Zen Buddhist monks

Japanese Buddhist scholar, Doctor of Letters (1870–1966)

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95th emperor of Japan (r. 1308–1318)

Japanese Zen Buddhist master (1686-1769)

Japanese zen Buddhist monk (1880-1965)

was a quiet and unorthodox Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk who lived much of his life as a hermit. Ryōkan is remembered for his poetry and calligraphy, which present the essence of Zen life.

Japanese Buddhist missionary (1904–1971)

Japanese Zen Master (1914–1982)

Japanese Zen-Buddhist teacher and landscape architect (1275-1351)

American poet (1923–2002)

samurai (1579-1655)

Japanese monk

'''Enni Ben'en (圓爾辯圓; 1 November 1202 – 10 November 1280) or simply Enni, also known as Shōichi Kokushi''', was a Japanese Buddhist monk. He started his Buddhist training as a Tendai monk. While he was studying with Eisai, a vision of Sugawara no Michizane appeared to him in a dream and told him to go to China and study meditation. Following this vision, he met the Rinzai teacher Wuzhun Shifan in China, and studied Mahayana with him. When he returned to Japan, after founding Jōten-ji temple in Hakata (Fukuoka), he founded Tōfuku-ji monastery in Kyoto, and practiced Zen as well as other types o

American musician and Buddhist priest

Pianist

Mujū Dōkyō (; 1 January 1227 – 9 November 1312), birth name Ichien Dōkyō, was a Buddhist monk of the Japanese Kamakura period. He is superficially considered a Rinzai monk by some due to his compilation of the Shasekishū and similar books of koans, but there is good evidence that he was also an eager student of the Tendai, Pure Land, and Hosso sects, and he is occasionally placed in the Shingon and Ritsu sects as well.

Japanese Buddhist monk

Japanese Buddhist monk

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Japanese monk and poet

Japanese Buddhist monk

Venerable Pomnyun Sunim (Korean: 법륜스님, Hanja: 法輪; born 11 April 1953) is a Korean Seon master, author, and activist. He is widely recognized in South Korea as the founder of the Jungto Society, a wise mentor, and one of the most respected Buddhist figures in recent history. Internationally, he is known as a peace activist and one of the four patrons of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) alongside the Dalai Lama, Ven. Maha Somchai Kusalacitto, and Ven. Bhikshuni Chao Hwei.

Japanese Zen Buddhist and Catholic monk

(fl. 1190s) was a Japanese Buddhist monk who started the first Zen school in Japan called the Darumashū, or "Bodhidharma school."

Japanese Buddhist monk

Japanese Zen monk (1876-1958)

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Japanese Buddhist monk

300px|thumb|Baisao with his portable tea stand, as depicted in a gently comical caricature painting (Japanese) of the late 19th–early 20th century (1675–1763) was a Japanese Buddhist monk of the Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism, who became famous for traveling around Kyoto selling tea. The veneration of Baisao during and after his lifetime helped to popularize sencha tea and led to the creation of Senchadō.