Havredal Zendo

Havredal Zendo (English: Oats Vally Zendo) - Cho-An is a Buddhist temple, in the Rinzai Zen tradition, founded by Choan Denko Mokudo Bertelsen (Egmund Sommer / Denko Møller / John Mortensen). Cho-An is the first Zen temple building to be established in Denmark.

Havredal Zendo
Havredal Zendo internal
Religion
Affiliation	Rinzai Zen Buddhism
Location
Location	Stendalsvej 19, DK7470, Karup
Country	Denmark
Architecture
Founder	Choan Denko Mokudo Bertelsen (Egmund Sommer / Denko Møller / John Mortensen)
Completed	2015
Website
buddhistisksamfund.dk/

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Denko first became interested in Zen Buddhism in the late sixties in Denmark. He went to Ryutaku-ji in Japan, where he met Soen Nakagawa. Later he became a student of Soen's successor, Eido Shimano. Denko was ordained as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest on July 4, 1980 and received Dharma transmission from Eido in 2002.[1][2][3]

Denko later broke with Eido Shimano and became an independent teacher.

Denko is a member of the American Zen Teachers Association.[4]