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Toni Packer (1927–2013) 

Toni E. Packer
July 05, 1927 - August 23, 2013

A Zen teacher minus the 'Zen' and minus the 'teacher.’

Dropped-out successor to famous Zen teacher Phillip Kapleau, developer of the "meditative inquiry" practice, and founder of the Springwater Center; Toni Packer grew up in Nazi Germany needing to hide her Jewish heritage while becoming increasingly skeptical of authority. Following in the Krishnamurti lineage of spiritual anti-authoritarianism, she stopped calling herself a “Buddhist” and became "...a Zen teacher minus the 'Zen' and minus the 'teacher.’ ” Exiled from the Rochester Zen Center, she taught finding the essence, the sense, the true meaning hidden by dogma, rituals, organized religions and cultural traditions.

Bibliography

• Packer, T (1990). The Work of This Moment. Shambhala Publications.
• Packer, T (1995). The Light of Discovery. Charles E. Tuttle.
• Packer, T (1995). Seeing Without Knowing & What Is Meditative Inquiry? Springwater Center.
• Packer, T (2002). The Wonder of Presence and the Way of Meditative Inquiry. Shambhala Publications.
• Packer, T (2007). The Silent Question: Meditating in the Stillness of Not-Knowing. Shambhala Publications.

 

https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/the-work-of-this-moment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Packer
https://www.lionsroar.com/the-simple-presence-of-attention/