Shunryu Suzuki
Sōtō Zen monk and teacher
Shunryu Suzuki was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who founded the San Francisco Zen Center. His teachings are collected in Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.
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Japanese Born 1904 in Hiratsuka, Japan Died 1971
About Shunryu Suzuki
Shunryu Suzuki, often called Suzuki Roshi, was born on May 18, 1904, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He moved to the United States in 1954 and helped bring Zen Buddhism to a wider American audience. He founded the San Francisco Zen Center, and he also founded Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside Asia. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind collects his teachings and is among the most widely read books on Zen in the West. Suzuki died in San Francisco on December 4, 1971.