Keido Fukushima

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Keido Fukushima

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Religion: Zen Buddhism
School(s): Rinzai
Workplace: Tofuku-ji
Education: Otani University
Occupation: Writer
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Keido Fukushima福島 慶道, 1932-) is a Japanese Rinzai master who has had an influence on Rinzai practice in the United States. He is current abbot of Tofuku-ji in Kyoto, Japan, where several American teachers have trained (including Jeff Shore and Grace Schireson). He makes frequent visits to the United States to lecture on Rinzai Zen Buddhism at universities, and holds sesshins in Little Rock, Arkansas. He became a Buddhist monk at age fourteen and was trained under Okada Roshi and Zenkei Shibayama.[1]

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  1. ^ Ford, 116-117

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