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Born August 20, 1912 • New Haven • Connecticut
Died May 6, 2004 (aged 91) • Rochester • New York
Founder Rochester Zen Center
Subjects Of Study Zen
Alan Watts
Alan Watts
British-born American writer, philosopher, and lecturer
Bodhidharma
Buddhist monk
Li Hongzhi
Chinese-born religious leader
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Indian spiritual leader
Hakuin
Buddhist priest
Philip Whalen
American poet
Nishida Kitarō
Japanese philosopher
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
Guru Nanak
Indian religious leader
Chögyam Trungpa
Tibetan abbot
Evagrius Ponticus
Christian mystic
Hui-neng
Buddhist patriarch
Bahubali
Bahubali
Jainism
D.T. Suzuki
Japanese Buddhist scholar
Seraphim of Sarov, Saint
Saint Seraphim of Sarov
Russian monk
Takuan Sōhō
Japanese priest
Bunsei
Japanese artist
Suzuki Shōsan
Japanese Zen priest
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson
American author
Peter Boyle
American actor