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Kurt Spellmeyer, Kankan Sensei, trained with Takabayashi Genki and Kangan Glenn Webb, founders of the Seattle Zen Center. In 1985, Spellmeyer completed his training under Webb Roshi and was authorized to teach. He received the dharma name Kankan (Ch. Guan Han, “Sees the Cold”), at a private ceremony with Webb in 1991. Kankan Sensei has practiced Zen meditation for 32 years. He has directed the Cold Mountain Sangha since 1994, and supports himself by working as a professor in the English Department at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Cold Mountain (Kanzan) lineage of Rinzai Zen can be traced back to the Han Shan Temple in Suzhou, China. After Kangan Webb Roshi received dharma transmission from Miyauchi Kanko Roshi in Japan, he and his teacher made a journey back to the Han Shan Temple on the Chinese mainland. There Kangan's transmission was acknowledged by the abbot. For more information, please call 908-668-4413, or email kurt.spellmeyer@rutgers.edu . Updated 07.19.06 |
