| 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 practiced with Katagiri Roshi in Minneapolis from 1976 until his death in 1990. Shoken practiced with Katagiri Roshi at Ganshoji, the City Center in Minneapolis, and at Hokyoji Zen Monastery in southeast Minnesota. 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. | |