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Pat George has over thirty years training in Zen Buddhism. She was given permission to teach by Barry Magid
in 2004, and opened the Zen Center of Philadelphia in January, 2005. She studied at Zen Mountain Monastery
in Mt. Tremper, New York, with John Daido Loori for many years as a lay practitioner and for six years as a resident
and monastic in training. Since then she has studied with Barry Magid in the Ordinary Mind School founded
by Charlotte Joko Beck.
Pat was educated at the University
of Delaware, Brown University, and New York University. She currently teaches English at Philadelphia
University and is working on a novel for young adults. A single mother for many years, Pat has mostly
worked as a teacher, writer and editor.
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