Robert Livingston (Zen teacher)
- Robert Livingston (Zen teacher)
Robert Livingston was born in New York City in January 1933. He grew up in New York, California and Texas, and graduated from Cornell University. He spent two years in Japan and Korea in the U.S. Army in the early 1950s, and studied and travelled in Europe after his Army discharge. After three years as a registered representative of the New York Stock Exchange, he returned to Europe where he was head of an international financial services corporation for ten years. He then retired from the business world and began practising Zen with Master Taisen Deshimaru in Paris.
He became a close disciple of Deshimaru, who made Livingston a Zen teacher. Before his death in 1982, Deshimaru asked him to go to America and open a Zen dojo and teach true Zen practice in the United States. Livingston Roshi founded the American Zen Association and the New Orleans Zen Temple in 1983, and has been teaching in this country ever since.
ee also
*Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States
External links
* [http://www.nozt.org/masters.shtml#anchor558493 Robert Livingston biography page]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Robert Livingston — was the name of several men, many of whom were members of a prominent family that effectively ran New York throughout the colonial and Federal periods.* Robert Livingston the Elder (1654 1728) (middle initial, R ), New York colonial official, and … Wikipedia
Zen — For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). Zen Chinese: Traditional: 禪 Simplified: 禅 Pinyin: Chán … Wikipedia
Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States — Below is a timeline of important events regarding Zen Buddhism in the United States. Dates that have ? are approximations. =Events=Early history* 1893: Soyen Shaku comes to the United States to lecture at the World Parliament of Religions held in … Wikipedia
New Orleans Zen Temple — The New Orleans Zen Temple is a dojo of the Soto Zen tradition in New Orleans, Louisiana. Robert Livingston Roshi is the abbot, and he founded the temple in 1984. He became a close disciple of Taisen Deshimaru, who made Livingston a Zen teacher.… … Wikipedia
Taisen Deshimaru — Infobox Buddhist biography name = Taisen Deshimaru img size = img capt = Sculpture of Deshimaru in France. landscape = birth name = other names = dharma name = birth date = 1914 birth place = Kyushu, Japan death date = April 30, 1982 death place … Wikipedia
Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; … Universalium
Buddhism and Christianity — The French artist Paul Ranson s Christ et Buddha (1880) juxtaposes the two figures There is speculation concerning a possible connection between both the Buddha BC 623 BC 543 and the Christ, and between Buddhism and Christianity. Buddhism… … Wikipedia
Chronology of Mormonism — This article is part of a series on Joseph Smith … Wikipedia
Existentialism — The … Wikipedia
Syracuse, New York — Syracuse City A view of the Downtown Syracuse skyline Nickname(s): Salt City, The Cuse, Emerald Cit … Wikipedia
