Reverend Doyeon Park is a gyomunim, a title in the Won Buddhist tradition that means “one who devotes oneself to teaching the Dharma.” Since 2008 she has served as a minister at the Manhattan Won Buddhist Temple and as the Won Buddhism representative to the United Nations. In addition, she serves as the Buddhist spiritual life advisor at both Columbia University and New York University, the president of the Buddhist Council of New York, and cochair of the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations.
Inspired by the Buddhist path of inner freedom and happiness, Reverend Doyeon began her monastic training in 1998. She earned her BA from the Department of Won Buddhism at Wonkwang University in Iksan, South Korea, and completed her MA in Won Buddhist Studies at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies in Glenside, Pennsylvania. She received full ordination in 2007.
