Shimano, Eidō, 1932-2018

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Name (Latin)
Shimano, Eidō, 1932-2018
Other forms of name
Shimano, Eidō, 1932-
Shimano, Mui-shitsu, 1932-
Date of birth
1932-10-01
Date of death
2018-02-18
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 37007965
Wikidata: Q5348807
Library of congress: n 79040679
Sources of Information
  • Namu Dai Bosa, c1976 (a.e.)t.p. (Eido Shimano) p. 166 (b. 10/1/32) lining paper (Eidō)
  • His Zen word, Zen calligraphy, 1991:CIP t.p. (Eidō Tai Shimano) pub. info. (Eido T. Shimano Roshi (Mui-shitsu))
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Wikipedia description:

Eido Tai Shimano (嶋野 栄道, Shimano Eidō, 1 October 1932 – 18 February 2018) was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest. He was the founding abbot of the New York Zendo Shobo-Ji in Manhattan and Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji monastery in the Catskill mountains of New York; he was forced to resign from that position of 40 years after revelations of a series of sexual relationships with and alleged sexual harassment of female students.

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