Isshō Fujita

Issho Fujita
TitlePriest, Director
Personal life
Born (1954-04-18) April 18, 1954 (age 70)
Niihama, Japan
EducationTokyo University, Doctoral chose
Religious life
ReligionZen Buddhism
SchoolSōtō
Senior posting
TeacherKōhō Watanabe
Based inHayama, Kanagawa
Websitehttp://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.[1] 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.

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References

  1. ^ Don Morreale (1998). The complete guide to Buddhist America. Shambhala Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 9781570622700. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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