Lucien Stryk

Lucien Stryk

male
Lucien Stryk is an American Zen poet, translator, and former English professor at Northern Illinois University (NIU). Stryk was born in Poland,...

René Daumal

male, deceased (1944)
René Daumal was a French writer, philosopher and poet. He was born in Boulzicourt, Ardennes, France. In his late teens his avant-garde poetry was p...
Gary Peacock

Gary Peacock

male, 74 years old
Gary Peacock (born 12 May 1935 in Burley, Idaho) is an American jazz double-bassist. After military service in Germany, in the early sixties he...

Toni Packer

female, 82 years old
Toni Packer was born 1927 in Germany to a German father and Jewish mother. Her status as half-Jewish in Germany during the war years had a profound...

Baizhang

male
Baizhang Huaihai was a Chinese Zen master during the Tang Dynasty. He was a dharma heir of Mazu Daoyi (Wade-Giles: "Ma-tsu Tao-i"). Baizhang's...
John Milius

John Milius

male, 65 years old
John Milius (born April 11, 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. A former student...
Gudo Wafu Nishijima

Gudo Wafu Nishijima

male, 90 years old
Gudo Wafu Nishijima (born November 1919 in Yokohama) is a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and teacher. As a young man in the early 1940s, Nishijima...
Shinzen Young

Shinzen Young

male
is a Vipassana meditation teacher. Although Vipassana is traditionally a Theravada technique, Shinzen was originally ordained in Japan as a monk in...
Sokei-An

Sokei-An

male
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....
Jakusho Kwong

Jakusho Kwong

male
Jakusho Kwong-roshi is an American Zen Buddhist teacher of the Soto sect who studied with Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, the author of "Zen Mind Beginner's...