Sante Poromaa
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| Title | Roshi |
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| Born | 1958 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Spouse | Kanja Odland |
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| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Sōtō and Rinzai |
| Lineage | Philip Kapleau |
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| Based in | Zengården |
| Website | www.zentraining.org |
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Sante Poromaa Roshi (born 1958) is a Swedish Zen Buddhist teacher (Roshi) in the tradition of Philip Kapleau and Bodhin Kjolhede.[1][2] He was born in 1958 in Kiruna, Sweden.[3] Together with his co-teacher Kanja Odland Roshi, he leads Zenbuddhistiska Samfundet,[4] one of the major traditions of Zen Buddhism in Sweden with centers in several European countries.[5]
Zen training
He commenced his Zen training in the early eighties as a student of Philip Kapleau. When Roshi Kapleau went into semi-retirement, he also became a student of Kapleau's successor, Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.[2] Poromaa was ordained as a Zen priest in 1991. He finished his formal koan training in 1993. In 1998, he was authorized to teach by Roshi Kjolhede, and has been teaching full-time since then.[6] He is authorized as an independent teacher (Roshi) in the “Cloud-Water Sangha” lineage.[7]
Work and teaching
Poromaa and Odland jointly lead Zenbuddhistiska Samfundet from Zengården, Zenbuddhistiska Samfundet's training temple in Fellingsbro in rural Sweden. ZBS also has centers in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund, Tampere (Finland), Cologne (Germany) and Glasgow (Scotland).[5] Zenbuddhistiska Samfundet has approximately 500 members[8] and is a member organisation in the Swedish Buddhist Community,[9] which he was involved in founding in 1992.[10]
Poromaa offers regular sesshin (meditation retreats) at Zengården, in English.[11] He also gives public talks on Zen and contributes to Swedish public life through participation in panel discussions on current social, philosophical and religious issues.
Although an artist by training, Poromaa has had a lifelong interest in science. His investigations of the possibility of finding common ground between the Buddhist and scientific worldviews led to the publication in 2009 of his book “The Net of Indra – Rebirth in Science and Buddhism”.[12]
Lineage
Poromaa and Odland have sanctioned five of their students as Zen teachers: Karl Kaliski Sensei,[13] Sangen Salo Sensei,[14] Dharman Ödman Sensei,[15] Mitra Virtaperko Sensei[16] och Kansan Zetterberg Sensei.
Bibliography
English
- The Net of Indra (Fellingsbro: Zendo, 2009) ISBN 9789197785716
- The Eightfold Path in Zen (Fellingsbro: Zendo, 2016) ISBN 9789198306514
- It's Never Too Late — To Give Up (Fellingsbro: Zendo, 2019) ISBN 978-9198306521
Swedish
- Bortom alla begrepp: Buddhas väg till frihet (Hägersten : Red Dot Publ, 1997) ISBN 9789197260510
- Varandets Väv (Fellingsbro: Zendo, 2008) ISBN 9789197785709
References
- ^ "Sante Poromaa, zenbuddist:". DN.se (in Swedish). 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
- ^ a b Ford, 159
- ^ Poromaa, Sante (2019). It´s never too late - to give up. Stockholm: Zendo Publications. ISBN 978-91-983065-2-1.
- ^ Abeynayake, Oliver; Tilakaratne, Asanga; Sri Lanka, eds. (2011). 2600 years of Sambuddhatva: global journey of awakening. Sri Lanka: Ministry of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs, Government of Sri Lanka. ISBN 978-955-9349-33-4. OCLC 806148289.
- ^ a b Cox, Laurence; Dessì, Ugo; Pokorny, Lukas, eds. (2024). East Asian religiosities in the European Union: globalisation, migration, and hybridity. Religion and transformation in contemporary European society. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag. ISBN 978-3-506-79466-6.
- ^ "Zengården". www.zentraining.org. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "Cloud-Water Sangha - Rochester Zen Center". Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Johansson, Stina (2018-10-22). "Stilla dig till ro med zenmeditation". Yoga för dig (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "SBG medlemmar – Sveriges buddhistiska gemenskap" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "SBS Historik". buddhism-sbs.se. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Lagercrantz, Agneta (2004-11-04). "Vara i kroppen är vägen". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
- ^ Poromaa, Sante (2009). The net of Indra: rebirth in science and Buddhism. Fellingsbro: Zendo. ISBN 978-91-977857-1-6.
- ^ "Cloud Water Zen Centre / About us / Our Tradition". www.cloudwaterzen.org. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "Teacher Sangen Salo - Sanneji". 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "Göteborg Zen Center". www.goteborgzencenter.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "Uusi opettaja Tampereelle: Sensei Mitra Virtaperko! - Tampere Zen Center" (in Finnish). 2021-11-04. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- Bibliography
- Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-509-8.
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