"Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara's "Most Intimate" is exactly that: deeply forthright in its wisdom and fully at home in the body of her direct experience. Filled with precise instruction and insight, informed by the rigor of Roshi's years of dedicated practice and service, her authentic voice speaks boldly and without compromise on these pages."--Sharon Salzberg, author of "Lovingkindness" and "Real Happiness""Warm-hearted, clear, precise, and deeply loving, "Most Intimate" beckons newcomers and old-timers alike back to the cushion of their own lives to live them with awareness and appreciation. Roshi Enkyo's voice is deeply personal and her teachings deceptively simple, for they manage to address our strongest needs for relationship, joy, confidence, and freedom from fear."--Tetsugen Bernie Glassman, author of "Instructions to the Cook""We often think of Zen as a practice of stillness, and this book shows us the other half of mature spiritual practice: intimacy and expression. This is the kind of Zen that is loyal to both the monastery and the streets, and so the lessons here are vibrantly appropriate for this new century of dharma. Roshi Enkyo O'Hara's voice is alive, bright, and welcoming."--Michael Stone, author of "Awake in the World" and "Yoga for a World Out of Balance"

ROSHI PAT ENKYO O'HARA is a Soto priest and teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage of Zen Buddhism. She is abbot and founder of the Village Zendo in New York City. She serves as co-spiritual director of the Zen Peacemaker Order along with Tetsugen Bernard Glassman. She is also a former professor of interactive media at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She holds a doctorate in media ecology. A socially engaged Buddhist, she is a member of the White Plum Asanga and manages the Buddhist AIDS Network. This is her first book.