Kodo Sawaki

Kodo Sawaki

male
Kodo Sawaki is considered by some to be the most important Japanese Zen master of the 20th century. His parents died early and he grew up being...
Stephen Batchelor

Stephen Batchelor

male, 56 years old
Stephen Batchelor (b. 1953) is a Scottish-born writer and teacher currently residing in France. Batchelor is best known for his best-selling book...

Thomas Cleary

male
Thomas Cleary (b. 1949) is a prolific, and somewhat reclusive, author and translator of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and Muslim religious...
Natalie Goldberg

Natalie Goldberg

female, 61 years old
Natalie Goldberg (b. 1948) is an American author and teacher of creative writing. She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as...
Sheng-Yen

Sheng-Yen

male, 78 years old
Venerable Master Sheng-yen is one of the more famous living teachers of Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism. Master Sheng Yen is the 57th generation...
Eugen Herrigel

Eugen Herrigel

male, deceased (1955)
Eugen Herrigel was a German philosopher who taught philosophy at the University of Tokyo between the World Wars and introduced Zen to large parts...
Joko Beck

Joko Beck

female, 92 years old
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...

Cheri Huber

female
Cheri Huber is an independent American Zen (Soto) teacher. Huber is the author of 18 books including "There Is Nothing Wrong with You, The Fear...
Joseph Goldstein

Joseph Goldstein

male, 65 years old
Joseph Goldstein (born 1944) is one of the first American vipassana teachers (Fronsdal, 1998), co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS)...
Hsu Yun

Hsu Yun

male
Venerable Master Hsu Yun (Traditional Chinese: 虛雲大師, Simplified Chinese: 虚云大师, Pinyin: Xū Yún Dà Shī, "empty cloud") (1840-1959) was a re...