Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin

Current Bishop of the Nichiren Order of North America [NONA], Myokei Caine-Barrett is also Resident Priest and Guiding Teacher of the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of Texas' Myoken-ji Temple. She is the first Western woman, and first person of African-Japanese descent, to be ordained in the Nichiren Shu tradition as well as the first female Bishop in NONA. Myokei Shonin is also engaged in spreading the Dharma behind bars at Texas Department of Criminal Justice, as well as supporting the healing of emotional issues of military service with Healing Warrior Hearts. She is active in facilitating training and dialogue on racism and cross-cultural conflict resolution. She is also active in interfaith and intrafaith dialogue. She has been published and featured in several publications such as Nichiren Shu News, Lion’s Roar, Tricycle, and Buddhadharma. She is included in The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Buddhist Women. Myokei Shonin has been a Buddhist practitioner for over 50 years, as well as a Religious Science Practitioner for the past 13 years. [2020]