George Bowman

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Birth name:	George Bowman
Dharma name(s):	Bo Mun
Place of birth:	United States
Religion:	Zen Buddhism
Title(s):	Soen Sa Nim Psychotherapist
Predecessor(s):	Seung Sahn
Website
Website:	Single Flower Sangha
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George Bowman, or Bo Mun Soen sa Nim, is a Zen master and licensed psychotherapist living as a hermit 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, incidentally, is run by Dae Gak Soen Sa Nim—another former Kwan Um line teacher. Today he travels to Boston, Massachusetts now and then to lead a "floating zendo" named the Single Flower Sangha. 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. 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.^[1][2][3][4]

Contents 1 See also 2 Notes 3 References 4 Further reading

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Ash, Peter. Guiding Teacher Zen Master Bomun (George Bowman). Single Flower Sangha. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.
• Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715098. 
• Hoffman, Chris (2000). The Hoop & the Tree: A Compass for Finding a Deeper Relationship With All Life. Council Oak Books. ISBN 157178098X. 
• Morreale, Don. The Complete Guide to Buddhist America. Shambhala Publications, p. 158. ISBN 1570622701. 
• Prebish, Charles S. (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 0520216970. 
• History and Lineage of the Worcester Zen Community. Retrieved on 2008-01-18.

[edit] Further reading

• Seung Sahn; George Bowman. The Sword that Kills and the Sword that Gives Life: Finding balance in Zen practice. Kwan Um School of Zen (Primary Point). Retrieved on 2008-01-18.

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