Rev. Shoken Winecoff 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. Shoken also received formal training at Zuioji Zen Monastery and Shogoji Zen Monastery in Japan for three years from 1989 to 1992. Since that time he has worked to establish a Soto Zen monastery in the Midwest.
Rosan Osamu Yoshida founded the Missouri Zen Center in 1979. He received Dharma transmission from Rev. Dainin Katagiri Roshi in 1989 and from Rev. Tsugen Narasaki Roshi in 1993. He was certified by Soto Shu (School) of Zen as an international teacher in 1994. Rosan earned his Ph.D. and M.Phil. from Columbia University, M.A. from Tokyo University, and B.A. from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He participated in the Parliament of World Religions and promoted Global Ethic, founding and being Advisor of Japan Global System & Ethics.
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