Eisai

male
Dōgen, Okayama, Okayama, okayama, Tiantai, Japanese, RinzaiZen…Zen Buddhist monk, Rinzai School, zen, zen buddhism
Myōan Eisai was a Japanese Buddhist priest, credited with bringing the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism and green tea from China to Japan. He is o...
Hakuin Ekaku

Hakuin Ekaku

male, deceased (1769)
Religious leader, Zen Buddhist monk, RinzaiZen, Japanese, meditation, koan…zen, Rinzai School
Hakuin Ekaku was undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. He transformed the Rinzai school from a declining...
Soen Nakagawa

Soen Nakagawa

male, deceased (1984)
zen, Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist monk, Japanese, RinzaiZen, Zen Buddhist monk…Rinzai
"Sõen Nakagawa" was a Japanese teacher of Zen Buddhism in the Rinzai tradition. An enigmatic figure, Soen's life can be told in a number of ways d...
Eido Tai Shimano

Eido Tai Shimano

male
Buddhism in the United States, zen, abbott, Japanese Buddhist monk, Japanese, RinzaiZen…Zen Buddhist monk, Rinzai, Rinzai School, Zen Buddhist
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…RinzaiZen, zen master, Rinzai, First Zen Institute of America
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....
Kyudo Nakagawa

Kyudo Nakagawa

male
A Talk with the Universal Child, Zen Buddhist monk, Japanese, RinzaiZen, zen, Ryutakuji Monastery
Kyudo Nakagawa(中川 球童), Roshi is a Japanese Zen monk and priest, the dharma successor of Soen Nakagawa, Roshi. He was appointed the twelfth abbot of...

Bankei Yōtaku

male
Beggars, unborn, Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist monk, RinzaiZen, zen…Zen Buddhist monk, Rinzai
Bankei Yōtaku was a well-known Rinzai Zen Buddhist master, and the abbot of the Ryomon-ji and Nyoho-ji. Bankei is most well known for his talks on t...
Bassui Tokusho

Bassui Tokusho

male
Buddhist, Kanagawa Prefecture, Rinzai, Zen Buddhist monk, zen master, RinzaiZen…zen
Bassui Tokusho (1327-1387) was a Zen Master born in modern day Kanagawa Prefecture who had trained with Soto, Rinzai and Ch'an masters of his time....

Houn Jiyu-Kennett

female, deceased (1996)
Buddhist, Sumitra, Zhen You, D.T. Suzuki, St Leonards-on-Sea, from St Leonards-on-Sea…Zen Buddhist monk, RinzaiZen, zen
Reverend Master Houn Jiyu-Kennett, Roshi, (慈友禪師) (1924-1996) was a priest and Zen Buddhist teacher of the Soto school, as well as founder of The O...

Roko Sherry Chayat Osho

female, 66 years old
Buddhist, vassar college, Buddhism, American, dharma, RinzaiZen…zen master, Zen Buddhist monk, Zen Center of Syracuse, Zen Studies Society
Roko Sherry Chayat Osho (1943 - present) is a native of Brooklyn, NY and is an American Rinzai Zen priest. Throughout the 1960's Roko casually...