Meido Moore (1968-)

MEIDO MOORE (1968) is the abbot of Korinji Rinzai Zen monastery near Madison, Wisconsin, and guiding teacher of the Korinji Rinzai Zen Community.

Meido Roshi grew up in New Jersey, attending Rutgers University and the Antioch Buddhist studies program in Bodh Gaya, India. He began Zen training in 1988, and after graduating with a degree in religious studies practiced under three Rinzai Zen teachers in the line of the great master Omori Sogen Roshi*: the late Tenzan Toyoda Rokoji**** (dharma heir of Tenshin Tanouye Roshi of Chozen-ji) in whose training hall he resided for seven years while also enduring a severe training in traditional martial arts; Dogen Hosokawa Roshi** (former abbot of Chozen-ji and the primary dharma heir of Omori Roshi) with whom he trained for fifteen years; and David So'zan Miller Roshi*** (Hosokawa Roshi's heir and abbot of Daiyuzeni in Chicago) with whom he trained for three years. He has completed the koan curriculum of this lineage, and in 2008 received inka shomei or "mind seal": recognition as a lineage holder able to transmit the full range of Rinzai Zen practices. He is one of few Westerners so certified.

Meido Moore Sensei began Aikido training in 1986 at the age of 18. In 1990 he was invited by the Aikido and Zen master Tenzan Toyoda Sensei to Chicago, where he began the first of six years residence as uchideshi (live-in apprentice) under that teacher. In 1991 he was appointed Chief Instructor of the original Shinjinkan Dojo.

Mr. Moore went on to serve as General Manager and later Director of Toyoda Sensei's organizations, the Aikido Association of America and Aikido Association International, and served for 10 years as Toyoda Sensei's otomo (personal attendant). He was certified Fukushidoin (assistant Aikido instructor) in 1991, Shidoin (full Aikido instructor) in 1996, and Shihandai ("representative of the master", the highest instructional title awarded by Toyoda Sensei) in 1997. He served as dojo-cho (manager) of the Ryoshinkan, Toyoda Sensei's international headquarters dojo; and in 1999 Toyoda Sensei designated Moore and another uchideshi (Mr. Marc Pandolfi) as his two successors, with responsibility for carrying and transmitting his teachings. To fulfill that responsibility, Moore Sensei founded Shinjinkai in 2002.

Moore Sensei has instructed several hundred seminars, retreats, and training camps at Aikido schools, universities (Northwestern University, University of Chicago, DePaul University, Notre Dame), corporations (Motorola), fitness and community centers, and other venues throughout the United States and in Canada, Japan, England, Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Latvia, Greece, Croatia, Bulgaria and Trinidad. In both private and agency-sponsored trainings he has additionally instructed federal, state and local law-enforcement officers in the United States, as well as military, government security, intelligence and anti-terrorist units internationally. He has served professionally as a law enforcement officer for the state of Illinois. His specific self-defense instruction for women was featured on several episodes of the Emmy award-winning NBC television series Starting Over. Moore Sensei holds the rank of rokudan (6th degree) in Aikido, and was additionally certified as an Aikido teacher (Shidoin) by T.K. Chiba Shihan in 2006. He has also been a student of several classical traditions of Japanese bujutsu.

In 2003 Moore Sensei was ordained in the Zen Buddhist tradition. A Rinzai Zen lineage holder, he today serves as abbot of Korinji, a rural monastery near Madison, WI, and as guiding teacher of the Madison Rinzai Zen Community. He continues his personal martial art practice, serving on the advisory board of Aikido Shimbokukai.

逓代伝法佛祖の名号
Teidai Denpō Busso no Myōgō
"The Honored Names of the Buddha Ancestors, Transmitted from Generation to Generation"

黃龍慧南 Huanglong Huinan (Ōryū Enan 1002-1069)
晦堂祖心 Huitang Zuxin (Kaidō Soshin 1025-1100)
靈源惟清 Lingyuan Weiqing (Reigen Isei ?-1117)
長靈守卓 Changling Shouzhuo (Chōrei Shutaku 1065–1123)
無示介諶 Wushi Jiechen (Muji Kaijin 1080-1148)
心聞曇賁 Xinwen Tanben (Shinmon Donfun c.1100-1170)
aka 萬年曇貫 Wannian Tanguan (Mannen Donkan)
雪庵從瑾 Xuean Congjin (Setsuan Jūkin c.1117-1200)
虛庵懷敞 Xuan Huaichang (Koan Eshō c.1125-1195)

楊岐方會 Yangqi Fanghui (Yōgi Hōe 992-1049)
白雲守端 Baiyun Shouduan (Hakuun Shutan 1025-1072)
五祖法演 Wuzu Fayan (Goso Hōen 1024-1104)
圜悟克勤 Yuanwu Keqin (Engo Kokugon 1063-1135)
虎丘紹隆 Huqiu Shaolong (Kukyū Jōryū 1077-1136)
應庵曇華 Yingan Tanhua (Ōan Donge 1103-1163)
密庵咸傑 Mian Xianjie (Mittan Kanketsu 1118-1186)
松源崇岳 Songyuan Chongyue (Shōgen Sūgaku 1132-1202)
運庵普巖 Yunan Puyan (Un'an Fugan 1156–1226)
虛堂智愚 Xutang Zhiyu (Kidō Chigu 1185–1269)

千光榮西 Senkō Eisai (1141-1215) aka 明菴栄西 Myōan Eisai

南浦紹明 Nampo Jōmyō (1235-1308) [大應國師 Daiō Kokushi]
宗峰妙超 Shūhō Myōchō (1282-1337) [大燈國師 Daitō Kokushi
關山慧玄 Kanzan Egen (1277-1360) [無相大師 Musō Daishi]
授翁宗弼 Juō Sōhitsu (1296-1380)
無因宗因 Muin Sōin (1326-1410)
日峰宗舜 Nippō Shōshun (1367-1448)
義天玄詔 Giten Genshō
雪江宗深 Sekkō Sōshin (1408–1486)
東陽英朝 Tōyō Eichō (1428-1504) > 禪林句集 Zenrin-kushū
大雅耑匡 Taiga Tankyō (?–1518)
功甫玄勳 Kōho Genkun (?–1524)
先照瑞初 Senshō Zuisho
以安智泰 Ian Chisatsu (1514–1587)
東漸宗震 Tōzen Sōshin (1532–1602)
庸山景庸 Yōzan Keiyō (1559–1629)
愚堂東寔 Gudō Tōshoku (1577–1661)
至道無難 Shidō Bunan (1603–1676)
道鏡慧端 Dōkyō Etan (1642-1721) [aka 正受老人 Shōju Rōjin]
白隱慧鶴 Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769)
峨山慈棹 Gasan Jitō (1727-1797)
隱山惟琰 Inzan Ien (1751-1814)
太元孜元 Taigen Shigen (1768-1837)

儀山善來 Gisan Zenrai (1802-1878)
滴水宜牧 Tekisui Giboku (1822-1899) [由里 Yuri]
龍淵元碩 Ryūen Genseki (1842-1918) [高木 Takagi]
精拙元浄 Seisetsu Genjō (1877-1945) [関 Seki]
牧翁祖運 Bokuō Soun (1903-1991) [関 Seki]
的翁曹玄 Tekiō Sōgen (1904-1994) [大森 Ōmori]
機山道彦 Kizan Dōgen (1947-) [細川 Hosokawa]
祖山大徹 So'zan Daitetsu [Miller]
明道禅徹 Meidō Zentetsu (1968-) [Moore]