Keido Fukushima
Keidō Fukushima | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | March 1, 1933 |
| Died | March 1, 2011 (age 78) |
| Education | Otani University |
| Occupation | Writer Rōshi |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Zen Buddhism |
| School | Rinzai |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Tofuku-ji |
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Keidō Fukushima (福島 慶道, Rōmaji: Fukushima Keidō, March 1, 1933 – March 1, 2011) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master, head abbot of Tōfuku-ji (one of the main branches of the Rinzai sect), centered in Kyoto, Japan. Because of openness to teaching Western students, he had considerable influence on the development of Rinzai Zen practice in the West.