New York Zendo Shobo-Ji

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New York Zendo Shobo-Ji , or Temple of True Dharma, is a Rinzai Zen Center located in the upper East Side of Manhattan, NY founded on September 15, 1968 by Soen Nakagawa Roshi. The building had been converted from a 3 story home, and the ground floor level is where the Zendo (meditation hall) and a smaller adjacent Zendo rests. The head abbot of Shobo-Ji is currently Eido Tai Shimano Roshi, who received dharma transmission from Soen Nakagawa Roshi in 1972.

[edit] See also

• List of Zen centers in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

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