Keido Fukushima
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Keido Fukushima （福島 慶道, Fukushima Keidō 1933 – March 1, 2011） was a Japan
ese Rinzai master who has had an influence on Rinzai practice in the United States
. He was the abbot of Tofuku-ji
in Kyoto, Japan, where several American
teachers (including Jeff Shore and Grace Schireson) and Muho Noelke
, the German abbot of Antaiji, have trained. He made a large number of visits to the United States to lecture on Rinzai Zen Buddhism at universities, and held sesshin
s in Little Rock, Arkansas
. He became a Buddhist monk at age fourteen and was trained under Okada Roshi and Zenkei Shibayama
.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese Rinzai master who has had an influence on Rinzai practice in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He was the abbot of Tofuku-ji
Tofuku-ji
is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. It is one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is .-History:...
in Kyoto, Japan, where several American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
teachers (including Jeff Shore and Grace Schireson) and Muho Noelke
Muho Noelke
is a German Zen master. Presently, he is the abbot of Antai-ji, a Japanese Soto Zen temple. He has translated works of Dōgen and Kōdō Sawaki, and has authored two books of his own....
, the German abbot of Antaiji, have trained. He made a large number of visits to the United States to lecture on Rinzai Zen Buddhism at universities, and held sesshin
Sesshin
A sesshin , literally "touching the heart-mind" , is a period of intensive meditation in a Zen monastery....
s in Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
. He became a Buddhist monk at age fourteen and was trained under Okada Roshi and Zenkei Shibayama
Zenkei Shibayama
, a former Abbot of Nanzen-ji, was a Japanese Rinzai master well-known for his commentary on the Mumonkan. One of his better-known students is Keido Fukushima, abbot of Tōfuku-ji...
.
See also
- Buddhism in JapanBuddhism in JapanThe history of Buddhism in Japan can be roughly divided into three periods, namely the Nara period , the Heian period and the post-Heian period . Each period saw the introduction of new doctrines and upheavals in existing schools...
- List of Rinzai Buddhists
- Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United StatesTimeline of Zen Buddhism in the United StatesBelow is a timeline of important events regarding Zen Buddhism in the United States. Dates with "?" are approximate.-Early history:* 1893: Soyen Shaku comes to the United States to lecture at the World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago...