Curated category
20th-century Buddhist monks
- Kōdō SawakiKōdō Sawaki was born in the city of Tsu, Mie on the 16th of June 1880. He entered a wealthy home as the sixth child but lost both parents before his tenth…
- Yin ShunZhang Luqin was born on the 5th of April 1906 in a village within Zhejiang Province. The Qing Dynasty had just ended when he entered the world.
- Thích Nhất HạnhNguyễn Xuân Bảo was born on the 11th of October 1926 in Huế, the ancient capital of central Vietnam. He belonged to the 15th generation of the Nguyễn Đình…
- TaixuTaixu was born on the 8th of January 1890 in Haining, a county within Zhejiang province. His parents died while he remained very young.
- D. T. SuzukiTeitarō Suzuki was born in Honda-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, the fourth son of physician Ryojun Suzuki. The samurai class into which he was born…