Ven. Eido T. Shimano Roshi, founder of the Zen Studies Society, died on February 18 in Japan at the age of 85.
On November 2, Eido Shimano, age 83, issued a letter to the Zen Studies Society sangha, addressing that community’s need for healing in the wake of Shimano’s reported misconduct, as documented in Mark Oppenheimer’s The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side. (See also, on Lion’s Roar: “Zen teachers issue open letter confronting abuse’; and […]
The Zen Studies Society Sangha convened in a meeting and released a statement regarding their path forward after Eido Roshi’s misconduct.
James Ford, Roshi, posts a series of letters written by Zen teachers in response to Eido Roshi’s refusal to resign after his transgressions.
Shinge-shitsu Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi will be installed as the second abbot of Dai Bosatsu Zendo after Eido Shimano Roshi’s resignation.
Eido Shimano Roshi will be stepping down as abbot of the Zen Studies Society, a decision he explained in a letter that went out to his sangha.
The Zen Studies Society announced that Eido Shimano Roshi resigned amid allegations of an “inappropriate relationship” with a student.
The essence of Zen practice, says Eido Shimano Roshi, can be condensed into one word: Hai! (Yes!) The difficulty is learning to say Hai! without adding “But, but…”
Eido Shimano Roshi, Stephen Batchelor, Joan Sutherland, and the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche discuss whether Western Buddhists are focusing too much on meditation and ignoring other important practices.
“When you understand that this present moment is all there is, you have no choice but radical acceptance.” Two teishos by Eido Shimano Roshi
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