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Shunryū Suzuki

1904 - 1971

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Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki Shunryū, dharma name Shōgaku Shunryū 祥岳俊隆, often called Suzuki Roshi; May 18, 1904 – December 4, 1971) 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 (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center). Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center which, along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shunryū Suzuki is the 1,443rd most popular religious figure (up from 2,376th in 2019), the 634th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,100th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shunryū Suzuki ranks 1,443 out of 3,187. Before him are Fermin, Carpocrates, Billy Meier, William de Longchamp, Frederick of Utrecht, and Reginald Pole. After him are Macrina the Younger, John Eudes, Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, Sebastiano Baggio, Theodosius the Cenobiarch, and Chrodegang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Shunryū Suzuki ranks 88. Before him are José Antonio Aguirre, Edmund Veesenmayer, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Emilio Fernández, Greer Garson, and Hans Hartung. After him are Walther Hewel, Oskar R. Lange, Anna Mahler, Valery Chkalov, Margaret Bourke-White, and Nikolai Berzarin. Among people deceased in 1971, Shunryū Suzuki ranks 63. Before him are Philippe Thys, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Vladislav Volkov, Jo Siffert, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, and Reinhold Niebuhr. After him are T. V. Soong, Paul Lukas, Viktor Patsayev, Margaret Bourke-White, Gene Vincent, and Nora Stanton Barney.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shunryū Suzuki ranks 634 out of 6,245. Before him are Shūmei Ōkawa (1886), Ukita Hideie (1573), Yoshida Shōin (1830), Takayuki Kuwata (1941), Kisho Kurokawa (1934), and Yoshitoshi (1839). After him are Hidemaro Watanabe (1924), Gunpei Yokoi (1941), Masaoka Shiki (1867), Emperor Nijō (1143), Chūya Nakahara (1907), and Sen Katayama (1859).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Shunryū Suzuki ranks 16. Before him are Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Ikkyū (1394), Eisai (1141), Saichō (767), Shinran (1173), and Dom Justo Takayama (1552). After him are Kōdō Sawaki (1880), Hōnen (1133), Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (1949), Hōjō Ujimasa (1538), Soga no Umako (551), and Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (1958).

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