Shunryu Suzuki

Shunryu Suzuki

male, deceased (1971)
BuddhismintheUnitedStates, Japanese Buddhist monk, Zen Buddhist monk, D.T. Suzuki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Soto Zen…"No, he's the big Suzuki, I'm the little Suzuki."
Shunryu Suzuki (May 18, 1904 - December 4, 1971) was a Soto Zen priest born in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. Suzuki was occasionally mistaken...
Alan Watts

Alan Watts

male, deceased (1973)
Buddhist, English metaphysics writer, spiritual teacher, Alan Wilson Watts, consciousness, Taoism…convert to Buddhism, BuddhismintheUnitedStates, Buddhism, MA in Theology
Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 - November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. He was best known...
Surya Das

Surya Das

male, 59 years old
Buddhism in the West, Kalu Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khenpo, Dilgo Khyentse, Rimé movement, Lamas…tibetan buddhism, The Colbert Report, Buddhism, BuddhismintheUnitedStates
Lama Surya Das is a trained and authorized American-born lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a poet, chantmaster, spiritual activist and...
Taizan Maezumi

Taizan Maezumi

male, deceased (1995)
BuddhismintheUnitedStates, Buddhist, zen, Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist monk, Japanese
The Venerable Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Roshi (known as Taizan Maezumi) (February 24, 1931-May 14, 1995), was a Zen Buddhist monk who had a seminal...
Joko Beck

Joko Beck

female, 92 years old
BuddhismintheUnitedStates, zen, piano, Oberlin College alumni, Everyday Zen Love and Work, Nothing Special Living Zen
Charlotte Joko Beck is a Zen teacher in the United States and the author of the books "Everyday Zen: Love and Work" and "Nothing Special: Living...
Dennis Genpo Merzel

Dennis Genpo Merzel

male
judaism, inka, Zen Buddhist monk, Dharma transmission, Zen Buddhist, Voice Dialogue…BuddhismintheUnitedStates, zen buddhism
Dennis Genpo Merzel (1944 to present) was born in Brooklyn, NY and is a Zen Buddhist teacher as well as a Dharma heir to Taizan Maezumi. As a young...
Eido Tai Shimano

Eido Tai Shimano

male
BuddhismintheUnitedStates, zen, abbott, Japanese Buddhist monk, Japanese, Rinzai Zen
Eido Tai Shimano Roshi is a Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist teacher whom received Dharma transmission from Soen Nakagawa Roshi in 1972. He currently...
Sokei-An

Sokei-An

male
Anglophone Japanese writer, Zen Buddhist monk, zen, priest, Pearl Harbor, Japanese Buddhist monk…BuddhismintheUnitedStates, mother in law
Sokei-an Shigetsu Sasaki (1882 - 1945) was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest who was the first Zen Master to take residence on United States soil....
Nyogen Senzaki

Nyogen Senzaki

male, deceased (1958)
BuddhismintheUnitedStates, zen buddhism, Zen Buddhist monk, Rinzai, Zen monk, Noyogen Senzaki
Nyogen Senzaki (1876-May 7, 1958) was a Rinzai Zen monk who was one of the 20th century's leading proponents of Zen Buddhism in the United States.
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

male, deceased (1966)
translation, indologist, Anglophone Japanese writer, author, Translator, Theosophist…Buddhism, BuddhismintheUnitedStates
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki was a famous Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in...