Nhat Hanh

Nhat Hanh

male, 83 years old
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
(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...