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| location              = 1727 & 1733 S. Horton St., [[Seattle, WA]]  98144
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| religious_affiliation = [[Rinzai]]
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| website               = [http://www.choboji.org/ www.choboji.org/]
| founded_by            = Genki Takabayashi
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'''Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji''' ({{Langx|ja|大梅山 聴法禅寺}}) is a [[Rinzai]]-style [[Zen]] temple located on [[Beacon Hill, Seattle, Washington|North Beacon Hill]] in [[Seattle, Washington]].  Its name translates from Japanese as "Listening to the Dharma Zen Temple on Great Plum Mountain."
==History, lineage, and teachers==
Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji was founded by [[Zen Master]] Genki Takabayashi<ref>Wilson</ref><ref>James</ref> in 1983. Genjo Marinello [[Oshō]] succeeded Genki [[Rōshi]] in 1999 as the second [[abbot]] of Chobo-ji.
=== Genki Takabayashi ===
Genki Takabayashi [[Rōshi]] was invited by the Seattle Zen Center (founded by Dr. Glenn Webb, at the time a [[University of Washington]] Art History professor) to become the resident teacher in the fall of 1978. He accepted, and by 1983 founded Cho Bo Zen Ji.  In Japan, he trained for nearly twenty years at [[Daitoku-ji]], one of two parent [[Rinzai school]] temples. Takabayashi also directed a Rinzai temple in [[Kamakura, Kanagawa|Kamakura]].  He became a monk at age 11. In 1997, Takabayashi retired and moved to Montana. Genki died on February 25, 2013, at his home in Montana, at the age of 81.
=== Genjo Marinello ===
Genjo Marinello [[Oshō]] began his Zen training in 1975 and was ordained as an [[unsui]], or novice monk, in 1980. From 1981-1982 he trained at [[Ryutaku-ji]] in Japan with Sochu Rōshi and [[Soen Nakagawa]] Rōshi. Marinello later continued his training with [[Eido Tai Shimano|Eido Shimano Rōshi]], abbot of [[Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji|Dai Bosatsu Monastery]]. On May 21, 2008, Marinello received [[dharma transmission]] from [[Eido Tai Shimano|Eido Shimano Rōshi]], in a ceremony also involving his former teacher Takabayashi.<ref>Metcalf</ref><ref>Cohen</ref>
Marinello is a licensed psychotherapist,<ref>[[Washington State Department of Health]]{{Full citation needed|date=November 2014}}</ref> a member of the interfaith organization Spiritual Directors International<ref>Spiritual Directors International</ref>), and of the [[American Zen Teachers Association]].<ref>American Zen Teachers Association</ref>
Marinello has served as an adjunct faculty member of [[Antioch University]] Seattle. He has volunteered as a Buddhist pastor for the Washington State Department of Corrections, been a meditation instructor for [[Kazuo Chiba|Birankai International]] ([[Aikido]] association)<ref>Birankai International</ref> and has worked with the Seattle Church Council as part of an interfaith trauma response team<ref>Skolnik</ref>).
Several of Marinello's [[Dharma Talk]]s have been published, including in the [[Theosophical Society]]'s Quest Magazine,<ref>Marinello (1991)</ref> Sansho Journal<ref>Marinello (1996)</ref> and  the journal of the [[Zen Studies Society]].<ref>Marinello (2008)</ref>  Genjo Oshō's commentary on [[Zen]] [[Koan]] Practice<ref>Marinello (1995)</ref> has been translated into several languages.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}
==Activities==
* weekly Introductions to [[Zen]]
* daily [[Zazen]]
* bimonthly Sunday [[Dharma]] Talks
* quarterly week-long [[sesshin]]s
* monthly half-day [[sesshin]]s
* Prison Dharma Work
==See also==
*[[Zen]]
*[[Rinzai school]]
*[[Buddhism in the United States]]
*[[Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States]]
*[[History of the Japanese in Seattle]]
* [[Index of Buddhism-related articles]]
==Notes==
{{Reflist|3}}
==References==
{{refbegin}}
* American Zen Teachers Association. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030212/http://www.americanzenteachers.org/list.html Members List]. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110708094448/http://www.britishbirankai.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&Itemid=64&func=details&did=20 Birankai International] Poster. [http://home.comcast.net/~zenquaker/Birankai.pdf Zen Sesshin]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.  Retrieved on March 13, 2008.
*{{Citation
|last=Cohen
|first=Leslie
|title=Genjo Marinello Osho Completes Dharma Transmission
|journal=Biranki Biran Online Aikido Journal
|volume=December
|issue=1
|year=2008
|url=http://home.comcast.net/~zenquaker/Transmission2.pdf
}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*{{Citation| last =Ford| first =James Ishmael| author-link =James Ishmael Ford| title =Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen| publisher =Wisdom Publications| year =2006| url =https://archive.org/details/zenmasterwhoguid00jame| isbn =0-86171-509-8| url-access =registration}}
*{{Citation
|last=Marinello
|first=Genjo
|title=Being in My Own Truth
|url=http://home.comcast.net/~zenquaker/Own%20Truth.pdf
|journal=The Quest
|volume=4
|issue=1
|year=1991
|pages=80–86
}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*{{Citation
|last=Marinello
|first=Genjo
|title=Zen Koan Practice
|journal= Plum Mountain News
|volume=1
|issue=9
|year=1995
|url=http://home.comcast.net/~zenquaker/Koan.pdf
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528090127/http://home.comcast.net/~zenquaker/Koan.pdf
|archive-date=2008-05-28
}}
*{{Citation
|last=Marinello
|first=Genjo
|title=Zen and the Way of the Warrior
|journal=Sansho, Aikido Journal
|volume=1
|issue=Spring
|year=1996
|url=http://home.comcast.net/~zenquaker/Warrior.pdf
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905041956/http://home.comcast.net/~zenquaker/Warrior.pdf
|archive-date=2008-09-05
}}
*{{Citation|last=Marinello |first=Genjo |title=Manjusri's 'Threes and Threes' |journal=Zen Studies Society|volume=Winter/Spring |issue=1 |year=2008 |pages=15–19 |url=http://www.daibosatsu.org/images/Winter2008.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511165718/http://www.daibosatsu.org/images/Winter2008.pdf |archive-date=May 11, 2008 }}
*{{Citation
|last=Metcalf
|first=Sally
|title=Genjo Marinello Osho Receives Dharma Transmission
|journal=Northwest Dharma News
|volume=May/June, Vol. 5
|issue=1
|year=2008
|url=http://home.comcast.net/~zenquaker/Transmission.pdf
}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* Religious Coalition for Equality. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080131182110/http://www.religiouscoalition-wa.org/antidiscrimination.htm Signers of the Faith Statement in Support of Antidiscrimination]. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
* {{Citation
| last=Skolnik
| first=Sam
| title=Seattle Mourns Victims of Shooting
| newspaper=Seattle PI
| publication-place=Seattle, WA
|date=March 2006
| url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/264745_service29.html
}}
* Spiritual Directors International. [http://www.sdiworld.org/seekandfind/state?region=North%20America%20USA%20Northwest;state=Washington;alpha=S Seek and Find Guide]. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
* Washington State Department of Health. [https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/providercredentialsearch/ProviderDetail_1.aspx?CredentialIdnt=846121 Provider Credential Search]. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
*{{Citation| last =Wilson| first =Jeff| title =The Buddhist Handbook: A Complete Guide to Buddhist Schools, Teaching | publisher =Inner Traditions| year =1999| isbn = 978-0-89281-761-0}}
{{refend}}
==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.choboji.org/}}
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