We are Led By
Ungan Senko Bill Mayhew

Our Practice Leader

Ungan Senkō Bill Mayhew Roshi started his dharma study with Eido Tai Shimano, a Rinzai Buddhist priest at Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji monastery in the Catskill mountains of New York from 1997 until 2004.

He then practiced with Gentei Sandy Stewart, a Rinzai Buddhist abbot and osho of the North Carolina Zen Center in Pittsboro until 2015. Sandy was a longtime student of Kyozan Joshu Sasaki.

Bill then moved to Jacksonville, Florida, and began sitting with Dr. Seigetsu Roger Cochran at the Great Cloud Sangha (formerly Jacksonville Zen Meditation Center).

Later, Bill became a student of Zenkai Taiun Michael Elliston of the Silent Thunder Order. Upon Seigetsu's return to Atlanta, Bill was designated as Practice Leader of the Great Cloud Sangha.

He received his full ordination (Shihō ceremony) in March 2023.

A photograph of the leader of Great Cloud Sangha, Ungan Bill Mayhew. He is standing on the right side of the photo wearing a black robe with another brown robe draped over his left shoulder. His reading glasses are attached to a strap, both of which are hanging from his neck. Bill is standing with his hands folded in front of him at stomach level. He is standing in front of an altar covered in decorative red and gold cloth. Atop the altar sits a golden buddha, two glass vases on either side of the buddha containing white mums and yellow daffodils. In front of the buddha sits a low wooden bowl with a daffodil resting on top of it. Another smaller bronze buddha statue sits to the left of the bowl. A backdrop of gold drapes sits behind the altar.

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We are Led ByUngan Senko Bill Mayhew

Our Practice Leader

We are Led By
Ungan Senko Bill Mayhew