Clergy - Lohan Spiritual and Cultural Center

Dashi Steven Baugh † March 17, 2019

Dashi Chuan Sheng Shakya, the founder and Abbot of the Lohan Temple, and director of the Lohan School of Shaolin, a meditation and martial arts study center in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he taught and held Buddhist, Taoist, and Native American services. He was a personal disciple of Dechan Jueren, 49th lineage bearer of the Chinese Esoteric School, and 47th lineage bearer of the Linji School of Chan/Zen Buddhism. A disciple of Grandmaster Jy Din, he was ordained at Hsu Yun temple in Honolulu in the Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun. He was also a personal disciple of Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche in the school of Tibetan Buddhism. Dashi was a personal disciple of Share K. Lew in the Complete Reality lineage of Taoism, and was very closely connected with Sigung Carl Totton of the Taoist Institute. A former hospice chaplain, Dashi counseled families and individuals on coping with bereavement issues. Dashi was also involved with Gang Intervention in Las Vegas, and received several grants for his beneficial spiritual work.

Abbot Kenny Wang

Shi Fa Jun – Ordained October 2009
Currently serving Las Vegas, Nevada and Albuquerque, New Mexico
Abbot Kenny Wang became an indoor disciple of Dashi Steven Baugh in 2008. Already a teacher of traditional Chinese Martial Arts, now practicing for nearly 30 years, Abbot Kenny and his wife Eva became dedicated to exploring the teachings of Sifu as well as their other spiritual teachers and bringing those lessons and services to people in need. Kenny believes that the deepest lessons from all spiritual traditions apply to all people and seeks to bring the Buddhist and Taoist mindset to people in their daily lives in a way that can help them regardless of their tradition or beliefs. A strong believer in the value of tradition, he believes in the need to preserve and pass on the Dharma, while also embracing that the world and people change and the way we relate the teachings and adapt them to our lives must be flexible as well. He teaches Spiritual Warrior class and provides spiritual counsel services as well as offering private instruction in Northern Shaolin and Mantis martial arts.

Christopher Real

Shi Fa Jun – Ordained April 2008
Currently Serving Santa Cruz, California
Reverend Christopher Real was ordained into the Lohan Order in April 2008. Christopher has been practicing Buddhism and meditation since 1993. He is a long time student of Chinese Medicine and martial arts. Fa Jun currently offers courses in Buddhism, Shaolin Spiritual Kung Fu, Taijiquan, and Meditation by donation in Santa Cruz, California and surrounding areas. He has written a text on modern Buddhist practice called “Warrior Dharma: A Guide to Embodied Spiritual Practice.” Fa Jun is actively engaged in the practices of energetic healing, environmental stewardship, writing, teaching, and and other forms of engaged compassion.

Chris Paul
Shi Fa Feng – Ordained June 2008
Currently serving Atlanta, Georgia
Reverend Christian Paul is an advanced practitioner of Chinese martial arts with over 25 years of study and practice. The Reverend is ordained in the Lohan Temple, Order of Hsu Yun and also the Quanzhen Daoist School of Complete Reality. He has carried the teachings of Abbot Steven Baugh to the Southeastern United States; selflessly serving the beings of the region. Living as a wandering Priest in Metropolitan Atlanta, Reverend Christian teaches both internal and external techniques as well as upholding and teaching the highest principles of the Middle Way. He may be contacted via email at lohan808 at yahoo dot com.

Gregory Pergament

Shi Fa Xin – Ordained October 2009
Currently serving Las Vegas, Nevada
Reverend Gregory S. Pergament was ordained into the Lohan Order in October 2009. Greg has been studying Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung since 1995. Greg moved to Las Vegas in 1996 and started studying Tai Chi Chuan and Chi Kung with Sigung Steven Baugh. In June of 2005 Greg was promoted to Black Sash-Associate Instructor at the Lohan School of Shaolin.
In addition to his teaching duties at the Lohan School of Shaolin, Greg leads Desert Dharma, an addiction based meditation group at the Lohan Spiritual & Cultural Center and helps with various Buddhist sanghas around Las Vegas. He also teaches Chi Kung at the Las Vegas Recovery Center and recently published a book entitled “Chi Kung in Recovery.”

Edgar Hartley

Shi Fa Feng – Ordained October 2009
Currently serving New York City, New York

Sifu James “JC” Cox

Shi Fa Shu – Ordained October 2010
Currently serving Las Vegas, Nevada
Sifu “JC” (M.Q.P) has been passionately studying Chi Kung (Qigong) and Tai Chi (Taiji) for over 18 years with Grand Master Dashi Steven Baugh learning traditional forms of Chi Kung and Tai Chi. Certified Medical Qigong Practioner Reverend James “JC” Cox (Priest Fa Shu Shakya) is always glad to help others and has been serving his community as a healer and herbalist for 20 years. JC teaches ongoing classes in Chi Kung, Tai Chi and Tai Chi Sword and Fan along with workshops and seminars on Tea, Herbalism and Natural Medicine, Meditation Courses, Energy Healing Science and Taoism Internal Arts. JC opened his own health store and wellness center and is always glad to assist others. For more info visit his websites EarthPowers.com or NaturallyOrganicCenter.com.

Don Wireman, Jr.

Shi Fa Yin – Ordained October 2010
Currently serving Las Vegas, Nevada
Reverend Don Wireman, Jr. was ordained into the Lohan Order as a Buddhist and Taoist priest in October, 2010. Don began studying martial arts in 1985 and Taoism in 1992. He has studied Kung Fu, Tai Chi, and Chi Kung with several different teachers. Don’s primary interests are in the areas of sutra study and meditation. He is the author of “Journey to the Heart-Mind: The Gateway to Inner Silence.”

Joseph Conrad

Shi Yin Ming – Ordained December 2012
Currently serving Seattle, Washington

Fuu Miyatani French

Shifu Fa Chuan Shakya – Ordained 2016
Currently serving Osaka, Japan
Teaching Chan Dhrama via Northern Shaolin, Tai Chi, Praying Mantis Kung Fu and Music Meditation as a Zen Komuso Priest in Osaka, Japan.

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