George Bowman

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name = Bo Mun

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title = Soen Sa Nim
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George Bowman, or Bo Mun Soen sa Nim, is a Zen master and licensed psychotherapist living at Furnace Mountain in Clay City, Kentucky (he does not teach there). He received Dharma transmission from Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim in 1992, and is a former teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen. He was a founding member of the Providence Zen Center in 1972 and also did koan study with Joshu Sasaki from 1977 to 2003. Furnace Mountain is run by Dae Gak Soen Sa Nim—another former Kwan Um line teacher. He was a resident teacher at the Cambridge Buddhist Association from 1991 to 1999, and in 1994 founded the Institute for the Study of Meditation and Psychotherapy. Today he travels to Boston, Massachusetts most months to lead a "floating zendo" named the Single Flower Sangha. Bowman has given inka to his student David Dayan Rynick, who was the first individual to be acknowledged as a teacher outside of the Kwan Um lineage.Ash] Ford, 106] Prebish, 34, 156] Hoffman, 49]

ee also

*Dae Gak
*Furnace Mountain
*Providence Zen Center
*Kyozan Joshu Sasaki
*List of Rinzai Buddhists
*Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

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References

*cite web| last =Ash| first =Peter| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Guiding Teacher Zen Master Bomun (George Bowman)| work =| publisher =Single Flower Sangha| date =| url =http://users.rcn.com/peterash/et541/project/biograph.htm| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-01-18
*cite book| last =Ford| first =James Ishmael| authorlink =James Ishmael Ford| coauthors =| title =Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen| publisher =Wisdom Publications| date =2006| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0861715098
*cite book| last =Hoffman| first =Chris| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =The Hoop & the Tree: A Compass for Finding a Deeper Relationship With All Life| publisher =Council Oak Books| date =2000| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 157178098X
*cite book| last =Morreale| first =Don| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =The Complete Guide to Buddhist America| publisher =Shambhala Publications| date =| location =| pages =p. 158| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 1570622701
*cite book| last =Prebish| first =Charles S.| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America| publisher =University of California Press| date =1999| location =| pages =| url =| doi =| id = | isbn = 0520216970
*cite web| last =| first =| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =History and Lineage of the Worcester Zen Community| work =| publisher =| date =| url =http://www.worcesterzen.org/text%20documents/historyand%20lineage.htm| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-01-18

Further reading

*cite web| last =Seung Sahn| first =| authorlink =Seung Sahn| coauthors =George Bowman| title =The Sword that Kills and the Sword that Gives Life: Finding balance in Zen practice| work =| publisher =Kwan Um School of Zen (Primary Point)| date =| url =http://www.kwanumzen.org/primarypoint/v02n4-1985-fall-dssn-bmzm-theswordthatkills.html| format =| doi =| accessdate = 2008-01-18