Charlie Korin Pokorny began practicing at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1991 and trained as a resident at Tassajara and Green Gulch Farm from 1994 to 2006. He received his master’s degree in religious studies at Stanford University in 1994 and was ordained as a priest by Reb Anderson in 1999. From 2008 to 2018, Charlie studied koans with Daniel Terragno and in 2014, Charlie and his partner, Sarah Dojin Emerson, began serving as head priests at Stone Creek Zen Center, founded by Jisho Warner. Charlie received transmission in 2018. He also teaches at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, including courses on Buddhist philosophy, history, meditation, and ritual practice.

You can find out more by visiting the website for the Stone Creek Zen Center

Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher

Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Online Sangha of the International Kwan Um School of Zen