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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),[1] 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.[2][1][3][4][5]
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- ^ Kaye, Les (1996). Zen at Work. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, back matter. ISBN 0-517-88620-0.
- ^ Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?. Wisdom Publications, pp. 136, 137. ISBN 0861715098.
- ^ Prebish, Charles S. (1979). American Buddhism. Duxbury Press, p. 86. ISBN 0878722254.
- ^ Friedman, Lenore (1987). Meetings With Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America. Shambhala Publications, p. 245. ISBN 087773366X.
- ^ Fields, Rick (1986). How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America. Random House, p. 367. ISBN 0394744195.
[edit] 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
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