Chōbun Nenzen Pamela Brown was introduced to sitting meditation practice in 1976. Forty years later, she decided to sit down again and stay seated. In 2017, Pamela met Sensei Gary Koan Janka, who gave her the Bodhisattba Precepts. Koan Sensei later introduced Nenzen to Jikoji where she was priest ordained in Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi's lineage by Shoho Michael Newhall in 2020. She received dharma transmission from Jakko Eso Vanja Palmers at Felsentor, Switzerland in 2022. Nenzen serves as the Abiding Teacher at Jikoji.