Kyoki Roberts

Rev. Kyōki Roberts
Personal
Religion	Buddhism
Nationality	American
School	Sōtō
Lineage	Dainin Katagiri
Senior posting
Predecessor	Nonin Chowaney

Rev. Kyōki Roberts (OPW) is a retired American Sōtō Zen priest. The single Dharma heir of Nonin Chowaney-roshi, Roberts received Dharma transmission in June 2001 and was a founding member of an organization of Sōtō priests known as the Order of the Prairie Wind (OPW), which is now defunct. Having studied Zen in Japan at the Zuiō-ji (瑞応寺) and Shōgo-ji (聖護寺) monasteries and in the United States at Minnesota Zen Center, San Francisco Zen Center, and Green Gulch Farm, Roberts was certified by the Sōtō School of Japan.

Roberts blended her practice of Zen Buddhism with art during the 2003 exhibition Gestures: An Exhibition of Small Site-Specific Works at The Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh. Her installation exhibit, No where to go; nothing to do: Just Sitting, invited visitors to experience aspects of Zazen (seated meditation)."[1]

In March 2006, Roberts served as a member of the Plenary Panel of Venerable Women: Women Living the Dharma in the 21st Century during the first Buddhist Women's Conference held at DePaul University and sponsored by the Buddhist Council of the Midwest. During the conference, she blended her Zen training and her 10 years of experience as a mediator for the State of Nebraska to present a workshop on Difficult Conversations as Practice.[2]

See also[]

• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

References[]

• "Zen Center of Pittsburgh". Retrieved 2009-02-06.
• "Soto Zen Buddhist Association". Retrieved 2009-02-09.
• "WQED Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
• "Mattress Factory Museum". Retrieved 2009-02-10.
• "Jikoji". Retrieved 2009-02-10.
• "Dharma Women". Retrieved 2009-02-10.
• "Huffington Post". 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2009-02-23.

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