My Intellectual and Spiritual Heritage

Buddhists, Taoists, Philosophers

Noted Authors, Scholars, Translators, Editors, Teachers

** These are my teachers.
This is my intellectual heritage, my "lineage".
These are the authors I have read and studied since 1962.

* ** *** I have benefitted and applied what I have learned! *** ** *

Confucius (551-479 BCE) Philosopher *

Lao Tzu (Circa 450 CE) Taoist *

Buddha (Circa 450 CE) Buddhist **

Aristotle (384-322 BCE) Philosopher ***

Epicurus (341-270 BCE) Philosopher *

Epictetus (50 BCE-135 CE) Philosopher *

Heshang Gong (250 CE) Taoist *

Bodhidharma (450 CE) Buddhist *

Huineng (638-713 CE) Buddhist *

Mazu Daoyi (709-788 CE) Buddhist

Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) Buddhist **

Chang San-Feng (1247-1317) Taoist *

Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481) Buddhist *

Takuan Soho (1573-1645) Buddhist

Bankei Yotaku (1622-1693) Buddhist

Menzan Zuiho (1683-1769) Buddhist

Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769) Buddhist **

Ryokan Taigu (1758-1831) Buddhist

Daisetsu T. Suzuki (1870-1966) Buddhist **

Reginald H. Blyth (1898-1964) Scholar ***

Philip Kapleau (1912-2004) Buddhist *

John Blofield (1913-1937) Buddhist

Trevor Leggett (1914-2000) Buddhist *

Alan Watts (1915-1973) Scholar **

Robert Aitken (1917-2010) Buddhist ***

Burton Watson (1925-2017) Scholar *

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-2022) Buddhist **

Dalai Lama (1938-) Buddhist **

Red Pine (1943-) Scholar *

Sam Hamill (1943-2018) Scholar *

Yang Jwing-Ming (1946-) Taoist **

Norman Fischer (1946-) Buddhist

Thomas Cleary (1949-2021) Scholar ***

David Hinton (1954-) Scholar *

Deng Ming-Dao (1954-) Taoist **

Eva Wong (1955-) Taoist **

Livia Kohn (1956-) Scholar *