Keido Mu’nen Josh Bartok to receive dharma transmission this July

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Keido Mu'nen Josh Bartok, currently a Dharma Holder in the Boundless Way Zen School, is set to receive dharma transmission from his teacher, James Myoun Ford, Roshi, on July 21, 2012 in a private ceremony at Boundless Way Temple in Worcester, MA. Bartok became Ford's first formal student in Boston in 2001 and received denkai (priest ordination) in July of 2011. Before studying with Ford, from 1992 to 2000, Bartok was a student of John Daido Loori at Zen Mountain Monastery. Bartok also briefly studied with Jan Chozen Bays in Oregon, before becoming a student of Ford.

In addition to his Zen training, Josh Bartok is also senior editor at Wisdom Publications, the non-profit publisher of Buddhist books based in Somerville, Massachusetts. Bartok currently serves as resident teacher at the Greater Boston Zen Center, which opened its doors to the public recently on May 15.

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