10-02-2011 Shoken Winecoff of Ryumonji Monastery in Dorchester, Iowa recently appeared on KPVL's "Circle Connect" to talk about his past and how he first came to Zen practice. Winecoff is a dharma successor of ... Continue Reading »
Vertaald door Rob Geleijnse. Dank u Rob! Tim Zentetsu Burkett (geb. 1943) Is een Soto Zen Leraar en monnik aan het Minnesota Zen Meditation Center (MZMC). Hij is een gediplomeerd psycholoog en heeft tevens ... Continue Reading »
By Rev. Nonin Chowaney From 1987 to 1990, I practiced Zen Buddhism as a monk in Japan at two monasteries, Zuioji and Shogoji. Zuioji is a long established training monastery in the city of ... Continue Reading »
Vertaald in Dutch Tim Zentetsu Burkett (b. 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 and executive ... Continue Reading »
Rev. Nonin Chowaney (b. 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, Nebraska. ... Continue Reading »
By Rev. Nonin Chowaney In Soto Zen Buddhism, practicing under the guidance of a teacher is extremely important. When I practiced in Japanese monasteries, this was stressed over and over again. Whenever I ... Continue Reading »
By Dosho Mike Port Reprinted from Keep Me In Your Heart A While: The Haunting Zen of Dainin Katagiri, by Dosho Port. Reprinted by permission of Wisdom Publications. As ... Continue Reading »
One of the great pioneers of Zen in America, Dainin Katagiri had a teaching style that was at once powerful, gentle, and sometimes even casual. For his student, Dosho Mike Port, some of ... Continue Reading »
Offers a basic understanding of Zen Buddhism. Special emphasis on discovering the experience of enlightenment in the midst of everyday life. About the Author Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1928, Dainin Katagiri was trained traditionally ... Continue Reading »
It’s easy to regard time as a commodity—we even speak of “saving” or “spending” it. We often regard it as an enemy, when we feel it slipping away before we’re ready ... Continue Reading »
"Through vivid imagery, humorous anecdotes, and an irrepressible sense of astonishment, Katagiri Roshi reminds us through this collection of talks that the heart of Zen lies in the very moment we ... Continue Reading »
Dainin Katagiri roshi was a Japanese-born Soto Zen pioneer in the United States—the founder of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. His lineage is represented today through several of his dharma successors, perhaps the ... Continue Reading »
Completed on June 09, 2009 Dosho Port (b. 1956) is a Soto Zen priest , Zen practitioner and disciple of Dainin Katagiri-roshi, currently involved in koan introspection with James Ford, David Rynick ... Continue Reading »
Completed on June 17, 2009 Zuiko Redding is a Soto Zen priest and the guiding teacher of Cedar Rapids Zen Center in Iowa. Redding grew up in Texas where she encountered Zen as ... Continue Reading »
Completed on September 14, 2009 Rosan Osamu Yoshida is a Soto Zen priest practicing in the lineages of Dainin Katagiri-roshi and Tsugen Narasaki-roshi. He is founder and practice leader of the Missouri Zen Center ... Continue Reading »
Completed on September 20, 2009 Kojun Jean Leyshon is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Kobun Chino Otogawa. She began practicing with Dainin Katagiri Roshi at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in the ... Continue Reading »
Jikai Dainin 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 1972. Katagiri ... Continue Reading »
Completed on September 25, 2009 Steve Tokan Hagen has been a student of Soto Zen and Buddhist thought and practice since 1967. In 1975 he became a student of Dainin Katagiri Roshi in Minneapolis ... Continue Reading »
Established in 2009 as a grassroots initiative, Sweeping Zen is a digital archive of information on Zen Buddhism. Featuring in-depth interviews, an extensive database of biographies, news, articles, podcasts, teacher blogs, events, directories and more, this site is dedicated to offering the public a range of views in the sphere of Zen Buddhist thought. We are also endeavoring to continue creating lineage charts for all Western Zen lines, doing our own small part in advancing historical documentation on this fabulous import of an ancient tradition. Come on in with a tea or coffee. You're always bound to find something new.