Kodo Conover

Nancy Kodo Conover has been practicing Zen since 2000 and received Lay Transmission from Chozen and Hogen Roshi in 2015, ordained as a temple priest in 2021 and received Dharma Transmission and Preceptor authorization in 2023. Kodo retired from a career as a vocational rehabilitation counselor to help establish Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple and is the Temple Manager since 2010. She leads Tuesday night meditation and discussion at Heart of Wisdom, co-leads Grasses and Trees Sesshin and has a life long interest in the natural world. She is married and has lived in the Pacific Northwest her whole adult life.

Events with Kodo Conover

Death's Tiny Tea House - The Nine Contemplations of Atisha
February 17, 2025

  The Buddha’s teachings on impermanence and death are fundamental: “I am of the nature to die, there is no way to escape death. “All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature of change; there is no way to escape being separated from them.”     The Five Remembrances Death’s Tiny Tea House will provide the community an opportunity to co-create an open conversation about dying, death, grief and related topics. There is no agenda or objective for this conversation. Participants are requested to read Joan Halifax Roshi’s discussion of the Nine Contemplations of…

City Refuge: Meditation Retreat: Jizo's Vow
February 20, 2025

Amidst the whirlwind of daily life in a busy metropolis, we gather to drink from the deep well of silence and stillness. Heart of Wisdom Zen Temple will be offering an extended opportunity for retreat practice together in the city. This three-day non-residential retreat will include many of the elements you’ll find in sesshin. The schedule will be similar to our one-day zazenkai, but with oryoki meals and some supplemental practices. (If you have an oryoki set, please bring it. Otherwise, we have sets you can borrow.) This retreat will be held in silence. Part time participation is allowed, but…

Death's Tiny Tea House - Online Silver Dragon
February 27, 2025

The Five Remembrances And, at the same time, we live and practice in a culture that generally discourages discussion of dying, death, and grief. Death’s Tiny Tea House will provide Silver Dragons (those at least 60 years old or have a life threatening condition) in the community an opportunity for an open conversation about death and related topics.   Discussion at this Tea House will start from Ajaan Chah’s talk “Our Real Home — A Talk to an Aging Lay Disciple Approaching Death”  https://accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/chah/bl111.html “Anyone can build a house of wood and bricks, but the Buddha taught that that sort…