Nhat Hanh

Nhat Hanh

male, 83 years old
Nhất Hạnh, Religious leader, thich nhat hanh, Activism, Vietnamese, saigon…ZenBuddhistmonk, monk, Buddhist, zen
Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: "Nhất Hạnh"; IPA: is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. A teacher, author, and peace activist, Nhat Hanh was born...
Shunryu Suzuki

Shunryu Suzuki

male, deceased (1971)
Buddhism in the United States, Japanese Buddhist monk, ZenBuddhistmonk, D.T. Suzuki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Soto Zen
Shunryu Suzuki (May 18, 1904 - December 4, 1971) was a Soto Zen priest born in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. Suzuki was occasionally mistaken...
Wuzhun Shifan

Wuzhun Shifan

male, deceased (1249)
painter, monk, Buddhist, zen, Calligrapher, Song Dynasty…ZenBuddhistmonk, Song Dynasty Buddhist
Wuzhun Shifan was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and prominent Zen Buddhist monk who lived during the late Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD).
Seung Sahn

Seung Sahn

male, deceased (2004)
Korean S?n, patriarch, Korean Sŏn, Buddhist Patriarch, Korean Zen, ZenBuddhistmonk…Kwan Um School of Zen, Buddhist
Seung Sahn Haeng Won Soen-sa (1927-2004) was a Korean Zen Buddhist monk, and the 78th patriarch in his lineage of Korean Zen (or Korean S?n)...
Brad Warner

Brad Warner

male, 45 years old
Sit Down and Shut Up, Kent State University alumni, Film Maker, suicide girl, retreat, retreats…Hardcore Zen, ZenBuddhistmonk, Buddhist, zen
Brad Warner is a Zen Buddhist priest, ordained in the Sōtō school by Gudo Wafu Nishijima. He is also a published author, musician, film maker, an...
Dogen

Dogen

male, deceased (1253)
Religious leader, Buddhist, philosopher, Japanese, ZenBuddhistmonk
Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; January 19, 1200 - September 22, 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan. He...
Philip Kapleau

Philip Kapleau

male, deceased (2004) (Rochester, New York, United States)
Columbia University, New Haven, Buddhist, soto, American, zen buddhism…ZenBuddhistmonk, Zen Center
Philip Kapleau (1912 - 2004) was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and became a teacher of Zen Buddhism in the Harada-Yasutani tradition, a blending...
Taizan Maezumi

Taizan Maezumi

male, deceased (1995)
Buddhism in the United States, Buddhist, zen, Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist monk, Japanese…ZenBuddhistmonk
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...
Philip Whalen

Philip Whalen

male, deceased (2002)
poet, World War II, Beat Generation, Beat writer, Reed College alumni, Wesleyan University…San Francisco Zen Center, ZenBuddhistmonk, Zen Buddhist
Philip Whalen was a poet and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and the Beat generation. Born in Portland, Oregon, Whalen served in the...

Ryōkan

male, deceased (1831)
Hermit, Japanese, Religious leader, zen, Calligrapher, soto…ZenBuddhistmonk
(1758–1831) was a quiet and eccentric Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calli...