Abe, Masao Abels, Gregory Hosho Abels, Janet Jiryu Abramson, Trudi Jinpu Hirsch Adachi, Hôun Reiko Adachi, Zuiun Yukiyoshi Afable, Jiro Andy Afable, Shôkô Maria Carmen Aitken, Anne Tanshin Hopkins Aitken, Robert Chotan Akiba, Gengo Akiyama, Tozen Alcalde, Augusto Althouse, Robert Joshin ... Continue Reading »
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 leading ... Continue Reading »
Gregory Hosho Jin-o Abels is Co-Resident Teacher at Still Mind Zendo in Manhattan (founded 1994), chant master and Board Vice President. He is the author of Never Something Else: Poems from the Eye ... Continue Reading »
Janet Jiryu Abels (born March 15, 1950) is the founder and co-resident teacher of Still Mind Zendo in New York City. She received dharma transmission from her teacher, Roshi Robert Jinsen Kennedy, in ... Continue Reading »
Trudi Jinpu Hirsch Abramson, is a Senior Soto Zen Priest in the lineage of Taizan Maezumi. She was born in NYC in 1951. She started practicing zazen with John Daido Loori Roshi ... Continue Reading »
Hôun Reiko Adachi is a Zen master with the Japanese Sanbo-Kyodan, a succesor of the late Kôun Yamada, Roshi. Continue Reading »
Zuiun Yukiyoshi Adachi is a Zen master with the Japanese Sanbo-Kyodan, a succesor of the late Kôun Yamada, Roshi. Continue Reading »
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 ... Continue Reading »
Shôkô Maria Carmen Afable is a Zen master with the Japanese Sanbo-Kyodan. Continue Reading »
Anne Arundel Hopkins Aitken (☸ February 8, 1911—June 13, 1994), dharma name An Tashin, is the late wife of Robert Aitken-roshi who studied with various Zen teachers, including Haku’un Yasutani, Yamada Koun and ... Continue Reading »
Robert Baker Dairyu Chotan Gyoun Aitken (☸ June 19, 1917—August 5, 2010) was a Zen teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage and the founder of Diamond Sangha, a lineage which he and his wife, ... Continue Reading »
Gengo Akiba was born in 1943 Tokyo, Japan and grew up in a middle class, professional family. After graduating from Komazawa University, he started what he thought was going to be ... Continue Reading »
Tozen Akiyama is a Soto Zen priest. He was born in Takasaki City, Gumma Prefecture, Japan in 1936. He started Zen sitting under the guidance of Tosui Ohta Roshi in 1972 and ... Continue Reading »
Augusto Alcalde (born 1950) is an Argentinean Zen teacher with the Chin Lien Chia (of Chan) and one of the first Dharma Successors of the late Robert Aitken. He also was fully authorized ... Continue Reading »
Robert Joshin Althouse (born March 29, 1949) is a Zen teacher and member of the White Plum Asanga, a dharma heir of Jikyo Nicolee McMahon Roshi. He is the current abbot of Zen ... Continue Reading »
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