Rev. Kyōki Roberts (OPW) is a retired
American
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Sōtō Zen
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priest. The single
Dharma heir
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of
Nonin Chowaney
Rev. Nonin Chowaney (OPW) (died July 29, 2022) was an American Soto Zen priest and brush calligrapher. A Dharma heir of the late Dainin Katagiri- roshi, Chowaney received Dharma transmission in 1989 and was the founder of an organization of Soto ...
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roshi, Roberts received
Dharma transmission
In Chan Buddhism, Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken Lineage (Buddhism), lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' (''kechimyaku'') theoretica ...
in June 2001 and was a member of an organization of priests known as the Order of the Prairie Wind (OPW), which is now defunct. She studied Zen in
Japan
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and in the United States.
Roberts blended her practice with art during the 2003 exhibition ''Gestures: An Exhibition of Small Site-Specific Works'' at
The Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh. Her installation exhibit, ''No where to go; nothing to do: Just Sitting'', invited visitors to experience aspects of
Zazen
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However, the term is a general one not unique to Zen, and thus technicall ...
(seated meditation).
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In March 2006, Roberts served as a member of the ''Plenary Panel of Venerable Women: Women Living the Dharma in the 21st Century'' during the first Buddhist Women's Conference held at DePaul University
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and sponsored by the Buddhist Council of the Midwest.
See also
*Buddhism in the United States
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American Budd ...
*Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
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Events
Early history
* 1893: Soyen Shaku comes to the United States to lecture at the World Parliament of Religions held in C ...
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Soto Zen Buddhists
Zen Buddhist priests
American Zen Buddhists
Female Buddhist spiritual teachers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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