Kyoki Roberts

Rev. Kyōki Roberts (OPW) is a retired American Sōtō Zen priest. The single Dharma heir of Nonin Chowaney-roshi, Roberts received Dharma transmission in June 2001 and was a founding member of an organization of Sōtō priests known as the Order of the Prairie Wind (OPW), which is now defunct. Having studied Zen in Japan at the Zuiō-ji (瑞応寺) and Shōgo-ji (聖護寺) monasteries and in the United States at Minnesota Zen Center, San Francisco Zen Center, and Green Gulch Farm, Roberts was certified by the Sōtō School of Japan.
Roberts blended her practice of Zen Buddhism with art during the 2003 exhibition "Gestures: An Exhibition of Small Site-Specific Works" at The Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh. Her installation exhibit, "No where to go; nothing to do: Just Sitting", invited visitors to experience aspects of Zazen (seated meditation)."
In March 2006, Roberts served as a member of the "Plenary Panel of Venerable Women: Women Living the Dharma in the 21st Century" during the first Buddhist Women's Conference held at DePaul University and sponsored by the Buddhist Council of the Midwest. During the conference, she blended her Zen training and her 10 years of experience as a mediator for the State of Nebraska to present a workshop on "Difficult Conversations as Practice".