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1995 Death - Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64 1994 Death - Anne Aitken, student of Zen, dies at 83 1991 Event - Formal opening ceremony of International One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colorado 1991 Event - Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher 1990 Death - T Issan Dorsey, founder (Hartford St. Zen Center SF), dies 1990 Event - Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St. Zen Center, SF 1990 Death - Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69 1990 Death - Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Jes priest/apprentice Zen teacher, dies at 92 1990 Event - 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo 1990 Death - Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher, head of Cambridge Buddhist Association, dies 1990 Death - Suzuki Sochu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/abbot of Ryutakuji, dies 1989 Death - Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82 1989 Event - Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission 1988 Event - John Tarrant, 1st Australia born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission 1987 Death - John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73 1984 Death - Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76 1983 Death - Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74 1983 Event - Richard Baker, Zen teacher, steps down from abbotship of San Francisco Zen Center 1982 Event - Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY 1982 Death - Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67 1980 Death - Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54 1979 Death - Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53 1978 Death - Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at 75 1978 Death - Satomi Myodo, Zen nun/attendant of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, dies at 82 1978 Event - Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect 1977 Event - Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi 1973 Death - 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 Death - Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies 1972 Event - Hsan Hua, Zen teacher, conducted 1st ordination ceremony in America 1972 Death - Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder (SF Zen Center), ashes buried 1971 Death - Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of San Francisco Zen Center, dies 1971 Event - Richard Baker becomes teacher of San Francisco Zen Center 1970 Event - Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma 1969 Death - Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies 1967 Death - Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75 1967 Event - Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center 1966 Death - D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo, Japan at 96 1964 Death - Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66 1961 Death - Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91 1961 Event - Wind Bell, journal of San Francisco Zen Center, begins publishing 1958 Event - Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi 1958 Death - Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81 1955 Event - Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows and takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo 1955 Death - Eugen Herrigel, Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70 1953 Birthday - Alex Grey, born in Columbus, Ohio, sacred, visionary, psychedelic artist, co-founder, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, author of 'Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics' 1953 Event - Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening 1950 Birthday - Augusto Gen'un Alcalde, Buenos Aires, 1st South American Zen teacher 1950 Event - Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission 1949 Birthday - John Tarrant, Tasmania, 1st Australian born Zen teacher 1948 Event - Soen Nakagawa and Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF 1945 Death - Nishida Kitaro, scholar/philosopher/Zen practitioner, dies at 74 1945 Death - Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies 1944 Death - Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65 1941 Birthday - Oda Mayumi, Tokyo, resident artist, Green Gulch Zen Center 1939 Death - Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies 1939 Birthday - Bernard Glassman, New York, Zen teacher/head, Zen Center of New York 1938 Event - Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood 1937 Death - Daito Kokushi, Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at 55 1936 Birthday - Ama Samy, Burma, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher/disciple of Yamada Koun 1936 Birthday - Richard Baker, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Zen teacher, Dharma Sangha 1935 Birthday - Jakusho Kwong, Santa Rosa California, head of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center 1935 Birthday - Richard Brautigan, born in Tacoma, Washington, writer, novelist, wrote Trout Fishing in America, known for black comedy, parody, satire, and Zen Buddhism 1931 Birthday - Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism 1928 Birthday - Dainin Katagiri, Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki 1927 Birthday - Seung Sahn, zen teacher, Korean line 1919 Death - Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60 1917 Event - Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea 1917 Birthday - Robert Aitken, born in Philadelphia, Zen co-founder, Diamond Sangha 1915 Birthday - Alan Watts, born in Kent, England, writer, speaker, and philosopher, 'The Spirit of Zen' and 'The Art of Contemplation' 1914 Birthday - Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France 1914 Birthday - Mitsu Suzuki, teacher of tea ceremony at San Francisco Zen Center 1912 Birthday - Philip Kapleau, founder, Rochester Zen Center in New Haven 1907 Birthday - Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher, Rinzai line 1901 Birthday - Christmas Humphreys, England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist, Awakening of Zen 1899 Birthday - Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer, Nobel Literature 1968 1898 Birthday - Father Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Germany, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher 1893 Event - Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago) 1892 Birthday - Ruth Fuller Sasaki, U.S., Zen teacher, 1st Zen Institute of America 1892 Death - Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies 1885 Birthday - Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe 1879 Birthday - Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher 1875 Death - Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 1870 Birthday - D T Suzuki, Kanazawa Japan, Zen Buddhist scholar 1841 Event - Imakita Kosen, 1st Zen teacher of D. T. Suzuki, found the awakening 1769 Death - Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan 1694 Death - Dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies 1689 Event - Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan 1686 Birthday - Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist 1655 Death - Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76 1639 Event - Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening 1630 Death - Tetsugen, Zen teacher (Jodo sect converted to Obaku Zen), dies 1559 Death - Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83 1506 Death - Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 1481 Death - Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87 1422 Event - Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple 1394 Event - Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger 1382 Death - Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan 1351 Death - Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan 1335 Event - Ex-emperor Hanazono became a Zen priest 1327 Birthday - Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder, Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan 1324 Event - Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon 1306 Death - Musho [Hokai], Zen teacher/found subtemple at Jochiji, dies 1303 Death - Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies 1286 Death - Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60 1278 Death - Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 1253 Death - Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53 1228 Event - Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China 1200 Birthday - Dogen Kigen, Japan, Zen teacher, 1st patriarch of the Japanese Soto 866 Death - Lin-chi I-hsuan, J Rinzai Gigen, Zen teacher, dies 808 Death - P'ang Yun, Layman P'ang, Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China 758 Death - Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74 739 Death - P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies 732 Event - Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line |
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