Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (died 1971)

Shunryū Suzuki

Japanese Buddhist monk who popularized Zen in the US

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…