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