Diedrichs, Daiju Gentei Richard
Daiju Gentei Richard Diedrichs (born August 20, 1946) tried several spiritual paths before he discovered Alan Watt’s The Way of Zen in the early 1970s. Through that and other books, Diedrichs figured...
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Daisetsu Shoen (1797—1855), nicknamed “the devil” or “the demon,” was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master and abbot of Shokoku-ji in Kyoto, Japan. Daisetsu Shoen was first introduced to most Western readers...
View ArticleClark, Seido Larry
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View ArticleChayat, Roko Shinge Sherry
Roko Shinge Sherry Chayat (born 1943) is a Rinzai Zen master in the lineage of the late Soen Nakagawa and the newly installed Abbot of Dai Bosatsu Zendo, located in the Catskills of New York. After...
View ArticleCain, Gakudo Koshin Christopher
Koshin Christopher Cain is Abbot of the Puget Sound Zen Center. Koshin was born in 1965 and grew up in London, England, and Raleigh, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina,...
View ArticleBurch, Dai En George
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View ArticleBlackman, Genko Kathy
Genko Kathy Blackman Ni-Osho began her Zen training at Chobo-Ji in 1983, and was ordained by Genki Takabayashi Roshi in 1997. She became an Osho in 2007. In addition to assisting Genjo Osho at...
View ArticleBassui Tokusho
Bassui Tokusho (1327—1387) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master who made it a life mission to revitalize Zen Buddhism in Japan during his lifetime. In that vein, Bassui preferred living the life of a...
View ArticleBarratt, Hakuun Sokai Geoff
Hakuun Sokai Geoff Barratt (1951 — June 18, 2014) was the Rinzai Zen Abbot of Haku-un-ji in Tempe, Arizona, a temple in the lineage of his teacher Kyozan Joshu Sasaki. Barrat began his Zen training...
View ArticleBantetsugu, Tetsugyu Ban
Tetsugyu Ban Bantetsugu was a Zen priest of both Sōtō Zen and Rinzai Zen, born in Hanamaki, Japan in 1910. Ordained a Soto Zen monk by Fuchizawa Chimyo-roshi in 1917, he later received Dharma...
View ArticleBankei Yotaku
Bankei Yotaku (1622-1693) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen Master who constantly encouraged audiences to abide in the Unborn Buddha Mind. He had a great impact on Zen during his day, giving public talks to...
View ArticleAustin, James H.
James H. Austin (born 1925) is a professor of neurology and widely read author on studies involving Zen and the brain. He has spent most of his early career at the University of Oregon Medical School...
View ArticleAsahina, Sogen
Sogen Asahina (1891—1979; Asahina Sogen) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master and Chief Abbot of Engakuji in Kamakura, Japan. Asahina-roshi trained a good many Westerners in the Rinzai way, despite not...
View ArticleAfable, Jiro Andy
Jiro Osho Fernando Afable (born 1943), aka Jiro Andy Afable, is a Rinzai Zen teacher and founder of Early Light Zendo in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Born in the Philippines, he moved to the United...
View ArticleAbe, Masao
Masao Abe (阿部 正雄; 1915—September 10, 2006) was a Zen Buddhist scholar of the so-called Kyoto School and Professor of Philosophy at Nara University of Education, among other educational institutions. A...
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