Nonin Chowaney

Rev. Nonin Chowaney (OPW) is a retired American Soto Zen priest and brush calligrapher.[1][2] A Dharma heir of the late Dainin Katagiri-roshi,[3][4] Chowaney received Dharma transmission 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.[5] Having studied Zen in Japan as well as at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Chowaney was certified by the Soto School of Japan.

Rev. Nonin Chowaney
Personal
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityAmerican
SchoolSōtō
Senior posting
PredecessorDainin Katagiri

In 1999, Chowaney founded the Zen Center of Pittsburgh - Deep Spring Temple in Bell Acres, Pennsylvania and appointed Rev. Kyōki Roberts as the head priest. Then in 2001 he gave Dharma transmission to Roberts, his only ordained student.[6]

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References
  1. Fussell, James A. (1 August 2006). "It's summer, it's hot, so deal with it 'Accepting' the heat makes more sense than trying to fight it, an environmental educator says". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  2. Chadwick, David (1994). Thank you and OK! An American Zen Failure in Japan. Arkana. ISBN 0-14-019457-6. OCLC 29638449.
  3. Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. pp. 135. ISBN 0-86171-509-8.
  4. "Nonin Chowaney Interview". Sweeping Zen. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  5. "Nonin Chowaney". Sweeping Zen. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. "Head Priest". Zen Center of Pittsburgh. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.


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