Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Zenju Earthlyn Marselean Manuel, Osho - author, visual artist, poet, drummer and ordained Zen Buddhist priest and teacher, was born in Los Angeles, California to parents who migrated from Creole Louisiana. Zenju Osho’s spiritual writing is steeped in Zen and therefore explores the deep inner spiritual journey of our human existence. Her publications are rich with insights into birth and death, transformation, transcendence, and the exploration of life. In essence, she offers the riches of her internal discoveries that can be difficult to put into words. Her work has been endorsed by venerable teachers such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Charles Johnson, and many more. She holds both a masters and doctorate degree. Zenju is her Dharma [ordination] name and she was named Earthlyn by her mother weeks after she was born. Her middle name, Marselean, is the Creole name of her paternal grandmother who was a child slave. Manuel is a Haitian Creole last name. Osho means teacher.