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John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (born 1931)
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American Buddhist writer (1931–2009)
John Daido Loori was a Zen Buddhist rōshi who served as the abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery and was the founder of the Mountains and Rivers Order and CEO of Dharma Communications. Daido Loori received shiho from Taizan Maezumi in 1986 and also received a Dendo Kyoshi certificate…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Meditation-based school of Mahāyāna Buddhism
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