John Daido Loori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Daido Loori

American Buddhist writer

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1931

Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 09-Oct-2009

Profession: abbot

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

John Daido Loori (June 14, 1931 – October 9, 2009) was a Zen Buddhist roshi 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 (dharma transmission) from Taizan Maezumi in 1986 and also received a Dendo Kyoshi certificate formally from the Soto school of Japan in 1994.
In 1997, he received dharma transmission in the Harada-Yasutani and Inzan lineages of Rinzai Zen as well.
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. 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.