Golden Wind Zen Order
| Golden Wind Zen Order | |
|---|---|
 Blue Heron Zen Community | |
| School: | Zen (American Zen) |
| Founder: | Ji Bong (Zen Master Robert Moore) |
| Founded: | 2004 |
| Guiding Teacher, Emeritus: | Zen Master Ji Bong (Robert Moore) |
| Guiding Teacher: | Zen Master Jeong Ji (Anita Feng) |
| Lineage: | Seung Sahn, and Korean masters of the Chogye Order |
| Primary location: | Long Beach, California |
| Affiliated centers: | Albuquerque, New Mexico
Long Beach, California Seattle, WashingtonVashon, Washington |
The Golden Wind Zen Order (GWZO) is an American Zen Buddhist Order with affiliated centers in California, New Mexico, and Washington State, and additional online practice offerings.
The Guiding Teacher of the GWZO is Zen Master Jeong Ji (Anita Feng). Affiliated centers of the GWZO are independent Zen centers that practice American Zen with forms from the Korean Seung Sahn lineage and the Japanese Rinzai lineage.
History
[edit]The GWZO was founded in 2004 by Zen Master Ji Bong (Robert Moore). Moore received dharma transmission in the Kwan Um School of Zen from Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1997. At that time, he was authorized and encouraged to develop a new American Zen tradition.
California. Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn and Robert Moore, his long-time student, founded the Huntington Beach Zen Center in 1993. In 1995 the Center moved to a larger six bedroom house in Stanton. At that time Zen Master Seung Sahn recommended the new name, Ocean Eyes Zen Center.
In 1997, Ocean Eyes Zen Center moved to a residence in Long Beach, California where it was a residential center with several full time resident students. In 2000, the Center moved to Long Beach, CA, and in 2011 relocated to the Signal Hill area of Long Beach. The center was affiliated with the international Kwan Um School of Zen until 2004. In 2004, Moore and the Zen Center membership established the Golden Wind Zen Order as an independent teaching organization (see Ford, 2017).
Seattle. The Dharma Sound Zen Community in Seattle, WA was established in the 1980s under the auspices of the Kwan Um School of Zen, with Zen Master Ji Bong (Moore) as its guiding teacher. After Moore established the GWZO, the Seattle center affiliated with the GWZO. In 2006, Dharma Sound changed its name to the Blue Heron Zen Community.
Teaching Lineage. Over two decades, Moore authorized several students as Zen teachers known as Ji Do Poep Sunims (JDPSN, or "Dharma Masters"). These included Jeff Tipp, Eric Nord, and Anita Feng in Seattle, along with Frank McGouirk in Long Beach and Tim Colohan (now with the Kwan Um School).
In 2015, Moore gave full Zen transmission to his first Dharma heir, Zen Master Jeong Ji (Anita Feng) at the Blue Heron Zen Community in Seattle, WA. Jeong Ji is now the Guiding Teacher of the Albuquerque Zen Center and of the GWZO.
Affiliated Centers
[edit]- Albuquerque Zen Center, Albuquerque, NM
- Blue Heron Zen Community, Seattle, WA
- Golden Wind Zen Center, Long Beach, CA
- Puget Sound Zen Center, Vashon, WA
Teaching Hierarchy
[edit]Guiding Teachers and Locations
- Zen Masters
- Zen Master Ji Bong (Robert Moore), California
- Zen Master Jeong Ji (Anita Feng), New Mexico
- Zen Master Jeong Bong (Eric Nord), Washington
- Ji Do Poep Sa teachers (Dharma Masters)
- Jeff Tipp, JDPSN, California
- Ann Pepper, JDPSN, California
- Paul Gulick, JDPSN, Washington
- Chris Chapman, JDPSN, Washington
See also
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Ford, James Ishmael (2017). The Formation of Zen Teachers.
- McDaniel, Richard (2025). Zen Conversations and Profiles: Anita Feng (Zen Master Jeong Ji).
- Prebish, Charles S.; Baumann, Martin (2002). Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22625-9. OCLC 48871649.
- Primary Point (1997). "Robert Moore Becomes Zen Master Ji Bong." Primary Point, Summer 1997, pp. 23-25 (archive).
- Shrobe, Richard (2004). Don't Know Mind: The Spirit of Korean Zen. Shambhala. (cf. pp. 40, 88-89, 151)
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