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Rev. Nonin Chowaney (OPW) (died July 29, 2022) was an American
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of the late
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- roshi, Chowaney received
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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
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and appointed Rev. Kyōki Roberts as the head priest. Then in 2001 he gave
Dharma transmission In Chan and Zen Buddhism, dharma transmission is a custom in which a person is established as a "successor in an unbroken lineage of teachers and disciples, a spiritual 'bloodline' (''kechimyaku'') theoretically traced back to the Buddha him ...
to Roberts, his only ordained student.


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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-American Buddhists born into the faith, who comprise the largest percentage of Buddhists in the country. American Buddhists come from ...
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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 i ...


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