Dharma Talk by Visiting Teacher rev. seigen johnson (2025-08-31)

This talk was given on August 31, 2025 by rev. seigen johnson at Clouds in Water Zen Center.rev. seigen is a budding public theologian, Sōto Zen Buddhist priest, dialogue facilitator, and spiritual leadership consultant. She is most passionate about the growing interest in interfaith formation in higher education and finding opportunities to share insight from liberation and womanist theology with Buddhist practitioners. seigen has been practicing Sōto Zen Buddhism for more than 20 years. She lived in residential practice at San Francisco Zen Center for 7 years after working as a budget and public policy analyst for Santa Clara County in California where she led meditation workshops for families living in emergency housing and emancipated foster youth. seigen remains deeply connected to the spiritual lineage of the A.M.E Church in which she was raised. She's also an outdoor enthusiastic, lifelong learner, and aunt to 6 mesmerizing nieces and nephews.