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Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools

Individuals are grouped by nationality, except in cases where the vast majority of their influence was felt elsewhere. Gautama Buddha and his contemporary disciples ('Buddhists') are listed separately from later Indian Buddhist thinkers, teachers and contemplatives.

Buddha's Disciples and Early Buddhists

• The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama
• Disciples of the Buddha
• Family of the Buddha
• Ambapali
• Ananda, Siddhartha's cousin, personal attendant of the Buddha and one of his chief disciples
• Anathapindika
• Angulimala
• Anuruddha
• Assaji
• Ajatasattu
• Bimbisara
• Channa
• Cunda
• Dabba Mallaputta
• Devadatta
• Dhammadinna
• Hatthaka of Alavi
• Janussoni
• Jayasena
• Jivaka Komarabhacca
• Maha Kaccana
• Kaccayana Gotta
• Kankharevata
• Maha Kappina
• Kasi Bharadvaja
• Kevatta
• Khema
• Khujjuttara
• Kisa Gotami
• Kondañña
• Maha Kotthika
• Magandiya
• Mahākāśyapa
• Mallika
• Maudgalyayana
• Maya Devi
• Migara
• Nanda
• Maha Pajapati Gotami
• Pasenadi
• Pukkusati
• Punna
• Rahula
• Ratthapala
• Revata
• Samavati
• Sariputta (Pali, Shariputra Sanskrit), one of the two chief disciples of the Buddha.
• Suddhodana
• Sundari
• Sunita
• Udena
• Upali, foremost disciple in knowledge of the Vinaya.
• Uppalavanna
• Vacchagotta
• Velukandakiya
• Visakha
• Yasa
• Yashodhara

Siddhartha and Gautama redirect here. ... Ambapali ( about 500 BC), also called Amrapali, was a royal courtesan of the republic state of Vaishali, ancient India. ... For Paulina Rubio album of the same title, see Ananda (album). ... Anathapindika - Chief lay disciple of Buddha, and his name means feeder of the orphans or helpless. His given name was Sudatta. ... Angulimala chases Gautama Buddha Angulimala (Pāli: The wearer of Garland of fingers) is an important early figure in Buddhism, particularly within the Theravada school. ... Anuruddha was one of the five chief disciples and a cousin of Gautama Buddha. ... Assaji (Pali:Assaji, Sanskrit:Asvajit) was one of the first five arahants of Gautama Buddha. ... Ajatasatrus stupa in Rajgir, where his ashes were interred Ajātashatru (Sanskrit अजातशत्रु; ruled 491-461 BCE) was a king of the Magadha empire that ruled north India. ... Bimbisara (ruled 544-491 BCE) was a king of the Magadha empire. ... In Buddhism, Cunda was a blacksmith who gave the Buddha either mushrooms or pork to eat. ... Devadatta was a Buddhist monk recorded as having attempted to create a schism in the sangha, or monastic community, by putting forward a modified set of rules (vinaya) for monks to follow. ... Hatthaka of Alavi (given name Alavaka) was one of the Chief lay male disciples of the Buddha, mentioned in text along with Citta in the Buddhavamsa xxvi. ... Khema was one of the two chief female disciples of Buddha (the other being Uppalavanna). ... Khujjuttara was a considered by the Buddha to be one of the two main female lay chief disciples the other being Velukandakiya. ... Kisa Gotami was the wife of a wealthy man of Savatthi. ... Venerable Kondañña was the first Great Disciple of the Buddha to achieve arahantship. ... Mahākāśyapa (摩訶迦葉) or Kāśyapa was a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni Buddha and who convened and directed the first council. ... Mallika is a Tamil film actor. ... Maudgalyayana (Pali: Mahamoggallana; Jp: Mokuren; Ch: 摩訶目犍連 Mohemujianlian), also known as Mahamaudgalyayana, was one of the Buddha Shakyamunis closest disciples. ... Queen Mayas white elephant dream, and the conception of the Buddha. ... Nanda, enticed by the Buddha to leave his bride-to-be and become a monk Nanda was a half-brother of the Buddha, the son of Åšuddhodana and MahāprajāpatÄ«. He had a reputation as a handsome man, and was going to be married to Janapadakalyani, when the Buddha... Mahapajapati Gotami (in Pali; Mahaprajapati Gautami in Sanskrit) was the first woman to request ordination from the Buddha and to join the Sangha. ... King of Kosala and contemporary of the Buddha. ... In the Hindu and Jain theory of Karma, Punya is merit that accumulates as a result of good deeds, acts or thoughts and that carries over to later in life or to a persons next birth. ... Rahula (534 BC-?; Chinese: 羅侯羅) is generally accepted to be the name of the son of the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama. ... Samavati was one of the queens of King Udena of Kosambi. ... Śāriputra (Pali: Sariputta; Chinese: 舍利弗) was the one of the disciples of the Buddha, an arhat who was renowned for his wisdom. ... Pāli is a Middle Indo-Aryan dialect or prakrit. ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... King Suddhodana (Sanskrit: Åšuddhodana) was the father of Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha. ... Sundari or Sundari Nanda was the younger step sister of Buddha and sister of Nanda. ... Sunita was a highly accomplished disciple of the Buddha. ... Upali (Sanskrit उपालि upāli) was a monk, one of the ten chief disciples of the Buddha. ... The Vinaya (a word in Pali as well as in Sanskrit, with literal meaning discipline) is the textual framework for the Buddhist monastic community, or sangha. ... Uppalavanna was considered to be amongst the two chief female disciples of the Buddha, the other being Khema. ... Velukandakiya is considered one of the two standard-bearer lay female disciples of the Buddha, the other being Khujjuttara. ... Visakha - was one of the chief female lay disciples of the Buddha. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Later Indian Buddhists (after Buddha)

• Aryadeva, foremost disciple of Nagarjuna, continued the philosophical school of Madhyamika
• Asanga, founder of the Yogachara school, widely considered the most important Mahayana philosopher (with Nagarjuna)
• Atisha, holder of the “mind training” (Tib. lojong) teachings, considered an indirect founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism
• Bhavaviveka, early expositor of the Svatantrika Madhyvh,.amikha
• Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen/Chán
• Bodhiruci, patriarch of the Ti-Lun school
• Buddhabhadra, founding abbot and patriarch of the Shaolin temple
• Buddhaghosa, (Theravadin commentator)
• Buddhapalita, early expositor of the Prasangika Madhyamikha
• Candragomin, renowned grammarian
• Chandrakirti, considered the greatest exponent of Prasangika Madhyamika
• Dharmakirti, famed logician, author of the Seven Treatises; student of Dignana's student Ishvarasena; said to have debated famed Hindu scholar Shankara
• Dignaga, famed logician
• Gunaprabha, foremost student of Vasubandhu, known for his work the Vinayasutra
• Kamalashila (8th century), author of important texts on meditation
• Luipa, one of the eighty-four tantric Mahasiddhas
• Nagarjuna, founder of the Madhyamika school, widely considered the most important Mahayana philosopher (with Asanga)
• Nagpopa, one of the eighty-four tantric mahasiddas
• Nadapada, (Tib. Naropa), Tilopa's primary disciple, teacher of Marpa the Translator and Khungpo Nyaljor
• Padmasambhava (Tib. Guru Rinpoche) Indian founder of Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism
• Sakyaprabha, prominent expositor of the Vinaya
• Saraha, famed mahasiddha, forefather of the Tibetan Kagyu lineage
• Shantarakshita, abbot of Nalanda, founder of the Yogachara-Madhyamika who helped Padmasambhava establish Buddhism in Tibet
• Shantideva, (8th century) author of the Bodhisattvacaryavatra
• Talika, (Tilopa in Tibetan), recipient of four separate transmissions from Nagarjuna, Nagpopa, Luipa, and Khandro Kalpa Zangmo; Naropa's teacher
• Vasubandhu, author of the Abhidharmakosha
• Vimuktisena, commentator on texts of Asanga's

Aryadeva (3rd Century CE), was a disciple of Nagarjuna and author of several important Mahayana Madhyamaka Buddhist texts. ... Madhyamaka is a Buddhist philosophical tradition that asserts that all phenomena are empty of self-nature or essence (Sanskrit: Svabhāva), that they have no intrinsic, independent reality apart from the causes and conditions from which they arise. ... Asanga (also called Aryasanga), born around 300 C.E., was a great exponent of the Yogacara. ... Yogācāra (Sanskrit: yoga practice), also spelled yogāchāra, is an influential school of philosophy and psychology that developed in Indian Mahayana Buddhism starting sometime in the fourth to fifth centuries C.E., also commonly known as consciousness-only or mind-only (Sanskrit: cittamātra) (although scholars increasingly... Relief image of the bodhisattva Kuan Yin from Mt. ... AtiÅ›a Dipamkara Shrijnana (Bangla: অতীশ দীপঙ্কর শ্রীজ্ঞান) (982 - 1054 CE) was a Buddhist teacher who reintroduced Buddhism into Tibet after King Langdharma had nearly destroyed it. ... Lojong (often translated into English as Mind Training) is a practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on a set of proverbs formulated in Tibet in the 12th century by Chekawa. ... The Geluk or Gelug (Wylie transliteration: Dge-lugs, Tibetan: དགེ་ལུགས་པ་) school of Buddhism was founded by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), a philosopher and tibetan religious leader. ... Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, the Himalayan region (including northern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh), Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (Russia), and northeastern China (Manchuria: Heilongjiang, Jilin). ... Bhavaviveka was the founder of the Svatantrika tradition of the Madhyamaka school of Buddhism. ... Bodhidharma (early 6th century CE) was the Buddhist monk traditionally credited as founder of Zen. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Chán is a major school of Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism. ... Bodhiruci - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Main gate of the Shaolin temple in Henan Batuo (Fo Tuo, Chinese: ; pinyin: Bátuó, from Sanskrit Buddhabhadra), an Indian dhyana master, was the founder and the first patriarch [1] of the Shaolin Monastery. ... , Main gate of the Shaolin Monastery in Henan, China. ... Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa was a 5th century Indian Theravadin Buddhist commentator and scholar. ... Theravada (Pali; Sanskrit: Sthaviravada) is one of the eighteen (or twenty) Nikāya schools that formed early in the history of Buddhism. ... Buddhapalita (470–550), was a commentator on the works of Nagarjuna and Aryadeva, his works were mildly criticised by his contemporary Bhavaviveka, and then he was vigorously defended by the later Candrakirti, whose terms differentiating the two scholars led to the rise of the Prasaá¹…gika and Svatantrika schools of... Candrakīrti (born approx. ... Dharmakirti (circa 7th century), was an Indian scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian philosophical logic. ... Shankara can refer to: Shiva, the Hindu god Adi Shankara, Hindu philosopher of around 800 CE Also written, Sankara This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Dignāga (5th century AD), was an Indian scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian philosophical logic. ... Luipa or Luipada (c. ... Mahasiddhas (Sanskrit: maha - great, siddhas - achievers) are a type of eccentric yogis or adepts important in tantric Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism. ... For other uses, see Nagarjuna (disambiguation). ... Naropa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Nadaprada, 1016-1100) was an Indian Buddhist mystic and monk, the pupil of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say partner, of Niguma. ... A traditional depiction of Marpa painted on a rock on Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde Marpa Lotsawa (1012-1097), or Marpa the translator was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Buddhist teachings to Tibet from India, including the teachings and lineages of vajrayana and mahamudra. ... Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava statue - near Kullu, India Guru Rinpoche, the patron saint of Sikkim. ... Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava statue - near Kullu, India The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug). ... Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, the Himalayan region (including northern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh), Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (Russia), and northeastern China (Manchuria: Heilongjiang, Jilin). ... The Vinaya (a word in Pali as well as in Sanskrit, with literal meaning discipline) is the textual framework for the Buddhist monastic community, or sangha. ... Saraha (or Sarahapa or Sarahapad) Originally known as Rahulbhadra, he is considered to be the first poet of Hindi by Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan. ... The Kagyu (Tibetan: བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་; Wylie: Bka-brgyud) school, also known as the Oral Lineage and the Spotless Practice Lineage school, is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the other three being Nyingma (Rnying-ma), Sakya (Sa-skya), and Gelug (Dge-lugs). ... Shantarakshita was an Indian sage, abbot of Nalanda University, a great center of Buddhist scholarship. ... Shentong view, found in Tibetan Buddhism, is the view that all phenomena are empty of other, and is compared with the Rangtong view, which holds that all phenomena are empty of self-nature. ... Shantideva (sometimes Åšantideva, Zh: 寂天) was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist scholar at Nalanda University and an adherent of the Prasangika Madhyamaka philosophy. ... The Bodhicaryavatara, sometimes glossed as A Guide of to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life, is a famous Buddhist text written by Shantideva, around year 700. ... Tilopa (Tibetan; Sankrit: Talika, 988 - 1069) was an Indian tantric practitioner, regarded as the human founder of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. ... The Tibetan language is spoken primarily by the Tibetan people who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia, as well as by large number of Tibetan refugees all over the world. ... For other uses, see Nagarjuna (disambiguation). ... Luipa or Luipada (c. ... Naropa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Nadaprada, 1016-1100) was an Indian Buddhist mystic and monk, the pupil of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say partner, of Niguma. ... Vasubandhu (Sanskrit. ... Abhidharma-koÅ›a (the compendium of Abhidharma) is a key text in verse written in Sanskrit by Vasubandhu. ...

Indo-Greek

• Dharmaraksita (3rd century BCE), Greek Buddhist missionary of Ashoka the Great, and a teacher of Nagasena.
• Mahadharmaraksita (2nd century BCE), Greek Buddhist master during the time of Menander.
• Nāgasena (2nd century BCE), Buddhist sage questioned about Buddhism by Milinda, the Indo-Greek king in the Milinda Pañha.

Dharmaraksita (Pali: Dhammarakkhita) was one of the missionaries sent by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka to proselytize the Buddhist faith. ... Allegiance: Magadhan Empire Rank: Emperor Succeeded by: Dasaratha Maurya Reign: 273 BC-232 BC Place of birth: Pataliputra, India Battles/Wars Kalinga War Emperor Ashoka the Great (Devanagari: अशोक(:); IAST transliteration: , pronunciation: ) (304 BC–232 BC) (Imperial Title:Devanampiya Piyadassi ie He who is the beloved of the Gods who, in... Nāgasena was a Buddhist sage who lived about 150 BCE. His answers to questions about Buddhism posed by Menander I (Pali: Milinda), the Indo-Greek king of northwertern India, are recorded in the Milinda Pañha. ... According to the Mahavamsa, the Great Stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, was dedicated by a 30,000-strong Yona delegation from Alexandria around 130 BCE. Mahadhammarakkhita (Sanskrit: Mahadharmaraksita, literally Great protector of the Dharma) was a Greek (in Pali:Yona, lit. ... Tetradrachm of Menander I in Greco-Bactrian style (Alexandria-Kapisa mint). ... Nāgasena was a Buddhist sage who lived about 150 BCE. His answers to questions about Buddhism posed by Menander I (Pali: Milinda), the Indo-Greek king of northwertern India, are recorded in the Milinda Pañha. ... Menander I ( also known as Milinda in Sanskrit, Pali), was one of the Greek kings of the Indo-Greek Kingdom in northern India from 160 to 135 BC. A renowned Indo-Greek king His territories covered the eastern dominions of the divided Greek empire of Bactria(from the areas of... Maximum extent of Indo-Greek territory circa 175 BCE. The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 BCE. They are the continuation of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek... The Milinda Pañha (Pali. ...

Central Asian

• An Shih Kao, a Parthian monk and the first known Buddhist missionary to China, in 148 CE.
• Dharmaraksa, a Yueh-Chih Buddhist monk, the first known translator of the Lotus Sutra into Chinese.
• Jnanagupta (561-592), a monk and tranlator from Gandhara, Pakistan.
• Kumarajiva (c. 401), a Kuchean monk, and one of the most important translators.
• Lokaksema, a Kushan monk, the first translator of Mahayana scriptures into Chinese, around 180 CE.
• Prajna (c. 810). A monk and translator from Kabul, who translated important texts into Chinese and educated the Japanese Kūkai in Sanskrit texts.

An Shih-kao (?-~168) (安世高; pinyin Ä€n Shígāo) was a prince of Parthia, nicknamed the Parthian Marquis, who renounced his prospect as a contender for the royal throne of Parthia in order to serve as a Buddhist missionary monk. ... Parthia[1] (Middle Persian: اشکانیان Ashkâniân) was a civilization situated in the northeast of modern Iran, but at its height covering all of Iran proper, as well as regions of the modern countries of Armenia, Iraq, Georgia, eastern Turkey, eastern Syria, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, the Persian Gulf... Dharmaraksa (Ch: 竺法护, Zhu Fahu) was one of the greatest translators of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures into Chinese. ... The migrations of the Yueh-Chih. ... The Lotus Sutra or Sutra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma (Sanskrit: Saddharma PuṇḍarÄ«ka SÅ«tra; 妙法蓮華經 Chinese: MiàofÇŽ Liánhuā JÄ«ng; Japanese: Myōhō Renge Kyō; Korean: Myobeomnyeonhwagyeong) is one of the most popular and influential Mahāyāna sutras in East Asia and... Jnanagupta (Sanskrit; Chinese 闍那崛多 or 志德) was a Buddhist monk from Gandhara who travelled to China and was recognised by Emperor Wen of the Sui dynasty. ... Gandhāra (Sanskrit: गन्धार, Persian; Gandara, Waihind) (Urdu: گندھارا) is the name of an ancient Indian Mahajanapada, currently in northern Pakistan (the North-West Frontier Province and parts of northern Punjab and Kashmir) and eastern Afghanistan. ... KumārajÄ«va (Chinese: 鳩摩羅什; Jiumoluoshi; also Kiu-kiu-lo, Kiu-mo-lo-che, Kiu-mo-to-tche-po, Tang-cheu) was a Kuchean Buddhist monk and scholar whose father was originally from an Indian noble family, and whose mother was a princess. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies Tocharian is one of the most obscure branches of the Indo-European language group. ... Lokaksema (Ch: 支谶, Zhi Chan). ... Boundary of the Kushan empire, c. ... Relief image of the bodhisattva Kuan Yin from Mt. ... Prajñā (Sanskrit; Ch:般若三藏, sometimes abbreviated in 般若, Banruo), was an important 9th century Buddhist monk from Gandhara, born in the area of modern Kabul, Afghanistan. ... For other places with the same name, see Kabul (disambiguation). ... Painting of KÅ«kai (774-835). ...

Chinese

• Baizhang Huaihai
• Bodhidharma(1st Patriarch of Zen in China)
• Dahui Zonggao 12th century koan master
• Dao Xin(4th Patriarch of Zen in China)
• Daoji (Buddhist monk revered as a deity in Taoism)
• Fa Ru
• Fa Xian (translator and pilgrim)
• Fazang
• Fu Yu (福裕)
• Hong Yi (also calligraphist, painter, master of seal carving)
• Hongren (5th Patriarch of Zen in China)
• Huangbo Xiyun 9th century, teacher of Linji
• Hui Guang (慧光)
• Huike (2nd Patriarch of Zen in China)
• Huineng (6th Patriarch of Zen in China)
• Yi Jing (pilgrim and translator)
• Ingen (17th century Chinese Zen monk, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Zen)
• Jinaluo
• Jizang founder of the Three Treatise School
• Jnanayasas (translator)
• Joshu (9th century Chinese Zen monk)
• Linji (9th century Chinese monk, founder of the Linji school of Zen)
• Mazu 8th century Zen master, teacher of Zhaozhou
• Mo-ho-yen 8th century Chinese monk, advocate of “sudden” enlightenment
• Ou-Yang Jin-Wu
• Pu Ji
• Sanghapala (6th century monk (Mon-Khmer?) who translated many texts to Chinese)
• Seng Chou (僧稠)
• Sengcan (3rd Patriarch of Zen in China)
• Shenxiu (Tang Dynasty, Patriarch of "Northern School" Zen sect)
• Wumen Huikai (author of the Gateless Gate Japanese: Mumonkan)
• Xuanzang (brought Yogacara to China to found Faxiang school, significant pilgrim, translator)
• Yunmen Wenyan (founder of one of the five Chán schools)
• Zhaozhou 9th century Chán master; noted for "Mu" koan
• Zhiyi (founder of Tiantai school)
• Zongmi (WG: Tsung-mi; fifth patriarch of Chinese Huayan school)

Baizhang Huaihai (Chinese: 百丈懷海; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pai-chang Huai-hai; Japanese: Hyakujo Ekai) (720-814) was a Chinese Zen master during the Tang Dynasty. ... Bodhidharma (early 6th century CE) was the Buddhist monk traditionally credited as founder of Zen. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Dahui Zonggao (大慧宗杲) (1089-1163) (Wade-Giles: Ta-hui Tsung-kao; Japanese: Daie Sōkō) was a 12th century Chan (Zen) master best known as a keen advocate of the use of koans to achieve enlightenment. ... A koan (pronounced ) is a story, dialog, question, or statement in the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects that are inaccessible to rational understanding, yet that may be accessible to intuition. ... Dao Xin (Chinese: 道信， Wade-Giles Tao-hsin) (580 - 651) was the fourth Zen Buddhist Patriarch. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... A statue of Daoji Daoji (道濟禪師 1130-1207), commonly known as Ji Gong (æ¿Ÿå…¬ or 濟公活佛, Master Ji, Living Buddha Ji Gong), was a Buddhist monk during the Southern Song Dynasty in China. ... Taoism (Daoism) is the English name referring to a variety of related Chinese philosophical and religious traditions and concepts. ... Faxian (pinyin, Chinese characters: 法顯, also romanized as Fa-Hien or Fa-hsien) (ca. ... Fazang (7th century CE) was the third patriarch of the Buddhist Huayan school. ... Hongren (Hong Reng, Chinese: 弘忍) (601 - 674) was the 5th Zen (Buddhist) Patriarch. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Huangbo Xiyun (Simplified Chinese: 黄檗希运; Traditional Chinese: 黄檗希運; Hanyu Pinyin: Huángbò XÄ«yùn; Wade-Giles: Huang-po Hsi-yün) (died 850) was an influential Chinese master of Chan Buddhism. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Japanese painting of Linji Yixuan (Jap. ... According the traditions of Zen Buddhism, Huike (慧可) was the second patriarch of the Chan (Chinese Zen). ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Huineng (慧能, 638 - 713) was a Chinese Chan (Chinese Zen) monastic who is one of the most important figures in the entire tradition. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... I Ching (monk) or Yi Jing (Yijing, Yiqing, I-Tsing or YiChing) (義淨, 三藏法師義淨 635-713) is Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk, original name was Zhang Wen Ming (张文明). He contributed to the world the information of ancient Srivijaya (written in Chinese), large numbers of Buddhist scriptures, his adventure stories en route to Nalanda... InGen (International Genetic Technologies) is a fictional genetic engineering company appearing in the Jurassic Park series of novels and films. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Ōbaku (黄檗 Japanese Ōbaku, pinyin Huángbò) refers to three separate topics: Mount Huangbo, a mountain in Chinas Fujian province, noted for its Buddhist temples; Huangbo Xiyun (黄檗希運), a Chinese Chan Buddhist master; and the Japanese Obaku School of Zen Buddhism. ... Jizang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Jízàng; Wade-Giles: Chi-tsang, 549–623) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who is often regarded as the founder of the Three Treatise School. ... Sanlun (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ) or literally Three Treatise School was a Chinese school of Buddhism based upon the Indian Madhyamaka tradition, founded by Nagarjuna. ... Jnanayasas (Sanksrit; Chinese 闍那耶舍 or 尊稱) was a Buddhist monk from Magadha, northern India. ... Zhaozhou Congshen (趙州從諗) (778?-897?), known as Chao-chou Tsung-shen in Wade-Giles and JōshÅ« JÅ«shin in Japanese, was one of the renowned Chan (Zen) masters of ancient China. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Japanese painting of Linji Yixuan (Jap. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Matsu can refer to: Matsu, a goddess of sea. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Zhàozhōu CōngshÄ›n (Chinese: 趙州從諗; Wade-Giles: Chao-chou Tsung-shen; Japanese: JōshÅ« JÅ«shin) (778–897), was a Chán (Zen) Buddhist master especially known for his paradoxical statements and strange deeds[1]. Zhaozhou became ordained as a monk at an early age. ... Mo-ho-yen (Traditional Chinese: 摩訶衍; Pinyin: MóhÄ“yÇŽn) was a Chinese Buddhist monk active in the late 8th century CE. After teaching in the area of Dunhuang he was invited by King Trisong Detsen of Tibet to settle at Samye Monastery. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... Sanghapala (506-518) was a famous Mon-Khmer monk who travelled to China to translate a lot of Buddhist scriptures to Chinese. ... The 6th century is the period from 501 - 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Sengcan (僧璨; Wade-Giles Seng-Tsan Japanese: Sosan; ?-606) was the Thirteeth Patriarch of Chan (Zen), or, as is more usually said, the Third Chinese Patriarch. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Shenxiu Shenxiu (神秀) (606?-706) (Wade-Giles: Shen-hsiu; Japanese: JinshÅ«) was one of the most influential Chan Buddhist masters of his day, a patriarch[1] of the so-called “Northern School” of Chan, Dharma-heir of Hongren(弘忍)(601 - 674) (Wade Giles: Shih Hung-jen; Japanese: Gunin), honored by Empress Wu... Wumen Huikai, a 13th century monk who was abbot at Ryusho (Lungxiang) monastery in China, wrote the Zen classic Wumenguan, which contains 48 now-famous Zen koans. ... A portrait of Xuanzang Xuanzang (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hsüan-tsang; CantoneseIPA: jyn4tsɔŋ1; CantoneseJyutping: jyun4zong1) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator that brought up the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period. ... Yogācāra (Sanskrit: yoga practice), also spelled yogāchāra, is an influential school of philosophy and psychology that developed in Indian Mahayana Buddhism starting sometime in the fourth to fifth centuries C.E., also commonly known as consciousness-only or mind-only (Sanskrit: cittamātra) (although scholars increasingly... Dharma-character school (Chinese: 法相宗 pinyin fa xiang zong) is the pejorative name for a stream of thought that represented the Indian Yogācāra system of thought in East Asia. ... The Zen Master Ummon. ... Chán is a major school of Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism. ... Zhàozhōu CōngshÄ›n (Chinese: 趙州從諗; Wade-Giles: Chao-chou Tsung-shen; Japanese: JōshÅ« JÅ«shin) (778–897), was a Chán (Zen) Buddhist master especially known for his paradoxical statements and strange deeds[1]. Zhaozhou became ordained as a monk at an early age. ... Chán is a major school of Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhism. ... Zhiyi (智顗 Wade-Giles: Chih-i) (538 - 597) is traditionally listed as the fourth patriarch, but actually is the founder of the Tiantai sect of Buddhism in China. ... Tiantai (天台宗, Wade-Giles: Tien Tai) is one of the thirteen schools of Buddhism in China and Japan, also called the Lotus Sutra School because of its emphasis on the supremacy of that scripture. ... Zongmi (宗密) (780 - 841), also commonly referred to by the monastic title of Guifeng (圭峰), was a Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk, installed as fifth patriarch of the Huayan school as well as a patriarch of the Heze Chan lineage. ... Huayan (華嚴, Pinyin: huáyán, Sanskrit: Avatamsaka) or Flower Garland is a tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy that flourished in China during the Tang period. ...

Tibetan

• Gampopa, a student of Jetsun Milarepa and founder of the Karma Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
• Dolpopa founder of the Jonang school and the Shentong philosophy
• Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye, the first Jamgon Kongtrul
• Karsey Kongtrül, the second Jamgon Kongtrul
• Khungpo Nyaljor, founder of the Shangpa Kagyü lineage
• Longchenpa one of the greatest Nyingma philosophers
• Marpa (Marpa the Translator, Marpa of Lhobrag), student of Naropa and a founder of the Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
• Milarepa, a foremost student of Marpa Lotsawa who is said to have achieved buddhahood in one lifetime
• Sakya Pandita one of the greatest Sakya philosophers
• Taranatha important Jonang scholar
• Tsongkhapa (14th century Tibetan monk, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, based upon the Kadam tradition)
• Yeshe Tsogyal, important female student of Padmasambhava

Gampopa or Dakpo Rinpoche (1016-1053) was the formost student of the Tibetan Buddhist teacher Milarepa. ... Jetsun Milarepa (Wylie: Rje-btsun Mi-la-ras-pa), 1052-1135 (approx) was one of one of Tibets most famous yogis and poets, a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu (Bka-brgyud) school of Tibetan Buddhism. ... Karma Kagyu (Tibetan: ཀ་རྨ་བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་; Wylie: Ka-rma Bka’-brgyud) is the largest transmission lineage within the Kagyu school, which in turn is one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ... Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, the Himalayan region (including northern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh), Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (Russia), and northeastern China (Manchuria: Heilongjiang, Jilin). ... Dolpopa Sherab Gyeltsen or Dolpopa (1292-1361), the Tibetan Buddhist master known as The Buddha from Dolpo, was the founder of the Jonangpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. ... The Jonang or Jonangpa school of Tibetan Buddhism was founded in the early 14th century by Sherab Gyeltsen, a monk trained in the Sakyapa school. ... Shentong view, also sometimes called “Yogacara Madhyamika,” is a philosophical sub-school found in Tibetan Buddhism, holding that the nature of mind is empty of other (i. ... Jamgon Kongtrul is a Tibetan Buddhist lama and tulku. ... Karsey Kongtrül (1904-1953), who was also known as Jamgön Palden Khyentse Özer, was the immediate reincarnation of the first Jamgön Kongtrül. ... Longchenpa or Longchen Rabjampa, Tib. ... Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava statue - near Kullu, India The Nyingma tradition is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism (the other three being the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug). ... A traditional depiction of Marpa painted on a rock on Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde Marpa Lotsawa (1012-1097), or Marpa the translator was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Buddhist teachings to Tibet from India, including the teachings and lineages of vajrayana and mahamudra. ... Naropa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Nadaprada, 1016-1100) was an Indian Buddhist mystic and monk, the pupil of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say partner, of Niguma. ... Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, the Himalayan region (including northern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh), Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (Russia), and northeastern China (Manchuria: Heilongjiang, Jilin). ... Jetsun Milarepa (Wylie: Rje-btsun Mi-la-ras-pa), 1052-1135 (approx) was one of one of Tibets most famous yogis and poets, a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu (Bka-brgyud) school of Tibetan Buddhism. ... A traditional depiction of Marpa painted on a rock on Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde Marpa Lotsawa (1012-1097), or Marpa the translator was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Buddhist teachings to Tibet from India, including the teachings and lineages of vajrayana and mahamudra. ... Sakya Pandita (1182--1251) was a Tibetan sprititual leader and Buddhistscholar and the fourth of the Five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet. ... Sakya is one of four major schools (Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug) in Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana). ... The greatest scholar of Jonang was Taranatha. ... The Jonang or Jonangpa school of Tibetan Buddhism was founded in the early 14th century by Sherab Gyeltsen, a monk trained in the Sakyapa school. ... The Gelug School Je Tsongkhapa, whose name means The Man from Onion Valley, also known as Je Rinpoche and by his ordained name Lobsang Drakpa, is recorded as the founder of the Gelugpa school in Tibetan Buddhism. ... The Geluk or Gelug (Wylie transliteration: Dge-lugs, Tibetan: དགེ་ལུགས་པ་) school of Buddhism was founded by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), a philosopher and tibetan religious leader. ... Kadampa Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist school founded by the Indian Buddhist Master Atiśa (982 - 1054). ... Yeshe Tsogyel (IPA: , rhymes with may say so well), also known in the Nyingma tradition as the Great Bliss Queen, is a semi-mythical female deity or figure of enlightenment (dakini) in Tibetan Buddhism. ... Guru Rinpoche - Padmasambhava statue - near Kullu, India Guru Rinpoche, the patron saint of Sikkim. ...

Japanese

• Bankei Yōtaku (1622-1693), 'Unborn' Zen
• Deiryu, Jun-san - zen monk and artist. (1895-1954)
• Dogen Zenji (founder of Soto Zen, based upon the Chinese Caodong tradition)
• Eisai (12th century Japanese monk, travelled to China and returned to found the Japanese Rinzai sect of Zen)
• Ippen, founder of the Japanese Pure Land Ji sect (Ji-shu)
• Ikkyu
• Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769, Rinzai Zen)
• Hōnen, founder of the Japanese Pure Land Jodo sect (Jodo-shu)
• Kūkai (9th century Japanese monk, founder of Shingon)
• Myoe (Japanese monk of the Shingon and Kegon schools, known for his propagation of the Mantra of Light)
• Nakahara Nantenbo, Toju Zenchu- Zen master and artist. 1839-1925
• Nichiren (founder of Nichiren Buddhism)
• Nikkō (founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism)
• Rōben (8th century Japanese monk, invited Simsang to Japan and founded the Kegon tradition, based upon the Korean Hwaeom school)
• Ryōkan (18th century Japanese Zen monk and poet)
• Saichō (9th century Japanese monk, founder of Tendai tradition, based upon the Chinese Tiantai school)
• Shinran, founder of the Japanese Pure Land Jodo Shin sect (Jodo Shinshu) and disciple of Hōnen
• Takuan Sōhō (Zen teacher, and, according to legend, mentor of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi)
• Yamamoto Gempo Zen Master (1866-1961)

Bankei Yōtaku (盤珪永琢) (1622-1693) was a well-known Rinzai Zen Buddhist master, and the abbot of the Ryomon-ji and Nyoho-ji. ... Dōgen Zenji Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; also Dōgen Kigen 道元希玄, or Eihei Dōgen 永平道元, or Koso Joyo Daishi) (19 January 1200 – 22 September 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Caodong (Chinese 曹洞宗) is a Chinese Zen Buddhist sect founded by Dongshan Liangjie and his Dharma_heirs in the 9th century. ... Myōan Eisai, founder of the Rinzai School of Zen, 12th century. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... There is a disputed proposal that this article should be merged with Rinzai and Linji. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Ippen (一遍上人), a. ... Ji (姬 jī in Chinese) is the family name of the family in control of the Zhou Dynasty (周朝 late 10th century BC to late 9th century - 256 BC) (Wade-Giles Chou Dynasty) followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China. ... Portrait of Ikkyu by Bokusai Ikkyu (一休宗純 IkkyÅ« Sōjun) (1394-1481) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet. ... Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴 Hakuin Ekaku, 1686-1769) was undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... Hōnen (also Hōnen Bo Genku) (法然; 1133-1212) was a Japanese born Buddhist and the founder of the first independent branch of Pure Land Buddhism known as Jodo Shu. ... Jodo (Japanese:杖術), or Jojutsu, is a Japanese martial art using staves (jo), similar to bojutsu, in defense against the Japanese sword. ... Painting of KÅ«kai (774-835). ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Shingon (真言宗) is a major school of Japanese Buddhism, and the most important school of Vajrayana Buddhism outside of the Himalayan region. ... Myoe Koben (明惠) (1173-1232) was a Japanese Buddhist monk active during the Kamakura period. ... Shingon (真言宗) is a major school of Japanese Buddhism, and the most important school of Vajrayana Buddhism outside of the Himalayan region. ... Kegon ([kegõɴ], or in some dialects, [keŋõɴ]) is the name of the Japanese transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism, via the Korean Hwaeom tradition. ... Nichiren (日蓮) (February 16, 1222 – October 13, 1282), born Zennichimaro (善日麿), later Zeshō-bō Renchō (是生房蓮長), and finally Nichiren (日蓮), was a Buddhist monk of 13th century Japan. ... Nichiren Buddhism (日蓮系諸宗派: Nichiren-kei sho shÅ«ha) is a branch of Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th century Japanese monk Nichiren (1222–1282). ... Nikkō (日興) (1246-1333), also known as Nikkō Shōnin, is the founder of a major branch of Nichiren Buddhism that includes the present-day Nichiren Shoshu school of Japanese Buddhism. ... Nichiren Shōshū Buddhism (日蓮正宗) , with a growing number of believers worldwide, is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th century Japanese Buddhist monk named Nichiren (1222-1282). ... Rōben ) (689-773 CE), also known as Ryōben, was a Japanese Kegon monk. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... Kegon ([kegõɴ], or in some dialects, [keŋõɴ]) is the name of the Japanese transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism, via the Korean Hwaeom tradition. ... Hwaeom is the name of the Korean transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism. ... A statue of Ryōkan. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Tendai (Japanese: 天台宗, Tendai-shÅ«) is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism, a descendant of the Chinese Tiantai or Lotus Sutra school. ... Tiantai (天台宗, Wade-Giles: Tien Tai) is one of the thirteen schools of Buddhism in China and Japan, also called the Lotus Sutra School because of its emphasis on the supremacy of that scripture. ... Shinran Shonin (親鸞聖人) (1173-1263) was a pupil of Honen and the founder of the Jodo Shinshu (or True Pure Land) sect in Japan. ... Jōdo Shinshū (淨土眞宗 True Pure Land School), also known as Shin Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism which was founded in Japan by the monk Shinran. ... Hōnen (also Hōnen Bo Genku) (法然; 1133-1212) was a Japanese born Buddhist and the founder of the first independent branch of Pure Land Buddhism known as Jodo Shu. ... Takuan Sōhō ), 1573 - 1645) was a major figure in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. ... This is a Japanese name; the family name is Miyamoto Miyamoto Musashi ) (c. ...

Korean

• Gihwa (1376-1433) Korean Seon monk; wrote commentaries on the Diamond Sutra and Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
• Jinul Korean Seon monk (1158-1210); founder of modern Korean gong'an meditation system
• Simsang (8th century Korean monk, who at the request of Rōben helped transmit Hwaeom to Japan, thereby founding the Japanese Kegon tradition)
• Uisang (7th century Korean monk, founder of Hwaeom tradition, based upon the Chinese Huayan school)
• Wonhyo (617-668) Korean monk; prolific commentator on Mahayana sutras
• Woncheuk

Gihwa, also known as Hamheo Teuktong (1376 - 1433) was a late Goryeo-early Joseon Buddhist monk of the Seon order, who was the leading Buddhist figure of his generation, also known as Hamheo. ... The Seon school is a Korean branch of Buddhism that shares its origins and many characteristics with Chinese Chan and whose influence originated aspects of Japanese Zen. ... The Chinese Diamond Sutra, the oldest known dated printed book in the world, printed in the 9th year of Xiantong Era of the Tang Dynasty, i. ... Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment Buddhist Sūtra, original Chinese title is Yuanjue jing; 1 fasc. ... Jinul (1158-1210) was a Korean monk of the Goryeo period, who is considered to be the most influential figure in the formation of Korean Seon Buddhism. ... The Seon school is a Korean branch of Buddhism that shares its origins and many characteristics with Chinese Chan and whose influence originated aspects of Japanese Zen. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... Rōben ) (689-773 CE), also known as Ryōben, was a Japanese Kegon monk. ... Hwaeom is the name of the Korean transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism. ... Kegon ([kegõɴ], or in some dialects, [keŋõɴ]) is the name of the Japanese transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism, via the Korean Hwaeom tradition. ... Uisang (625 - 702) was one of the most eminent early Silla scholar-monks, a close friend of Wonhyo (元曉). He traveled to China, studying at Mt. ... The 7th century is the period from 601 - 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Hwaeom is the name of the Korean transmission of the Huayan school of Chinese Buddhism. ... Huayan (華嚴, Pinyin: huáyán, Sanskrit: Avatamsaka) or Flower Garland is a tradition of Mahayana Buddhist philosophy that flourished in China during the Tang period. ... Wonhyo (617 - 686) was one of the leading thinkers, writers and commentators of the Korean Buddhist tradition. ... Relief image of the bodhisattva Kuan Yin from Mt. ... SÅ«tra (sex) (Sanskrit) or Sutta (Pāli) literally means a rope or thread that holds things together, and more metaphorically refers to an aphorism (or line, rule, formula), or a collection of such aphorisms in the form of a manual. ... Wonchuk (613-696) was a Korean Buddhist monk, also known as Ximing fashi (西明法師) after the name of the temple where he did his most important work. ...

Thai

• Ajahn Chah Subhatto
• Ajahn Maha Bua (Luang Ta Maha Bua)
• Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta, Thai Buddhist monk who is credited with establishing the Thai Forest Tradition
• Ajahn Sao Kantasilo
• Phramonkolthepmuni (1885-1959) (Thai monk who founded the Dhammakaya Tradition)
• Somdej Toh (Thai monk specializing in magical amulets)

Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhatto (Chao Khun Bodhinyanathera) (Thai:ชา สุภัทโท , alternatively spelled Achaan Chah, occasionally with honorific titles Luang Por and Phra) (17 June 1918, Thailand – 16 January 1992), was one of the greatest meditation masters of the twentieth century. ... Luang Ta Maha Bua (Thai: หลวงตามหาบัว ) is the common name of Pra Dharma Visuthimongkol (Thai: พระธรรมวิสุทธิมงคล ), a controversial Buddhist monk from Thailand. ... Ajaan Mun Bhuridatta Thera (Thai: , 1870-1949) was a Thai Buddhist monk who is credited with establishing the Kammatthana tradition of forest monks. ... Phramonkolthepmuni (Sodh Candasaro), the late abbot of Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, was the founder of the Dhammakaya meditation school in 1914. ... The Dhammakāya Movement is a Buddhist movement founded in Thailand in the 1970s. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Historical rulers and political figures

• Ashoka the Great (304–232 BC), Mauryan Emperor of ancient India, and the first Buddhist ruler to send Buddhist missionaries outside of India throughout the Old World
• Brhadrata, the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty
• Menander (Pali: Milinda), 2nd century BCE, an Indo-Greek king of northwestern India, who questioned Nāgasena about Buddhism in the Milinda Pañha, and is said to have become an arhat.
• Theodorus (1st century BCE), Indo-Greek governor, author of a Buddhist dedication.
• Kanishka, ruler of the Kushan Empire
• Shōtoku (574-622), crown prince and regent of Japan
• Liang Wudi (梁武帝) (502-549), emperor during the Chinese Liang Dynasty
• Harshavardhana (606-648), Indian emperor who converted to Buddhism.
• Wu Zetian
• Jayavarman VII (1181-1219), king of Cambodia
• Anawrahta (1044-1077), first unifier and Buddhist King of Myanmar. Introduced Buddhism to Myanmar.
• Mindon Min (1808–1878), king of Myanmar and facilitator of "Fifth World Theravada Buddhist Council" or Fifth Sangayana
• Mongkut, king of Thailand and founder of the Thammayut Nikaya
• Emperor Ming of Han China.
• Tang Dynasty
• Kublai Khan Mongol Ruler.

Allegiance: Magadhan Empire Rank: Emperor Succeeded by: Dasaratha Maurya Reign: 273 BC-232 BC Place of birth: Pataliputra, India Battles/Wars Kalinga War Emperor Ashoka the Great (Devanagari: अशोक(:); IAST transliteration: , pronunciation: ) (304 BC–232 BC) (Imperial Title:Devanampiya Piyadassi ie He who is the beloved of the Gods who, in... A representation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, which was erected around 250 BCE. It is the emblem of India. ... The History of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent from 3300 to 1700 BCE. This Bronze Age civilization was followed by the Iron Age Vedic period, which witnessed the rise of major kingdoms known as the Mahajanapadas. ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans, Asians, and Africans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus; it includes Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia), plus surrounding islands. ... Brhadrata was the last ruler of the Indian Mauryan dynasty. ... Tetradrachm of Menander I in Greco-Bactrian style (Alexandria-Kapisa mint). ... (3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events BC 168 Battle of Pydna -- Macedonian phalanx defeated by Romans BC 148 Rome conquers Macedonia BC 146 Rome destroys Carthage in the Third Punic War BC 146 Rome conquers... Maximum extent of Indo-Greek territory circa 175 BCE. The Indo-Greeks (or sometimes Greco-Indians) designate a series of Greek kings, who invaded and controlled parts of northwest and northern India from 180 BCE to around 10 BCE. They are the continuation of the Greco-Bactrian dynasty of Greek... Nāgasena was a Buddhist sage who lived about 150 BCE. His answers to questions about Buddhism posed by Menander I (Pali: Milinda), the Indo-Greek king of northwertern India, are recorded in the Milinda Pañha. ... The Milinda Pañha (Pali. ... A Chinese Luohan statue from the Liao Dynasty in Hebei Province, China In the sramanic traditions of ancient India (most notably those of Mahavira and Gautama Buddha) arhat (Sanskrit) or arahant (Pali) signified a spiritual practitioner who had—to use an expression common in the tipitaka—laid down the burden... Theodorus was a meridarch (civil governor of a province) in the Indo-Greek kingdom in the northern Indian sub-continent during the 1st century BCE. He is only known from a dedication written in kharoshthi on a relic vase inserted in a stupa in the Swat area of Gandhara, dated... Kanishka (Kushan language: , Ancient Chinese: 迦腻色伽) was a king of the Kushan Empire in South Asia, ruling an empire extending from Northern India to Central Asia in the 2nd century of the common era, famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. ... Boundary of the Kushan empire, c. ... Sculpture of Prince Shotoku in Asuka Dera, Asuka, Nara Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子 574-622) was a regent and a politician of the Imperial Court in Japan. ... Liang Wudi (梁武帝) (502-549) was the first Emperor of China of the short-lived Liang Dynasty. ... Harsha or Harshavardhana (606-648) was an Indian emperor who ruled northern India as paramount monarch for over forty years. ... Wu Zetian (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ) (625 - December 16, 705), personal name Wu Zhao (武曌), was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor. ... Jayavarman VII (1125?-1215?) was a king of the Khmer Empire (1181 - 1215????) in present day Cambodia. ... Anawrahta (Burmese: ; IPA: ; reigned 1044-1077), also spelled Aniruddha or Anoarahtâ or Anoa-ra-htá-soa, was a ruler of the kingdom of Bagan and the first ruler of a unified Burma. ... Mindon Min (Burmese: ; 1808–1878) was King of Burma from 1853 to his death and is one of the most popular and revered Kings of Burma. ... The Fifth Buddhist council took place in Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) in 1871 A.D. in the reign of King Mindon. ... King Mongkut (Rama IV), (October 18, 1804 – October 1, 1868) was king of Siam from 1851 to 1868. ... Thammayut Nikaya (Pali), literally Those adhering strictly to the monastic dicipline, also known in the West as the Thai Forest Tradition, is an order of Theravada Buddhist monks in Thailand. ... Emperor Ming of Han, ch. ... For the band, see Tang Dynasty (band). ... For other uses, see Kublai Khan (disambiguation). ...

Modern teachers

Theravada teachers

• Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta (1870-1949)
• Venerable Ananda Maitreya (1896-1998)
• Kiribathgoda Gnananada Thero
• Bhikkhu Bodhi (1944- )
• Ajahn Brahm (1951- )
• Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906-1993)
• Ajahn Chah (1918-1992)
• Venerable Chanmyay Sayadaw
• Dipa Ma (1911-1989)
• S. N. Goenka (1924- )
• Joseph Goldstein
• Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (1927- )
• Venerable Ledi Sayadaw (1846-1923)
• Ayya Khema (1923-1997)
• Ayya Tathaaloka (~1968? -), Founder of Dhammadharini Vihara, Thai Forest Tradition
• Preah Maha Ghosananda (1929-2007), Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia
• Mahasi Sayadaw (1904-1982)
• Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana (born 1913), the 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand
• Phrabhavanaviriyakhun (Luang Phaw Dattajeevo) (b.1941), acting abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya,
• Phrarajbhavanavisudh (Luang Phaw Dhammajayo) (b.1944), President of the Dhammakaya Foundation
• Sharon Salzberg
• Acharya Godwin Samararatne
• Ajahn Sumedho
• U Ba Khin (1899-1971)
• Sayadaw U Pandita (1921- )
• Venerable Webu Sayadaw (Late)
• Shinzen Young

Theravada (Pāli: theravāda; Sanskrit: स्थविरवाद sthaviravāda; literally, the Way of the Elders) is the oldest surviving Buddhist school, and for many centuries has been the predominant religion of Sri Lanka (about 70% of the population[1]) and most of continental Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand). ... Ajaan Mun Bhuridatta Thera (Thai: , 1870-1949) was a Thai Buddhist monk who is credited with establishing the Kammatthana tradition of forest monks. ... Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya (August 24, 1896-July 18, 1998), a Sri Lankan scholar-monk, was one of the great personalities of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century. ... Ven Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Venerable Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera (known to most as Ajahn Brahm) was born Peter Betts in London, United Kingdom in August 7, 1951. ... Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (Thai: พุทธทาสภิกขุ) was one of the most influential Theravada Buddhist monks of the 20th century. ... Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhatto (Chao Khun Bodhinyanathera) (alternatively spelled Achaan Chah, occasionally with honorific titles Luang Por and Phra) (17 June 1918, Thailand – 16 January 1992), was one of the greatest meditation masters of the twentieth century. ... Venerable Chanmyay Sayadaw, also know as Sayadaw U Janakabhivamsa, is one of the most venerable monks in Myanmar. ... Dipa Ma (March 25, 1911 - September 1989) was born Nani Bala Barua in East Bengal. ... Sri Satya Narayan Goenka (born 1924) is a leading lay teacher of Vipassana meditation and a student of Sayagyi U Ba Khin. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk. ... Ledi Sayadaw Ledi Sayādaw (1846, Burma - 1923) was a famous Theravadin Buddhist monk in Burma. ... Ayya Khema (August 25, 1923 - November 2, 1997), a Buddhist teacher, was born as Ilse Kussel in Berlin, Germany, to Jewish parents. ... Ayya Tathaaloka Bhikkhuni is an American-born Theravadan bhikkhuni and Buddhist teacher. ... The Thai Forest Tradition is a loosely organized movement within Thai Theravadin Buddhism, emphasizing meditation and strict adherence to the vinaya over intellectual pursuits. ... Maha Ghosananda, (full title Samdech Preah Maha Ghosananda) (1929 - March 12, 2007), was a highly revered Cambodian Buddhist monk in the Theravada tradition, who served as the Patriarch (Sangharaja) of Cambodian Buddhism during the Khmer Rouge period and post-communist transition period of Cambodian history. ... The Supreme Patriach of Cambodia (Sangharaja) is the effective leader of the Buddhist community in Cambodia. ... Mahāsi Sayādaw (1904-1982) was a famous Burmese Buddhist monk and meditation master who had a significant impact on the teaching of Vipassana (Insight) meditation in the West and throughout Asia. ... Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana Mahathera is the 19th and current Supreme Patriarch of Thailand. ... For information on the patriarchs of the Western religions, see Patriarch. ... The Most Venerable Phrabhavanaviriyakhun (Phadet Dattajeevo) is a Thai Buddhist monk. ... Phrarajabhavanavisudh(Thai:พระราชภาวนาวิสุทธิ์) is the abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Thailand and the president of the Dhammakaya Foundation. ... The Dhammakaya Foundation is presently one of the most important organizations representing the Dhammakaya movement[citation needed] founded in 1916 in Thailand by Phra Monkolthepmuni, the abbot of Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen. ... Sharon Salzberg is a teacher of Asian meditation practices, particularly Vipasannā, (mindfulness), and mettā (lovingkindess) methods. ... Acharya Godwin Samararatne was one of the best known lay meditation teachers in Sri Lanka in recent times. ... Ajahn Sumedho is a widely venerated modern figure of Theravada Buddhism. ... Sayagyi U Ba Khin (March 6, 1899 – January 18, 1971) was born in Rangoon, Burma. ... Sayadaw U Pandita (b. ... Webu Sayadaw was a highly respected monk in Myanmar, who was said to be fully liberated, an arahat, who had extinguished all suffering, free from the cycle of birth and death, who taught the way of liberation, anapana in the simplest of terms. ... Shinzen Young (ä¿¡å–„) is a Vipassana meditation teacher. ...

Tibetan Buddhist teachers

• Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
• Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (1930-2002)
• Chögyam Trungpa (1940-1987)
• Dhardo Rimpoche (1917-1990)
• Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987)
• Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche (1965- )
• Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (1961- )
• Qoigyijabu, (1990-) 11th Panchen Lama (According to the People's Republic of China government)
• Lhundub Sopa, (1923-)
• Jigdal Dachen Sakya, 1929-, head of the Sakya School in the USA
• Kalu Rinpoche (1905-1989)
• Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche (1938- )
• Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche (1926-2006)
• Kyabje Gehlek Rinpoche (1939- )
• Paltul Rinpoche (1965- )
• Pawo Rinpoche (1912-1991; 1993- )
• Pema Chodron (1936- )
• Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924–1981), the 16th Karmapa
• Reginald Ray
• Rob Nairn
• Sonam Rinchen (1933- )
• Sogyal Rinpoche
• Shenphen Rinpoche (1969- )
• Tarthang Tulku
• Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
• Thrangu Rinpoche (1933- )
• Trinley Thaye Dorje (1983- ), regarded by many as the 17th Karmapa (see also Karmapa controversy)
• Ole Nydahl (1941- )
• Thubten Zopa Rinpoche (1946- )
• Thubten Chodron (1950- )
• Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, (1920-1996), Dzogchen, Mahamudra and the New Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa (Chokling Tersar).
• Urgyen Trinley Dorje (1985- ), also regarded by many as the 17th Karmapa (see also Karmapa controversy)

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet, the Himalayan region (including northern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh), Mongolia, Buryatia, Tuva and Kalmykia (Russia), and northeastern China (Manchuria: Heilongjiang, Jilin). ... Tenzin Gyatso is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. ... This article is about the Dalai Lama lineage. ... H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (1930-2002) was a renowned teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism. ... Chögyam Trungpa (February 1939 - April 1987) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and a Trungpa tülku. ... Dhardo Rimpoche (1917-1990) was said by Tibetan Buddhists to be an incarnation, or tulku, of the chief abbot of Losel-ling College at Drepung Monastery, located in central Tibet. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche (1965- ) Khenpo of Dzogchen Shri Singha Monastic University in Tibet. ... Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (born 1961), also known as Khyentse Norbu, is a Bhutanese lama and filmmaker. ... Qoigyijabu (Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོ་)(born February 13, 1990) is, according to the government of the Peoples Republic of China, the eleventh incarnation of the Panchen Lama of Tibet. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kalu Rinpoche (1905 - May 10, 1989) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar and teacher. ... ... Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche was born in 1926 in the Amdo region of eastern Tibet. ... Kyabje Gehlek Rimpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist lama who was born in Lhasa, Tibet in 1939. ... Ven. ... Nenang Pawo Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist lama, considered to be one of the highest lamas of the Karma Kagyu sect. ... Pema Chodron portrait Pema Chödrön (formerly Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, born 1936) is a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan vajrayana tradition, and a teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. ... The sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpei Dorje (August 14, 1924–November 5, 1981) (Wylie Rang byung rig pai rdo rje) was spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. ... The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924 - 1981) The Karmapa (officially His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyupa (Tib. ... Reginald Reggie Ray is a leading Buddhist academic. ... Rob Nairn is a South African Buddhist teacher, author and populariser. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Sogyal Rinpoche (Tibetan: བསོད་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: Bsod-rgyal) is a Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition. ... Venerable Shenphen Rinpoche (born 10 January 1969 in France) is a Tibetan Buddhist Lama. ... Tarthang Tulku is a Tibetan lama who lives in America, where he works to preserve the art and culture of Tibet. ... Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, a major modern teacher in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism is the eldest son of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, former head of the Nyingma lineages. ... Thrangu Rinpoche (pronounced TRONG-goo RIN-poh-chay) was born in 1933 in Kham, Tibet. ... Trinley Thaye Dorje (Tibetan: ཕྲིན་ལས་མཐའ་ཡས་རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie: Phrin-las Mtha-yas Rdo-rje) (born 6 May 1983, Lhasa, Tibet) is recognized by many followers as the 17th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ... The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924 - 1981) The Karmapa (officially His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyupa (Tib. ... The Karmapa lineage is the most ancient tulku lineage in Tibetan Buddhism, pre-dating the Dalai Lama lineage by more than two centuries. ... Lama Ole Nydahl, London, 2005 Lama Ole Nydahl (b. ... Kyabje Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, Brisbane Qld Au, June 2006 Thubten Zopa Rinpoche (born 1946) is a lama from Thami, a village in the Solo Khumbu region of Nepal. ... Venerable Thubten Chodron is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun and a central figure in reinstating the Bhikshuni (tib. ... Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 1920-1996 (Wylie: Sprul-sku O-rgyan Rin-po-che). ... This article refers to the primordial state as considered in Tibetan Buddhism and Bon. ... Mahāmudrā (Sanskrit: great seal or great symbol), (Tibetan: Chagchen, Wylie: phyag chen, contraction of Chagya Chenpo, Wylie: phyag rgya chen po), is a Buddhist method of direct introduction to the nature and essence of Mind (or Buddha-nature) and the practice of stabilizing the accompanying transcendental realization. ... Chokling Tersar (mchog gling gter gsar). ... Urgyen Trinley Dorje at age 14, photographed in Tibet in 1999 shortly before fleeing to India. ... The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924 - 1981) The Karmapa (officially His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa) is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyupa (Tib. ... The Karmapa lineage is the most ancient tulku lineage in Tibetan Buddhism, pre-dating the Dalai Lama lineage by more than two centuries. ...

Zen teachers

Japanese For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ...

• Soyen Shaku, Rōshi (1859-1919)
• D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966)
• Harada Daiun Sogaku (1871-1961)
• Nyogen Senzaki, Rōshi (1876-1958)
• Kodo Sawaki (1880-1965)
• Haku'un Yasutani, Rōshi (1885-1973)
• Shunryu Suzuki, Rōshi (1904-1971)
• Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Rōshi (1907- )
• Taisen Deshimaru (1914-1982)
• Soko Morinaga, Rōshi (1925-1995)
• Dainin Katagiri (1928-1990)
• Taizan Maezumi (1931-1995)
• Soyu Matsuoka, Rōshi (?-1998)
• Harada Shodo, Rōshi (1945- )
• Eido Tai Shimano, Rōshi
• Kyudo Nakagawa, Roshi

Chinese Soyen Shaku (1859 – 1919; sometimes written as Soen Shaku or Kogaku So’en Shaku) was the first Zen Buddhist master to teach in the United States. ... Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (October 18, 1870, Kanazawa, Japan – July 22, 1966; standard transliteration: Suzuki Daisetsu, 鈴木大拙) was a famous author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. ... Daiun Sogaku Harada (October 13, 1871 - December 12, 1961) was a Rinzai and Soto Zen priest born in an area known today as Obama, Japan in the Fukui Prefecture. ... Nyogen Senzaki Nyogen Senzaki (18??-1958) was a Japanese-born Zen monk and teacher. ... Kodo Sawaki practicing zazen Kodo Sawaki (Japanese: 沢木興道, Sawaki Kōdō) (1880-1965) is considered by some to be the most important Japanese Zen master of the 20th century. ... Hakuun Yasutani (1885 - 1973) was the 1st abbot of the Zen Buddhist lineage of Sanbo Kyodan. ... Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki ShunryÅ«, dharma name Shogaku Shunryu) (May 18, 1904 - December 4, 1971) was a Japanese Zen master of the Soto school, who played a major role in establishing Buddhism in America. ... Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Roshi (born April 1, 1907) is a Japanese Rinzai Zen teacher who has lived in the United States since 1962. ... Taisen Deshimaru (1914-1982) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher. ... Soko Morinaga Roshi (1925-1995) was a Rinzai Zen Buddhist Master. ... Dainin Katagiri (b. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Rev. ... Eido Tai Shimano Roshi is a Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist teacher whom received Dharma transmission from Soen Nakagawa Roshi in 1972. ... Kyudo Nakagawa(中川 球童), Roshi is a Japanese Zen monk and priest, the dharma successor of Soen Nakagawa, Roshi. ...

• Ven. Hsu Yun (1840-1959)
• Ven. Guang Qin (1892-1986)
• Ven. Hsuan Hua (1918-1995)
• Ven. Fayun (1933-2003)
• Ven. Hsing Yun (1927-)
• Ven. Wei Chueh (1928-)
• Ven. Sheng-yen (1931- )
• Ven. Hsin Ting (1944-)

European This biography does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the contemporary Buddhist monk. ... Venerable Master Fayun (also romanized as Fa Yun) (Traditional Chinese: 法雲法師; Simplified Chinese: 法云法师; Pinyin: Fǎ Yún Fǎ Shī) (1933-2003) was a Chinese Buddhist monk and thirteenth generation successor in the Yunmen (雲門; Cloud Gate) lineage of the Chan (Zen) school of Chinese Buddhism. ... Statue of the Venerable Master Hsing Yun. ... Venerable Master Wei Chueh (惟覺法師, Wéijué) (1928-) is a Chinese Buddhist monk situated in Taiwan. ... Venerable Master Sheng-yen (聖嚴法師) (1931-) is one of the more famous living teachers of Chan (Japanese: Zen) Buddhism. ... Venerable Hsin Ting (心定和尚, Xinding Heshang) (1944-) was the sixth abbot and director of Fo Guang Shan from 1997 to 2005. ...

• John Garrie Roshi (1923 - 1998)
• Ven. Myokyo-ni (1921 - 2007)

American John Garrie, later known as John Garrie Roshi, was a British actor who later became a respected teacher of Zen Buddhism. ... Venerable Myokyo-ni (Irmgard Schloegl) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist nun and head of The Zen Centre in London. ...

• Anne Hopkins Aitken, (1911-1994)
• Robert Baker Aitken, Rōshi (1917- )
• Tenshin Reb Anderson
• Zentatsu Richard Baker, Rōshi
• Joko Beck (1917- )
• John Crook (1930- )
• Zoketsu Norman Fischer
• Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Roshi (1955- )
• James Ishmael Ford, Rōshi (1948- )
• Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, Rōshi
• Paul Haller, Rōshi
• Ven. Heng Sure (1949-)
• Cheri Huber
• Philip Kapleau, Rōshi (1912-2004)
• Robert E. Kennedy, Rōshi (1933- )
• Jiyu Kennett, Rōshi (1924-1996)
• Bodhin Kjolhede, Rōshi (1948- )
• Jakusho Kwong, Rōshi (1935- )
• John Daido Loori, Rōshi
• Paul Lynch, Jidō Pŏpsanim (1957- )
• Dennis Genpo Merzel, Roshi
• Robert Moore, Sŏnsanim (1941- )
• Sevan Ross, Sensei (1951- )
• Soeng Hyang (Barbara Rhodes)
• John Tarrant, Roshi (1949 - )
• Brad Warner, Sensei

Korean Robert Aitken and Anne Aitken Anne Arundel Hopkins Aitken is considered by many to be one of the modern mothers of Zen Buddhism in the western world. ... Robert Aitken and Anne Aitken Robert Baker Aitken (born 1917 in Philadelphia) is an American teacher of Zen Buddhism in the Harada-Yasutani (or Sanbo Kyodan) tradition, a blending of Soto and Rinzai schools. ... Tenshin Reb Anderson, roshi, is a noted American Zen Buddhism priest and teacher in the Soto school. ... Richard Baker is an American Zen Buddhist priest in the Soto tradition. ... Charlotte Joko Beck is a Zen teacher in the United States and the author of the books Everyday Zen: Love and Work and Nothing Special: Living Zen. ... Dr. John Crook (born 1930) is a British teacher of Chán (Chinese Zen) Buddhism. ... Zoketsu Norman Fischer, American Zen teacher & poet. ... Born in Manchester, England, Charles Tenshin Fletcher came to the United States in 1979 to study at the Zen Center of Los Angeles with founder Taizan Maezumi, Roshi. ... Amercian Zen master and Unitarian Universalist minister, James Ishmael Ford (Zeno Myoun, Roshi), was born in Oakland, California on the 17th of July, 1948. ... Tetsugen Bernard Glassman, Roshi (or Bernie Glassman) is the leader of the engaged Buddhist group Peacemaker Circles International. He is a direct spiritual descendant of Taizan Maezumi, Roshi. ... Ryushin Paul Haller Roshi, a Soto Zen Buddhist teacher and the current Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center. ... Venerable Heng Sure Venerable Heng Sure (恆實法師, Pinyin: Hengshi) is an American Buddhist monk, considered one of the first Buddhist monks born and ordained in the United States. ... Cheri Huber is an independent American Zen teacher. ... Philip Kapleau was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and became a teacher of Zen Buddhism in the Harada-Yasutani tradition, a blending of Soto and Rinzai schools. ... Robert E. Kennedy, S.J., is an American Catholic priest and a Zen master (Roshi). ... Categories: People stubs | Zen ... Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede (B.A. 1970 Psychology, University of Michigan) is the current abbot of the Rochester Zen Center. ... Jakusho Kwong-roshi is an American Zen Buddhist teacher of the Soto sect who studied with Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, the author of Zen Mind Beginners Mind. ... John Daido Loori, Roshi is one of the West’s leading Zen masters. ... Paul Lynch may refer to: Paul Lynch (politician), an Australian politician. ... Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel, Roshi, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1944 shortly before his family moved to Los Angeles, California, and then to Long Beach, California, where he grew up. ... Robert Moore may refer to Robert Moore (politician) (1886-1960), Northern Ireland theologian and politician Robert Moore (Pennsylvania) (1778-1831), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania Robert Moore (director) (1927-1984), American stage, film and television director Robert L. Moore (born 1942), Jungian psychoanalyst and consultant Robert Lee Moore (1882-1974... Sevan Ross Sensei is a Zen Buddhist priest with training backgrounds in both the Soto and Rinzai traditions in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage. ... Zen Master Soeng Hyang (Barbara Rhodes) (1945 - present) is the current Guiding Dharma teacher of the Kwan Um School of Zen founded by Seung Sahn. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Brad Warner (born 1964) is a Zen Buddhist priest, ordained in the Sōtō school by Gudo Wafu Nishijima. ...

• Seung Sahn, Soen Sa (1927-2004)
• Samu Sunim, (1941-)
• Seongcheol, Soen Sa (1912-1993)

Vietnamese Seung Sahn Soen-sa (1927-2004) was a Korean Zen Buddhist monk, and the 78th patriarch in his lineage of Korean Zen (or Korean Sŏn) Buddhism. ... Seongcheol (or Seong Cheol) is the dharma name of a Korean Seon Master. ...

• Thich Thien An (1926-1980)
• Thich Nhat Hanh (1926-)

Dr. Thich Thien An (September 1926 - November 1980) was an influential teacher of Vietnamese Zen Buddhism who was active in the United States. ... Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: Nhất Hạnh; IPA:   is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. ...

Miscellaneous

• Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933), (The World's Debt to Buddha)
• Issan Dorsey (1933-1997)
• Natalie Goldberg
• Ven. Ching Kung (1927-)
• Ven. Cheng Yen (1937-)
• Ram Bahadur Bamjan (1989-)
• Sangharakshita (1925- )
• Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda (1919-2006)

Anagarika Dharmapala (1864 - 1933) was born David Hewavitarne in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ... Issan (Lone Mountain) Tommy Dorsey (1933-1997) was a Zen Buddhist monk, associated with the San Francisco Zen Center, and founder of the Hartford Street Zen Center and the Maitri AIDS Hospice. ... Natalie Goldberg (b. ... Venerable Master Ching Kung (淨空法師; pinyin: jingkong fashi) (1927-) is an influential figure in Mahayana Buddhism. ... Venerable Master Cheng Yen (TC: 證嚴法師, PY: Zhèngyán) (11 May 1937-) is a Taiwanese Buddhist nun, teacher and philanthropist. ... Palden Dorje in meditation. ... Sangharakshita (1925-) is the founder of the Western Buddhist Order, and the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO). ... Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda (March 18, 1919 - August 31, 2006) was a Sri Lankan-born Buddhist monk and scholar. ...

Teachers of controversial Buddhist or Buddhist-influenced groups

• Shoko Asahara (1955- )
• Inoue Nissho (1887-1967)
• Li Hongzhi (1952- )
• Lu Sheng-yen (1945- )
• Suma Ching Hai
• Kelsang Gyatso (1931- )
• Daisaku Ikeda (1928- )

Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃 Asahara Shōkō) (born Chizuo Matsumoto (松本智津夫 Matsumoto Chizuo) on March 2, 1955) is the founder of Japans controversial Buddhist religious group Aum Shinrikyo (now known as Aleph). ... Inoue Nissho （井上日召, Inoue Nissho）(1887-1967) was a radical Buddhist preacher of the Nichiren sect and the founder of the interwar Japanese far-right terrorist organization Ketsumeidan (血盟団 League of Blood). ... Li Hongzhi (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is the founder of Falun Gong, also called Falun Dafa, a system of mind-body cultivation. ... This article is about the Chinese Buddhist master. ... Supreme Master Ching Hai, or Suma Ching Hai, (TC: 清海無上師, Pinyin: Qing Hai Wu Shang Shi; Vietnamese: Thanh Hải Vô Thượng Sư) (was born on May 12, 1950) A spiritual teacher of the Quan Yin Method, a meditation method that were mentioned and described in a various spiritual teaching... For the article about the seventh Dalai Lama, see Kelsang Gyatso, 7th Dalai Lama. ... Daisaku Ikeda (池田大作, Ikeda Daisaku) (January 2, 1928–) is the president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association with about 15 million members in more than 190 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and research institutions. ...

Modern scholars in Buddhist studies

• Alexander Berzin
• Edward Conze (1904-1979)
• C.A.F. Rhys Davids (1857-1942)
• T.W. Rhys Davids (1843-1922)
• Louis de La Vallée Poussin
• J. W. de Jong
• Robert Thurman
• Walpola Rahula
• Hermann Oldenberg (1854-1920)
• Viggo Fausböll (1821 - 1908)
• Eugène Burnouf (1801–1852)
• Etienne Lamotte
• Takakusu Junjirō (1866-1945)
• Fyodor Shcherbatskoy
• A. K. Warder
• K. R. Norman
• Jean Przyluski (1885-1944)
• Wilhelm Geiger (1856-1943)
• Robert Caesar Childers (1838-1876)
• A. K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)
• Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera (1899-1973)
• Robert Chalmers (1858-1938)
• A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera (1887-1962)
• D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966)

Alexander Berzin (b. ... Eberhart (Edward) Julius Dietrich Conze (1904 - 1979) was born in London of mixed German, French, and NetherlandsDutch ancestry. ... Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids (1857–1942) was a Pāli language scholar and translator, and from 1922-1942 president of the Pali Text Society which was founded by her husband T.W. Rhys Davids whom she married in 1894. ... Thomas William Rhys Davids (May 12, 1843 - December 27, 1922) was an British scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pali Text Society. ... Louis de La Vallée Poussin (1869-1938) was a Belgian Indologist and scholar of Buddhist Studies. ... Jan Willem (J. W.) de Jong (1921-2000) was a prominent 20th century indologist and buddhologist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The venerable Prof Walpola Sri Rahula Maha Thera (1907-1997) was a Buddhist monk, scholar and writer. ... Hermann Oldenberg (1854-1920) was a German scholar of Indology, and Professor at Kiel (1898) and Göttingen (1908). ... Michael Viggo Fausböll (September 22, 1821 - 1908) was a Danish pioneer of Pāli scholarship. ... Eugène Burnouf (April 8, 1801 - May 28, 1852) was a French orientalist. ... Etienne Lamotte (1903-1983) was a Belgian scientist[1]. In 1953, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences. ... Takakusu Junjirō, 高楠 順次郎, (1866-1945) who often published as J. Takakusu, was a leading Buddhist scholar. ... Fyodor Stcherbatskoy Fyodor Ippolitovich Shcherbatskoy or Stcherbatsky (1866-1942) was a Russian Indologist who laid foundations for the scholarly study of Buddhist philosophy. ... Anthony Kennedy Warder is a scholar of Indology, mostly in Buddhist studies and related fields. ... Kenneth Roy Norman is a leading scholar of Middle Indo-Aryan or Prakrit, particularly of Pali. ... Robert Caesar Childers (1838 - July 25, 1876) was a British Orientalist scholar, compiler of the first Pali dictionary. ... Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (ஆனந்த குமாரசுவாமி) (22 August 1877–9 September 1947) was foremostly, as he said he would like to be remembered, a Metaphysician, but he was also a pioneering historian and philosopher of Indian art, especially art history and symbolism, and early interpreter of Indian culture to the West. ... Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (October 18, 1870, Kanazawa, Japan – July 22, 1966; standard transliteration: Suzuki Daisetsu, 鈴木大拙) was a famous author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. ...

Modern Buddhist authors

• Bhante Vimalaramsi (1946- )
• Stephen Batchelor
• Susan Blackmore
• Thomas Cleary
• Mark Epstein
• Gil Fronsdal
• Joseph Goldstein
• Nakamura Hajime (1911-1999)
• Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945)
• Nishitani Keiji (1900-1990)
• Johnny Lovewisdom
• Ven. Tai Xu (1890-1947)
• Jack Kornfield
• Noah Levine (1971- )
• Jack Maguire
• Manhae (1879-1944)
• Abe Masao (born 1915)
• Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907)
• Scott Shaw
• Gary Snyder
• Tanaka Chigaku (1861-1939)
• Ven. Yin Shun (1906-2005)
• Ven. Dr. Yifa (1951-)
• Alan Watts (1915-1973)
• Christmas Humphreys

Bhante Vimalaramsi (born 1946) is an American Buddhist monk and abbot of Dhammasukha Meditation center in Lesterville Missouri. ... Born 1953. ... Susan Jane Blackmore (born July 29, 1951) is a British freelance writer, lecturer, and broadcaster, perhaps best known for her book The Meme Machine. ... Thomas Cleary is a prolific, and somewhat reclusive, author and translator of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and Muslim religious literature, and of the Chinese Art of War tradition of strategy and statecraft. ... Mark Epstein, M.D., is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Medical School. ... Gil Fronsdal is a Buddhist who has practiced Zen and Vipassana since the 1970s, and is currently a Buddhist teacher who lives in the San Fransisco Bay area. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Nakamura Hajime(中村元 November 28, 1911 - October 10, 1999) was a Japanese Buddhist philosopher. ... Nishida Kitaro Nishida Kitaro (西田 幾多郎 Nishida Kitarō; 1870, Ishikawa Prefecture – 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher, founder of what has been called the Kyoto School of philosophy. ... Nishitani Keiji (西谷 啓治 Nishitani Keiji, 1900, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan - 1990) was one of Nishida Kitaros disciples and part of the Kyoto School of Philosophy. ... Johnny Lovewisdom (born July 23, 1919, died October 12, 2000) author of The Buddhist Essene Gospel of Jesus. ... Taixu Venerable Master Tai Xu (太虛大師 Pinyin: tàixÅ« dàshÄ« Wade-Giles: Tai Hsü Ta Shi), 1890-1947, was a Buddhist scholar and philosopher who advocated the renewal of Buddhism in China. ... Jack Kornfield (b. ... Born on February, 1971 in Santa Cruz, CA. Author of Dharma Punx; A Memoir and Against the Stream (HarperCollins). ... Jack Maguire was a Major League Baseball player (born February 5, 1925) in Saint Louis, Missouri (USA), died September 28, 2001. ... Manhae (Korean: 만해 or 萬海) (1879–1944) was a 20th century Korean Buddhist reformer and poet. ... Abe Masao (b. ... Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, is well-known as the first prominent person of Western descent to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. ... Scott Shaw is a prolific author, journalist, actor, filmmaker and musician. ... Young Gary Snyder, on one of his early book covers Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet (originally, often associated with the Beat Generation), essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. ... Tanaka Chigaku (田中智学, Tanaka Chigaku) (1861 - 1939) was a Japanese Buddhist scholar and preacher of the Nichiren sect, orator, writer and nationalist propagandist in the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa periods. ... Venerable Master Yin Shun (印順導師, Yìnshùn DÇŽoshÄ«) (12 March 1906–4 June 2005) was a well known Buddhist monk and scholar in the tradition of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. ... Venerable Dr. Yifa, Ph. ... From The Essential Alan Watts Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. ... Justice Christmas Humphreys Q.C. (1901 - April 1983) lawyer, High Court judge, and founder of the Buddhist Society, London. ...

Modern politicians, activists, and protesters

• Aung San Suu Kyi
• Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956)
• Hank Johnson
• Sulak Sivaraksa
• Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
• Thich Quang Duc

Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese: ; MLCTS: ; IPA: ); born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma), and a noted prisoner of conscience. ... Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891 or 1892 - December 6, 1956) was the most prominent Indian Untouchable leader of the 20th century. ... Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr. ... Sulak Sivaraksa Sulak Sivaraksa (Thai สุลักษณ์ ศิวรักษ์, born March 27, 1933 in Thailand) is founder and director of the Thai NGO Sathirakoses-Nagapradeepa Foundation“. Besides being the initator of a number of social, humanitarian, ecological and spiritual movements and organizations in Thailand, like the College SEM (Spirit in Education Movement) Sulak Sivaraksa... Lithang Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche ( born 1950, Lithang Thil) is a Buddhist leader from eastern Tibet. ... Thich Quang Duc - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Celebrity Buddhists

• Allen Ginsberg, ^[1] poet
• Jet Li, Chinese martial artist, Hollywood actor [1][2]
• Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter ^[2]
• Victor Pelevin, novelist^[3]
• Keanu Reeves, American actor [3]
• Tina Turner, American singer-songwriter

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (IPA: ) (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet. ... Jet Li (born Li Lianjie on April 26, 1963 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese martial artist, actor, Wushu champion, and international film star. ... Courtney Love Cobain[1] (born Courtney Michelle Harrison on July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress. ... Victor Pelevin (Russian: Виктор Олегович Пелевин, b. ... Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced in IPA: ) is a Canadian actor, born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock) November 26, 1939) is an 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive Producer, Film Producer, Actress, Writer, Performer, Songwriter, Author and occasional Painter whose career has spanned from 1956 to present. ...

References

1. ^ Morgan, Bill. I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg. Viking. New York:2006
2. ^ The Guardian, 2005: Enduring Love
3. ^ Kropywiansky, Leo. Victor Pelevin interview (English). BOMB magazine. Retrieved on August 14, 2006.

See also

• Buddhism
• Buddha