Bankei Yōtaku
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1622 – 1693
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Who was Bankei Yōtaku?
Bankei Yōtaku was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master, and the abbot of the Ryōmon-ji and Nyohō-ji. He is best known for his talks on the Unborn as he called it. According to D. T. Suzuki, Bankei, together with Dogen and Hakuin, is one of the most important Japanese Zen masters and his Unborn Zen is one the most original developments in the entire history of Zen thought.
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- Born
- 1622
Harima Province - Also known as
- Bankei Yotaku
- Bankei
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Nationality
- Japan
- Died
- Sep 30, 1693
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on July 23, 2013
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