Eido Tai Shimano
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| Eido Tai Shimano | |
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| Born: | 1932 |
| Place of birth: | Tokyo, Japan |
| School(s): | Rinzai |
| Title(s): | Roshi |
| Workplace: | Zen Studies Society New York Zendo Shobo-Ji Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji |
| Predecessor(s): | Soen Nakagawa |
| Successor(s): | Sherry Chayat John Mortensen Andy Afable Dennis Kelly Genjo Marinello |
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Eido Tai Shimano (嶋野 栄道, b. 1932) is a Rinzai roshi, and the first to establish a Rinzai lineage in the United States. Unlike Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, another Rinzai roshi, Shimano has named five American Dharma heirs to date, most notable of which is Sherry Chayat. Of these five heirs, only Sherry Chayat and Genjo Marinello remain closely associated with the Zen Studies Society (Board Members).
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[edit] Biography
Eido Shimano was born in the countryside of Tokyo, Japan in 1932. In his youth he studied Rinzai Zen under two masters, Kengan Goto and Goto Osho. Osho ordained him as an unsui as a young man and gave him his Dharma name, Eido. He trained at Heirenji for two years and then began his studies under Soen Nakagawa at Ryutakuji. While at Ryutakuji, Nyogen Senzaki made a return visit from the United States to the temple and left a lasting impression on the young Shimano. A few years later Nakagawa planned to send Shimano to the United States to serve as Senzaki's attendant, but before doing so Senzaki died. However, in 1960 Shimano was sent to Honolulu, Hawaii to help at the Diamond Sangha founded by Robert Baker Aitken and his wife, Anne Hopkins Aitken. Shimano returned to Japan and met Haku'un Yasutani, accompanying he and Nakagawa back to the United States to serve as an attendant and translator. In 1964, with Soen's blessing, he moved to New York and was invited to teach at the Zen Studies Society founded by Cornelius Crane years earlier. In 1972 he received Dharma transmission from Soen Nakagawa, and currently leads the Zen Studies Society (which maintains both New York Zendo Shobo-Ji and Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji).[1][2]
[edit] Criticism
In the past allegations of sexual impropriety have surfaced regarding Shimano, which caused some members to depart from his Zen community.[3]
[edit] Bibliography
- Vacher, Charles; Dogen; Eido Shimano (1997). Shōbōgenzō. Encre marine. ISBN 2909422240.
- "Japanese Views of Religion as Opposed to Those of the West" (1996). Journal of Japanese trade & industry 15 (6). Japan Economic Foundation. ISSN 0285-9556.
- Shimano, Eido; Kōgetsu Tani (1992). Zen Word, Zen Calligraphy. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 087773643X.
- Shimano, Eido (1991). Points of Departure: Zen Buddhism with a Rinzai View. Zen Studies Society Press. OCLC 26097869.
- Shimano, Eido; Levine, Janis (1979). Golden Wind: Zen Talks. Harper & Row. ISBN 0870404490.
[edit] See also
- Buddhism in the United States
- List of Rinzai Buddhists
- Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715098.
- Prebish, Charles S. (1999). Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 0520216970.
- Wilson, Jeff (2000). The Buddhist Guide to New York. Macmillan. ISBN 0312267150.
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