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John Daido Loori was born on 14 June, 1930 in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., is an American Buddhist writer (1931–2009). Discover John Daido Loori's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 14 June 1930
Birthday 14 June
Birthplace Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of death 9 October, 2009
Died Place Mount Tremper, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1931

John Daido Loori (June 14, 1931 – October 9, 2009) 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.

1947

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1947 to 1952.

Later, after studying at Rutgers, he worked as a chemist in the food industry and led the American Civil Liberties Union in Orange and Sullivan Counties in New York.

As an adult he distanced himself from Catholicism and explored a variety of other religions.

1971

Then, in 1971, he attended a workshop given by the photographer Minor White.

Loori came to study photography under White until his death and also learned meditation from him.

1972

In 1972 Daido Loori began his formal Zen practice, studying in New York under Soen Nakagawa and then in California under Taizan Maezumi, Roshi.

1974

He has also held various other shows and workshops on photography, including positions at Naropa University starting in 1974 and the Synechia Arts Center located in Middletown, New York; his works have been published by Aperture and Time-Life.

His book, Hearing with the Eye: Photographs from Point Lobos, features Loori's abstract nature photography interwoven with commentary on Teachings of the Insentient by Eihei Dogen.

Loori founded Dharma Communications as a way to communicate the dharma of the Mountains and Rivers Order.

Dharma Communications publishes a Buddhist quarterly titled the Mountain Record, various audio-visual materials, and has also published several books by Daido Loori.

According to Charles S. Prebish, Dharma Communications is "one of the most efficient and successful publishers of Buddhist materials on the continent, and a place where practitioners can learn how to cultivate both mindfulness and compassion in front of a computer."

1980

In 1980 Loori purchased 230 acre in New York which today serves as the site for Zen Mountain Monastery.

1983

In 1983 he was made a Zen priest by Maezumi and in 1986 was given Shiho (or, dharma transmission) by him.

1986

Daido Loori received Shiho (dharma transmission) from Taizan Maezumi in 1986 and also received a Dendo Kyoshi certificate formally from the Soto school of Japan in 1994.

1996

In 1996 he gave dharma transmission to his student Bonnie Myotai Treace, in 1997 to Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, and in 2009 to Konrad Ryushin Marchaj.

In addition to his role as a Zen Buddhist priest, Loori was an exhibited photographer and author of more than twenty books and was an avid naturalist.

1997

In 1997, he received dharma transmission in the Harada-Yasutani and Inzan lineages of Rinzai Zen as well.

In 1997, he received dharma transmission in the Harada-Yasutani and Inzan lineages of Rinzai Zen as well.

According to author Richard Hughes, this made Loori "one of three Western dharma-holders in both the Soto and Rinzai schools."

Loori was a professional nature photographer, having once exhibited his work at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York.

2009

In October 2009, he stepped down as abbot citing health issues.

Days later, Zen Mountain Monastery announced that his death was imminent.

On October 9, 2009, at 7:30 a.m. he died of lung cancer in Mount Tremper, New York.

John Daido Loori was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and raised Roman Catholic.

As a child Loori loved photographing things, once using his family's bathroom as a makeshift dark room.