Hakuin Ekaku

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What Wikipedia says

Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴; January 19, 1686 – January 18, 1769), also known as Kokurin, 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.

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Image: Hakuin Ekaku (self-portrait), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.