Masters

Nyogen Senzaki  (1876-1958)

Nyogen Senzaki was a Rinzai Zen monk who was one of the 20th century's leading proponents of Zen Buddhism in the United States. (From Wikipedia)

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Shunryu Suzuki (1904-1971)

Shunryu Suzuki - A Zen monk who came to America and founded the first Zen Buddhist monastery in America. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is a classic of Zen Buddhism. (From Wikipedia)

https://www.101zenstories.info/p/shunryu-suzuki.html 

D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966)

D.T. Suzuki - A Japanese scholar and author of books and essays on Buddhism and Zen. He had a leading role in bringing Zen to America. He spent 10+ years in American from about 1897 to 1907 before returning to Japan. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western universities, and devoted many years to a professorship at Ōtani University, a Japanese Buddhist school. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963. (From Wikipedia)

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