Edward Andrew Penney, aka Br. Edo,
aka Edo Yamato, aka Edo Yamato Shonin, aka Edo Shonin,
aka Venerable Edo Yamato Shonin, aka Jetsun Lama Br. Edo Yamato Shonin!

According to the website:

"In November 2010, 'Awake to Wisdom' entered into a collaboration agreement with Nottingham Trent University
as part of a Stimulating Innovation for Success (SIS) funded initiative"

European Psychiatric Association 19^th European Congress of Psychiatry
Final Programme

Posters:

Dr. Eva Sundin, Edo Shonin, William Van Gordon, & Lauren Horgan, (2011).
Mindfulness meditation, psychological wellbeing and resilience to stress: Development and pilot study of the newly designed meditation-based awareness training.
In: 19th European Congress of Psychiatry Conference, Vienna, Austria, 12th-15th March.

Nottingham Buddhist monks plan meditation cave

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Clip from the bodhayati website
captured on 7 July 2011.

Screen grab of the bodhayati home page captured on 9 May 2011.

Page 43 of the Pine Forest - Companies House documents reveals that "Edward Andrew Penney" registered a name change to "Edo Shonin" on March 31, 2006. He signed all prior official Pine Forest Corporate documents as "Edward A. Penney."

The Buddhist Channel: Bringing Buddha Dharma Home – http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/

"Edo Shonin" was born Edward Andrew Penney on June 27, 1957 in Glasgow Scotland.

He is the son of Mr. Edward and Mrs. Helen Penney. Mrs. Penney is still living in Scotland. Edward has two brothers and two sisters, all living. Direct communication with his family reveals that: none of his family were Buddhists – ever. He did not begin a monastic education at 5 years old.

Here is Edward Penney’s Extract of an entry in a Register of Births: (Birth Certificate)

They're not quite the same as his current BIO on the Bodhayati School site:

"Ven. Edo Shonin, originally from Scotland, has been a Buddhist monk for approximately 25 years and has been ordained and received transmissions within both mainstream Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhist traditions. He is also an accomplished practitioner of the more esoteric Vajrayana teachings. His monastic training has involved an extensive study of Buddhist practice, ministry, philosophy and psychology. He has supervised the training of countless Buddhist practitioners and also maintains a practice of Buddhist based psychotherapy."

Following the massive exposure received by “Edo Shonin,” William Van Gordon and their “Pine Forest Sangha” in the Buddhist press and on the internet in 2007 questioning "Shonin's" claims of ordination; the name of the "Pine Forest" organization was changed to “Tranquil Abiding.” The following biographies were put forward containing the statement: "both of the Brothers received transmissions and further formal ordinations as Yogis under Master Draythep Chantawanno in Northern Thailand."



Here is the complete Tranquil Abiding "Monastics" page:

Here the public is informed that "Brother Edo" is from Hokkaido, Japan:

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The article is on-line here: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=2386481

Edward Penney's Unique "Ordination" Proclamation:

The Cult Guru Who Stole My Son

"THE CULT GURU WHO STOLE MY SON''

Rita Van Gordon tells the tragic story of the

loss of a dear son in an interview with

journalist Lynne Wallace FAIRnews Issue 2 2007.

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A Threatened Libel Suit Brought by Penney and Van Gordon
is Settled Out of Court.

Note: The Daily Mail was apparently - through threat of civil litigation by Carter Ruck - forced to apologize for using the terms “cult” and “brainwashed zombie” but apparently not for using the phrase “a dangerous conman with a talent for deception” that also appeared in the article.



Carter Ruck's ham-fisted attempt to threaten US bloggers - Here:

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