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Issho Fujita | |
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Title | Priest, Director |
Personal life | |
Born | (1954-04-18) April 18, 1954 (age 70) Niihama, Japan |
Education | Tokyo University, Doctoral chose |
Religious life | |
Religion | Zen Buddhism |
School | Sōtō |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Kōhō Watanabe |
Based in | Hayama, Kanagawa |
Website | http://fujitaissho.info/ |
Isshō Fujita (藤田 一照, Fujita Isshō, b. 18 April 1954) was born in Niihama, Ehime, Japan and was head teacher at Valley Zendo, a Sōtō Zen practice center in Charlemont, Massachusetts, USA. Fujita had done studies in child psychology at Tokyo University Graduate School, but abandoned them and became a Zen monk. At the age of twenty-nine, on 8 December, Fujita was ordained a Zen priest, along with Ryōdō Yamashita, by Kōhō Watanabe at Antai-ji temple.
In 1987, Fujita assumed the role of abbot at Valley Zendo, where he lived until his return to Japan in 2005.
2010 - 2018, he was the Director of the Soto Zen International Center.
See also
References
- Don Morreale (1998). The complete guide to Buddhist America. Shambhala Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 9781570622700. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- J'Lit | Authors : Issho Fujita | Books from Japan (in English)
- Buddhism 3.0: A Philosophical Investigation (Studies in Japanese Philosophy) : Isshō Fujita, Hitoshi Nagai, Ryōdō Yamashita ISBN 979-8782386412
External links
- Monk brings global view to Buddhism
- Priestly pair set out to boost 'Buddhism 3.0' across Japan
- Isshō Fujita on Twitter
- Issho Fujita Official Website
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