Rev. Nonin Chowaney has passed away

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Rev. Nonin Chowaney has passed away

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Greetings,

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Reverend Nonin Chowaney, who some of you may remember from E-Sangha and Zen Forum International has passed away.

A friend of his, Natalie Dowty, left the following eulogy on his Facebook page.
My dear friend Nonin Chowaney left this world yesterday. Nonin was a Zen Buddhist priest. He was master teacher, gardener, poet and calligrapher. He was masterful at accessing vast intellectual and emotional reaches, and then letting them go. He was both austere and imposing, and deeply vulnerable and compassionate. Irascible one moment, and dancing joyfully in my living room the next. Life dealt him a series of blows that could have crushed him. But they didn’t. Simple things brought him great joy: walking his dog, jazz music, his family, the neighbor kids, good whiskey, babies, watching sports, and talking with friends over coffee. I love you Nonin. Go well, my friend.
:candle:

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May good wanderer have been passed away in joy with the jewels and possible abound the suffering of the Kama-loka.
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:candle: :candle: :candle:


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  • member-profile wrote:Soto Zen Buddhist priest. Fully transmitted disciple of Dainin Katagiri Roshi. Authorized to teach by him and the Soto Zen Heirarchy in Japan.
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:candle:

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Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.

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Interesting, I see he was a member here too. But just 5 posts.

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:candle: :candle: :candle:
"He, the Blessed One, is indeed the Noble Lord, the Perfectly Enlightened One;
He is impeccable in conduct and understanding, the Serene One, the Knower of the Worlds;
He trains perfectly those who wish to be trained; he is Teacher of gods and men; he is Awake and Holy. "

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:candle: :candle: :candle:
And the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus, saying: "Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to vanish. Strive with earnestness!"

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That’s a shame. I only interacted with him a handful of times but he seemed nice.
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as impermanent, unstable, insubstantial.
Mind, let me leap into the victor’s teaching,
carry me over the great flood, so hard to pass.”
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