Eiko Joshin Carolyn Atkinson is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma successor of the late Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi (through Vanja Palmers) and has been practicing Zen Buddhist meditation since 1973. She currently ... Continue Reading »
Enji Angie Boissevain (born June 11, 1936) is a Soto Zen roshi and guiding teacher of Floating Zendo located in San Jose, CA. A former student of Kobun Chino ... Continue Reading »
Sokuzan Robert Brown is a Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Kobun Chino Roshi. He met Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, in late 1973 and became a student. ... Continue Reading »
Ian Hakuryu Forsberg (born November 10, 1957) is a Soto Zen priest and Dharma heir of Vanja Palmers. He was ordained by his late teacher, Kobun Chino Otogawa. Ian was fortunate to meet ... Continue Reading »
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 »
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 late 1970s. She moved ... Continue Reading »
Martin Mosko (born April 5, 1944) founded the landscape design firm Marpa Design Studio in 1974. He studied painting and Sanskrit at Yale, and has apprenticed with Japanese master gardeners. Mosko is a ... Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
Kobun Chino Otogawa (乙川 弘文, ☸ February 1, 1938—July 26, 2002) was a Japanese Soto Zen roshi who made great strides during his lifespan in bringing Zen Buddhism to the West. Ordained an ... Continue Reading »
Vanja Palmers is a Soto Zen priest now based in Europe. He is an animal rights activist of many years and a Dharma heir of the late Kobun Chino Otogowa. During the 1970s ... Continue Reading »
Bu-Tan Stan White is the temple priest of Hokoji, a Buddhist community near Taos, New Mexico established by Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi and Bob Watkins in 1983. He is a Dharma heir of ... 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.