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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, Colorado 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 Association, 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 South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission 1988 John Tarrant, 1st Australia 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, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation', died of heart failure at the age of 58 1973 Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies 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 South American 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 1935 Richard Brautigan, born in Tacoma, Washington, writer, novelist, wrote Trout Fishing in America, known for black comedy, parody, satire, and Zen Buddhism 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 1915 Alan Watts, born in Kent, England, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation' 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. 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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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