Eido Tai Shimano

Eido Tai Shimano
Personal life
Born(1932-10-01)1 October 1932
Tokyo, Japan
Died18 February 2018(2018-02-18) (aged 85)
Japan
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolRinzai
Senior posting
Based inZen Studies Society
New York Zendo Shobo-Ji
Dai Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-Ji

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.