Kido Inoue
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Kido Inoue

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Kidō Inoue Roshi was born in 1940 in the town of Takehara, Hiroshima prefecture, as the second child of Kankei Inoue, the head of the Shōun temple. From the age of thirteen until graduation from the Department of Oriental Philosophy at Aichi University, he spent time in the Zenkyuin temple in Toyohashi, Aichi prefecture. At the age of twenty-four, he started a twenty-two-year-long practice in the Shōrinkutsu seminary, under the guidance of masters Gikō and Daichi Inoue (his uncle and aunt). In 1981, Inoue Roshi was appointed as the head priest of the Kaizō temple, and in 1984, he became the fifth abbot of the Shōrinkutsu seminary. Inoue Roshi actively teaches, gives lectures, and writes books. Here is a selected list of his books that have been translated into English: "Zen and Peace," "Zazen: The Way to Awakening," "Record of Traces and Dreams: The Heart Sutra," "The Life of the Buddha: A True and Readable Guide by a Zen Master," "The Ten Oxherding Pictures," and "Mind and Zen: Zen Questions and Zen Answers: The Way to Know Your True Self."
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