Danan Henry

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|birth_date = {{bya|1939}}

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|religion = Zen Buddhism

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|lineage = Harada-Yasutani

|title = Roshi

|location = Zen Center of Denver (formerly)

|education = University of California, Berkeley

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|predecessor = Philip Kapleau
Robert Baker Aitken

|successor = Karin Ryuku Kempe, Peggy Metta Sheehan, Ken Tetsuzan Morgareidge, Rafe Jnan Martin, Hoag Holmgren

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|website = [http://www.zencenterofdenver.org/ www.zencenterofdenver.org/]

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Michael Danan Henry (born 1939) is an American Roshi in the Harada-Yasutani school of Zen Buddhism, a sect derived from both the Rinzai and Sōtō traditions of Japanese Zen, practicing in the Diamond Sangha lineage of Robert Baker Aitken. The founding teacher of the Zen Center of Denver, Henry received Dharma transmission from Philip Kapleau Roshi{{cite web|title=A Place of Refuge|url=https://zencenterofdenver.org/a-place-of-refuge/|website=Zen Center of Denver|access-date=September 7, 2019}} in 1989 and, after many years of subsequent training with Robert Aitken Roshi, was recognized as a Diamond Sangha teacher and master by Aitken.{{sfn|Honolulu Diamond Sangha|2010}}{{sfn|Ford|2006|page=159}}{{sfn|Prebish|1999|page=19}} Danan Henry Roshi created and implemented the Monastery Without Walls training program; the Lotus in the Flame Lay Order; and the Every Minute Zen mindfulness training program as abbot and spiritual director of the Zen Center of Denver.{{cite web|title=Our Teacher and Lineage|url=https://www.aucklandzen.org.nz/our-teacher-and-lineage|website=Auckland Zen Center|access-date=April 17, 2024}}

On September 12, 2010, Danan Roshi conferred Dharma transmission and appointment of abbacy to Karin Kempe, Ken Morgareidge, and Peggy Sheehan, and stepped aside as abbot of the Zen Center of Denver.{{Cite web|url=https://zencenterofdenver.org/lineage/|title = Lineage – Zen Center of Denver}} Danan Roshi has lived at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center in Jemez Springs, NM since 2021 and is the teacher of the Old Bones Sangha, a small group of mostly senior students who meet periodically in person for retreats.

On June 30, 2016, Danan Roshi conferred Dharma transmission to Rafe Martin in a public ceremony at the Rochester Zen Center.{{cite web|title=An Evening with Zen Teacher, Author, and Storyteller Rafe Martin|url=https://www.zendesertsangha.org/upcoming-events/2018/3/7/an-evening-with-author-and-storyteller-rafe-martin|website=Zen Desert Sangha|access-date=September 7, 2019}}

On June 18, 2023, Danan Roshi conferred Dharma transmission to Hoag Holmgren in a public ceremony at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center.{{cite web|last=Manda|first=Bodhi|title=Old Bones Sesshin and Transmission Ceremony|url=https://us11.campaign-archive.com/?u=c50ad619f33c797e1cd076981&id=f0c946ab2e|website=Bodhi Manda Zen Center|date=July 2023|access-date=November 26, 2023}}

On June 24, 2023, Danan Roshi identified the following long-time students as associate teachers: John Guernsey, David Harris, Steve Hughes, and James Marshall. {{cite web|last=Manda|first=Bodhi|title=Old Bones Sesshin and Transmission Ceremony|url=https://us11.campaign-archive.com/?u=c50ad619f33c797e1cd076981&id=f0c946ab2e|website=Bodhi Manda Zen Center|date=July 2023|access-date=November 26, 2023}}