1995 Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64
1994 Anne Aitken, student of Zen, dies at 83
1991 Formal opening ceremony of International One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher
1990 T Issan Dorsey, founder (Hartford St. Zen Center SF), dies
1990 Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St. Zen Center, SF
1990 Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69
1990 Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Jes priest/apprentice Zen teacher, dies at 92
1990 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo
1990 Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), dies
1990 Suzuki Sochu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/abbot of Ryutakuji, dies
1989 Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82
1989 Augusto Alcalde, 1st S Amer Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
1988 John Tarrant, 1st Aust born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
1987 John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73
1984 Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76
1983 Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74
1983 Richard Baker, Zen teacher, steps down from abbotship of San Francisco Zen Center
1982 Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY
1982 Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
1980 Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
1979 Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53
1978 Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at 75
1978 Satomi Myodo, Zen nun/attendant of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, dies at 82
1978 Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect
1977 Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi
1973 Alan Watts, writer/popularizer of Zen, dies in California
1973 Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies
1972 Chozen-ji/Intl Zen Dojo founded by Omori Sogen Roshi, in Hawaii
1972 Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America
1972 Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder (SF Zen Center), ashes buried
1971 Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of San Francisco Zen Center, dies
1971 Richard Baker becomes teacher of San Francisco Zen Center
1970 Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma
1969 Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies
1967 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75
1967 Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
1966 D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo, Japan at 96
1964 Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66
1961 Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91
1961 Wind Bell, journal of San Francisco Zen Center, begins publishing
1958 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi
1958 Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
1955 Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows and takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo
1955 Eugen Herrigel, Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70
1953 Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening
1950 Augusto Gen'un Alcalde, Buenos Aires, 1st S Amer Zen teacher
1950 Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission
1949 John Tarrant, Tasmania, 1st Australian born Zen teacher
1948 Soen Nakagawa and Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF
1945 Nishida Kitaro, scholar/philosopher/Zen practitioner, dies at 74
1945 Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies
1944 Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65
1941 Oda Mayumi, Tokyo, resident artist, Green Gulch Zen Center
1939 Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies
1939 Bernard Glassman, New York, Zen teacher/head, Zen Center of New York
1938 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood
1937 Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55
1936 Ama Samy, Burma, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher/disciple of Yamada Koun
1936 Richard Baker, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Zen teacher, Dharma Sangha
1935 Jakusho Kwong, Santa Rosa California, head of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
1931 Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism
1928 Dainin Katagiri, Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki
1927 Seung Sahn, zen teacher, Korean line
1919 Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60
1917 Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
1917 Robert Aitken, born in Philadelphia, Zen co-founder, Diamond Sangha
1914 Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France
1914 Mitsu Suzuki, teacher of tea ceremony at San Francisco Zen Center
1912 Philip Kapleau, founder, Rochester Zen Center in New Haven
1907 Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher, Rinzai line
1901 Christmas Humphreys, England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist, Awakening of Zen
1899 Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer, Nobel Literature 1968
1898 Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher
1893 Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago)
1892 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, U.S., Zen teacher, 1st Zen Institute of America
1892 Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies
1885 Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe
1879 Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher
1875 Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84
1870 D T Suzuki, Kanazawa Japan, Zen Buddhist scholar
1841 Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D. T. Suzuki, found the awakening
1769 Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan
1694 Dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies
1689 Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan
1686 Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist
1655 Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76
1639 Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening
1630 Tetsugen, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen), dies
1559 Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83
1506 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86
1481 Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87
1422 Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple
1394 Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger
1382 Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan
1351 Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan
1335 Ex-emperor Hanazono became a Zen priest
1327 Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder, Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan
1324 Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon
1306 Musho [Hokai], Zen teacher/found subtemple at Jochiji, dies
1303 Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
1286 Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60
1278 Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65
1253 Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53
1228 Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China
1200 Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto
866 Lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies
808 P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China
758 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74
739 P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies
732 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
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