Eido Tai Shimano
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.
Eido Tai Shimano | |
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| Born | 1 October 1932 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 18 February 2018 (aged 85) Japan |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Rinzai |
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| Based in | Zen Studies Society New York Zendo Shobo-Ji Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji |
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