Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt, was ordained in 2005 with Zenkei Blanche Hartman. Born into a Buddhist family in Vietnam, she began her meditation practice in the Insight tradition of Spirit Rock. She is a founding member of the Buddhists of Color in 1998. Her Zen training began at Tassajara monastery where she lived from 2002-2005; after which, she went to Asia for a year to practice monastically in Japan and Vietnam. While she has placed her trust and faith in Zen, she continues to enjoy the deep silence of Insight practices and has completed retreats in America and Thailand.
Liên offers retreats, workshops and practice discussions at SFZC and East Bay Meditation Center; where she's also one of the teachers of the Alphabet Sangha. Additionally, she guest speaks at EBMC's POC Sangha and at the LGBT Community Center’s Buddhist Sangha.