page_title: Toni Packer
hierarchical_section_title: Toni Packer
caption_attribution_description: English: Toni Packer is the founder of Springwater Center for Meditative Inquiry and Retreats in the U.S.
context_page_description: Toni Packer was a teacher of "meditative inquiry", and the founder of Springwater Center. Packer was a former student in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Zen Buddhism, and was previously in line to be the successor of Phillip Kapleau at the Rochester Zen Center.
context_section_description: Toni Packer (April, 1927 – August 23, 2013) was a teacher of "meditative inquiry", and the founder of Springwater Center. Packer was a former student in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Zen Buddhism, and was previously in line to be the successor of Phillip Kapleau at the Rochester Zen Center.
caption: Toni Packer (1978)
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