1904
Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (died 1971)
Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (died 1971)
Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (died 1971)
Shunryū Suzuki
Japanese Buddhist monk who popularized Zen in the US
- Born
- 1904
Shunryu Suzuki was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside Asia. Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center which, along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West.