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Shoun Dean Williams

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  • Sōtō Zen

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  • Crooked River Zen Centerlisted center · Crooked River Zen Center South Euclid, OH Dean Williams is the guiding teacher of the Crooked River Zen Center in Cleveland, Ohio. His interest in Zen Buddhism began in the early 70s when he was working on his BA in philosophy. He began formal zen practice in 1997. He was lay ordained in 2000, ordained as a Buddhist chaplain in 2001, and as a priest in 2003, all while studying with Sojun Diane Martin, the resident teacher at Udumbara Zen Center in Evanston, IL. In 2006 he served as shuso during the fall practice period at Udumbara.

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  1. Shoun Dean Williams ↗association directory card · card 48 · retrieved 2026-08-21
  2. Shoun Dean Williams ↗association profile · profile page · retrieved 2026-08-21