Rev. Nonin Chowaney (OPW) (died July 29, 2022) was an American
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priest and brush
calligrapher
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Dharma heir
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of the late
Dainin Katagiri
Jikai , was a Sōtō Zen priest and teacher, and the founding abbot of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he served from 1972 until his death from cancer in 1990. He is also the founder of Hokyoji Zen Practice Comm ...
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roshi,
Chowaney 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 1989 and was the founder of an organization of Soto priests known as The Order of the Prairie Wind (OPW), which is now defunct.
Chowaney was longtime abbot of the Nebraska Zen Center in Omaha. In 1999, Chowaney founded the Zen Center of Pittsburgh - Deep Spring Temple in
Bell Acres,
Pennsylvania
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and appointed
Rev. Kyōki Roberts as the head priest. Then in 2001 he gave
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 ...
to Roberts, his only ordained student.
See also
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Buddhism in the United States
The term American Buddhism can be used to describe all Buddhist groups within the United States, including Asian Americans, Asian-American Buddhists born into the faith, who comprise the largest percentage of Buddhists in the country.
American Budd ...
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Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
Below is a timeline of important events regarding Zen Buddhism in the United States. Dates with "?" are approximate.
Events
Early history
* 1893: Soyen Shaku comes to the United States to lecture at the World Parliament of Religions held in C ...
References
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20th-century births
2022 deaths
Soto Zen Buddhists
Zen Buddhist priests
American Zen Buddhists
Year of birth missing