Kobun Chino Otogowa

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name = Kobun Chino Otogawa

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school = Soto
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Kobun Chino Otogawa (乙川 弘文 , 1938—2002) was a Soto Zen priest.

Kobun, who preferred to be called by his first name, rather than by either of the Japanese Zen honorifics: "sensei" (teacher) or "roshi" (master),cite book| last =Kaye| first =Les| authorlink =Les Kaye| coauthors =| title =Zen at Work| publisher =Crown Trade Paperbacks | date =1996| location =New York| pages =back matter| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0-517-88620-0] came to San Francisco, California in 1967 in response to an invitation from Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, serving as his assistant at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center until 1970. Kobun attended Kyoto University in Japan, where he received a master’s degree in Mahayana Buddhist studies. He then trained for three years at Eiheiji. Originally there were plans for Kobun to guide a satellite group of the San Francisco Zen Center located in Los Altos, California, but he was most needed at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center (where he stayed until 1970). Shortly after Suzuki's death in 1971, Chino did lead the Haiku Zen Center (soon after incorporated under the name Bodhi) in Los Altos until 1978. Called roshi by his students, he went on to assume teaching positions at Naropa University. He died in Switzerland in 2002 by drowning while trying to save his five year old daughter who had fallen from a dock.cite book| last =Ford| first =James Ishmael| authorlink =James Ishmael Ford| coauthors =| title =Zen Master Who?| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2006| location =| pages =pp. 136, 137| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861715098] [http://www.cuke.com/Cucumber%20Project/suzuki%20stories/haiku1.html] cite book| last =Prebish| first =Charles S.| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =American Buddhism| publisher =Duxbury Press| date =1979| location =| pages =p. 86| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0878722254] cite book| last =Friedman| first =Lenore| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Meetings With Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America| publisher =Shambhala Publications| date =1987| location =| pages =p. 245| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 087773366X] cite book| last =Fields| first =Rick| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America| publisher =Random House| date =1986| location =| pages =p. 367| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0394744195]

Writings

*1997a. “ [http://www.bethezda.net/zen/writingbykobun.htm Aspects of Sitting] ” "Jikoji News" (Winter).
*1997b. " [http://www.bethezda.net/zen/writingbykobun.htm Who Is Your Teacher?] " "Jikoji News" (Spring 1997).
*1997c. “ [http://www.bethezda.net/zen/writingbykobun.htm Udumbara] ” "Jikoji News" (Summer 1997).
*1998. “ [http://www.bethezda.net/zen/writingbykobun.htm The Other Side of Nothing] ” "Jikoji News" (Winter)
*2002. "Changing the World", "No Thought Required", "New Tricks?" (with Angie Boissevain), and "Farm Is Emptiness" (with Angie Boissevain). In "One Bird, One Stone: 108 American Zen Stories", edited by Sean Murphy, 101–106. New York: Renaissance Books ISBN 1580632211.

ee also

*Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

References

Further reading

* Kaye, Les. 1996. "Zen at Work". New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks [Random House] . ISBN 0-517-88620-0
* Malone, Michael S. 1999. "Infinite Loop: How Apple, the World's Most Insanely Great Computer Company, Went Insane ". New York: Currency/Doubleday Publishing. ISBN 0385486847