was a beautiful man, a bodhisattva who dedicated his life to the propagation of the Buddha Dharma. He was supportive of other sanghas; he welcomed my students and me to the monthly day-long zazenkai he h...