About
Myokei Caine-Barrett is Bishop of the Nichiren Order of North America and Resident Priest at Myoken-ji Temple in Texas. She is the first Western woman and first person of African-Japanese descent ordained in the Nichiren Shu tradition, and the first female Bishop in NONA. Caine-Barrett has been a Buddhist practitioner for over 50 years. She leads sanghas in two Texas prisons and has worked with Healing Warrior Hearts to support military veterans. She is also a Religious Science Practitioner.
Teaching focus
Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's teaching focus, drawn from the source profile, sits in the Mahayana and Nichiren traditions. Several threads come up: steady attention to body and breath; the relationship between ethics and meditation; and short, direct teachings rather than long talks. On talks, the style is closer to thinking-along than presenting. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin works with whatever shows up in the room rather than reading from notes, which is part of why these talks land as conversational instead of scripted. Short pauses, longer sits, and questions that come back to direct experience are usual. Listed specialties on the source profile include trauma. The bigger move Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin keeps making is back toward attention itself: what's happening, how it's being held, and what gets in the way. That keeps the teaching close to practice rather than drifting into commentary about practice. For talks, schedules, and longer essays, the affiliated organization's page is where the live material lives. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's sessions tend to keep returning to the body, to breath, and to the felt quality of attention as the steady ground that the rest rests on.
Background
Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin teaches in the Mahayana and Nichiren traditions. The teaching home is East Bay Meditation Center. From the teacher's own profile: Current Bishop of the Nichiren Order of North America [NONA], Myokei Caine-Barrett is also Resident Priest and Guiding Teacher of the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of Texas' Myoken-ji Temple. She is the first Western woman, and first person of African-Japanese descent, to be ordained in the Nichiren Shu tradition as well as the first female Bishop in NONA. Myokei Shonin leads two incarcerated sanghas at Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and has also worked to support the healing of emotional issues of military service with Healing Warrior Hearts. She has been a Buddhist practitioner for over 50 years, as well as a Religious Science Practitioner for the past 13 years. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's teaching tends to stay close to direct experience, working with attention, ethics, and the felt sense of the body rather than abstract doctrine. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography. Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin's page on OMP collects the publicly available bio, the listed affiliations, and any talks tracked through the source archive, and is meant as a directory entry rather than an authorized biography.
Lineage
Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin teaches as a monastic teacher in the Mahayana and Nichiren traditions. The institutional home, per the source listing, is East Bay Meditation Center, and that's where most of the public teaching schedule and any retreat offerings will be posted. Teaching authority and lineage details, where stated, live with the affiliated organization's profile page rather than with this directory entry.
What to expect
On a class or retreat with Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin, the basic shape is short instruction, longer sittings, and some Q&A. The container is shaped by East Bay Meditation Center, so format details, fees, and access policies follow that organization's norms. Expect plenty of silence, less talking-at-you than you might think, and an emphasis on letting the practice do its work rather than chasing experiences. For exact dates, registration, and any sliding-scale or scholarship information, There's usually a short Q&A window and, on retreats, optional teacher interviews where students can bring specific questions about their practice.
