Kobun Chino Roshi
An obituary by Sean Murphy and a remembrance by Andrew Schelling
Kobun Chino Roshi (1938—2002)
Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi, Zen teacher and holder of the World Wisdom Chair at Naropa University, died in a drowning accident in Switzerland on July 26 while he was attempting to rescue his five-year-old daughter, Maya, who also died. He was sixty-four years old.
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