Guides along the way
Learning through
shared practice.
Teachers and advisors featured on the society’s original website.
Co-founder & teacher
Rebecca Nie
Rebecca co-founded Stanford Zen Society and has taught meditation in the United States, Canada, and Bhutan. Her teaching explores awareness of our mental, emotional, and physical experience.
She received Seon transmission in 2013 and served as an affiliated Buddhist chaplain at Stanford from 2020 to 2026.
Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor is a teacher and writer with lineage in the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. His background includes Quaker practice, Zen study in Toronto, teaching, and social work.
Current teaching roles and availability should be confirmed with the society.