# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philip-kapleau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:23:34.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philip-kapleau"
name: "Philip Kapleau"
slug: "philip-kapleau"
description: "Philip Kapleau was an American Zen Buddhist teacher. He trained in the Harada–Yasutani tradition, which is rooted in Japanese Sōtō and incorporates Rinzai-school koan study. He established Rochester Zen Center, which grew to become one of the most influential Zen communities in the West. His independent lineage includes teachers active in the USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Sweden, Finland, Germany, the UK and New Zealand."
tagline: "Zen Buddhist teacher (1912–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phillip_Kapleau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1912-08-12"
deathDate: "2004-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.30936266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%BE_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "فيليپ كاپلايو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kapleau"
    title: "Philip Kapleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kapleau"
    title: "Philip Kapleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kapleau"
    title: "Philip Kapleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فیلیپ کاپلئو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filips_Kaplo"
    title: "Filips Kaplo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kapleau"
    title: "Philip Kapleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kapleau"
    title: "Philip Kapleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kapleau"
    title: "Philip Kapleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF"
    title: "Капло, Филип"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kapleau"
    title: "Philip Kapleau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1364675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump