Big River Zen Practice Group was founded in September 2007 by two longtime students in the Kwan Um School of Zen to create a home for Kwan Um School style of practice in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. It holds practice twice a week on Weds and Suns, and most months there is a six-hour extended sit on a Sunday. We are happy to host our first teacher-led weekend retreats (“Yong Maeng Jong Jin”) this spring 2009 in March and June.
Co-founders and Group leaders:
Tom Dickinson, Senior Dharma Teacher
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Tom has practiced in the Kwan Um School of Zen since 1982, living many years in the New Haven Zen Center (CT). He has completed two Kyol Ches (90-day silent retreats) in a mountain temple in Korea and a 30-day Kyol Che at Diamond Hill Monastery at the Providence Zen Center (RI).
Ryan O’Malley, Dharma Teacher
Ryan has practiced in the Kwan Um School since 1998, first in Madison, WI and later living at the Cambridge Zen Center (MA). He has completed one-, two- and three-month Kyol Ches.