Membership Map

Paul Gyodo Agostinelli took jukai with Maezumi Roshi in 1991 and received Dharma Transmission in 2015, from his teachers Shishin Wick Roshi and Roshi Shinko Perez, founders of the Great Mountain Zen Center. Gyodo Sensei has long and intimate experience with the main Zen practice styles of koan (Rinzai) and shikantaza (Soto), as well as the Great Heart Way path developed by his teachers. He is on the Faculty of Willow Farm Contemplative Caregiving Center, and taught Zen for seven years as Adjunct Faculty at Naropa University.

Gyodo Sensei received a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Dartmouth College and a Master’s Degree in English Literature from the University of Chicago. He has had a long career as an Internet Technology entrepreneur, co-founding and running multiple companies. He provides Zen-informed Executive Coaching and Consulting Services through his Zen@Work program (zenatwork.org)