Pronounce: Tim Zentetsu Burkett Tim Zentetsu Burkett (born 1943) is a Soto Zen teacher and abbot of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center (MZMC). He is a licensed psychologist with a Ph.D. in Psychology ... Continue Reading »
Rev. Nonin Chowaney (born 1941) is an American Soto Zen (OPW) priest, brush calligrapher, and the current abbot and head priest of the Nebraska Zen Center at the Heartland Temple in Omaha, ... Continue Reading »
Jodo Cliff Clusin (born March 16, 1955) is a Soto Zen teacher and founder of Prairie Mountain Zendo in Fort Collins, Colorado. Cliff practiced closely with Dainin Katagiri Roshi at the Minnesota Zen ... Continue Reading »
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Bev Forsman (born 1958) teaches at Dharma Field in Minneapolis and periodically at London Zen Centre in London, Ontario, Canada. She became a student at Dharma Field in 1998, was ordained ... Continue Reading »
Dokai Ron Georgesen is a Soto Zen priest and resident teacher of Hokyoji Zen Practice Community in Eitzen, Minnesota. Dokai began his Zen practice in 1974 with Dainin Katagiri at the Minnesota Zen ... Continue Reading »
Steve Tokan Hagen has been a student of Buddhist thought and practice since 1967. In 1975 he became a student of Dainin Katagiri, Roshi in Minneapolis and was ordained in 1979 in the ... Continue Reading »
Pronounce: Dainin Katagiri Dainin Jikai Katagiri (片桐 大忍, ☸ January 19, 1928—March 1, 1990), aka Hojo-san Katagiri, was a Japanese-born Soto Zen priest who established the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota in ... Continue Reading »
Reverend Shoshin Bob Kelly was ordained by Rev. Shoken Winecoff in 2001 and received Dharma transmission from him in 2006. He leads Sokuji Zen Group in Bemidgi, MN. Sokuji meets Fridays at 6:30 ... Continue Reading »
Rev. Jikan Kondrick (☸ 1912—February 15, 2011) was Vice-Abbess of Ryumonji Monastery in Iowa until she retired in 2010. A student of the late Dainin Katagiri-roshi, she served as Vice-Abbess since 2000 and ... Continue Reading »
Martin Bussho Lahn (born February 10, 1969) first came to Zen Buddhism and Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in 1993 and was ordained by Zentetsu Tim Burkett in 2009. Lahn is currently a priest-in-training. ... Continue Reading »
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Pronounce: Tesshin Paul Lehmberg The way this website largely works is by relying upon individuals or their representative to submit their own biography to the database. In some instances, where the teacher is deceased or is ... Continue Reading »
Lee Lewis has been practicing Zen meditation for 18 years mostly at the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, with Shohaku Okamura, Karen Sekijun Sunna and Tim Zentetsu Burkett, where he has served in many ... Continue Reading »
Sojun Diane Martin is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma heir of Karen Sunna. Sojun-roshi began her Zen training at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1970 and she currently runs the Udumbara ... Continue Reading »
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The way this website largely works is by relying upon individuals or their representative to submit their own biography to the database. In some instances, where the teacher is deceased or is too important to ... Continue Reading »
Teijo Munnich is a Soto Zen priest and dharma successor of Dainin Katagiri, Roshi. Rev. Munnich studied with Katagiri, Roshi from 1975 until his death in 1990. She received formal training at Hokyoji ... Continue Reading »
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Pronounce: Dosho Mike Port Dosho Mike Port (born 1956) is a Soto Zen priest , Zen practitioner and disciple of Dainin Katagiri-roshi, currently involved in koan introspection with James Ford, David Rynick and Melissa ... Continue Reading »
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