Shoken Winecoff

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Teachers and predecessors

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Students and successors

• Eido Bruce Espesource stated dharma transmission · explicit source statement unverified

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• Ryumonji Zen Monasteryteaches at · Decorah, IA, USA
• Ryumonji Zen Monasterylisted center · Ryumonji Zen Monastery Dorchester, IA Shoken Winecoff Roshi is founding teacher and abbot of Ryumonji Zen Monastery. He is a Dharma Heir of the late Dainin Katagiri Roshi, founder of the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center. Rev. Winecoff practiced with Katagiri Roshi in Minneapolis from 1976 until Katagiri Roshi’s death in 1990. Shoken also received formal training with Ikko Narasaki Roshi and Tsugen Narasaki Roshi at Zuioji Zen Monastery and Shogoji Zen Monastery in Japan for three years from 1989 to 1992. Since that time he has devoted himself to establishing a Soto Zen monastery in the Midwest.

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