PHILOSOPHER

Hakuin Ekaku

1686 - 1769

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Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴, January 19, 1686 – January 18, 1769) was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism, who regarded bodhicitta, working for the benefit of others, as the ultimate concern of Zen-training. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hakuin Ekaku has received more than 310,579 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hakuin Ekaku is the 690th most popular philosopher (up from 773rd in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from Japan (up from 705th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hakuin Ekaku ranks 690 out of 1,267. Before him are Zalmoxis, Alexander Zinoviev, Theophan Prokopovich, Georges Politzer, Pyotr Lavrov, and Alvin Plantinga. After him are François Bernier, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Jerry Fodor, Francesco Algarotti, Helmuth Plessner, and Chandrakirti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1686, Hakuin Ekaku ranks 7. Before him are Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Nicola Porpora, Benedetto Marcello, Charles, Duke of Berry, Hans Egede, and Senesino. After him are Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Vasily Tatishchev, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Antoine de Jussieu, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, and Domenico Montagnana. Among people deceased in 1769, Hakuin Ekaku ranks 4. Before him are Pope Clement XIII, Luqman, and Pontiac. After him are Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Vasily Trediakovsky, and Giambattista Lolli.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hakuin Ekaku ranks 590 out of 6,245. Before him are Nitobe Inazō (1862), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Emperor Reizei (949), Hitoshi Imamura (1886), Toshio Iwatani (1925), and Hirokazu Kanazawa (1931). After him are Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (1920), Taro Kagawa (1922), Akira Nishino (1955), Sawao Kato (1946), Hiroshi Saeki (1936), and Ishirō Honda (1911).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Japan

Among philosophers born in Japan, Hakuin Ekaku ranks 5. Before him are Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), and Kitaro Nishida (1870). After him are Hayashi Razan (1583), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Arai Hakuseki (1657), and Ogyū Sorai (1666).

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