Nonin Chowaney

Rev. Nonin Chowaney
Religion	Sōtō
Personal
Nationality	American
Senior posting
Based in	Nebraska Zen Center
Title	Roshi
Predecessor	Dainin Katagiri
Religious career
Website	www.prairiewindzen.org/

Rev. Nonin Chowaney (OPW) is an American Soto Zen priest, brush calligrapher, and the current abbot and head priest of the Nebraska Zen Center at the Heartland Temple in Omaha, Nebraska.^[1][2] A Dharma heir of the late Dainin Katagiri-roshi,^[3][4] Chowaney received Dharma transmission in 1989 and is the founder of an organization of Soto priests known as The Order of the Prairie Wind (OPW). Chowaney also has an affiliate center called the Lincoln Zen Group at the Unitarian Universalist Church in nearby Lincoln, Nebraska.^[5] Having studied Zen in Japan as well as at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Chowaney is certified by the Soto School of Japan and also "chairs the Membership Committee of the American Zen Teachers Association and serves on the Priest Training Committee of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association."[1]

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 senior ordained student."[2]

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

Notes

1. ^ Fussell
2. ^ Chadwick
3. ^ Ford, 135
4. ^ Nonin Chowaney Interview
5. ^ Letheby

References

• Chadwick, David (1994). Thank you and OK! An American Zen Failure in Japan. Arkana. ISBN 0140194576. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29638449&referer=brief_results. 
• Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715098. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70174891&referer=one_hit. 
• Fussell, James A. (2006-08-01). "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. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1134280EF40CB500&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-03-20. 
• Letheby, Pete (2007-10-15). "Zen Buddhist practitioner to offer insights in G.I.". Grand Island Independent. http://www.theindependent.com/stories/10152007/new_buddhist15.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-20. ^{[dead link]}
• "Nonin Chowaney Interview". Sweeping Zen. 2011-04-13. http://sweepingzen.com/2011/04/13/nonin-chowaney-interview/. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 

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