Directory 256 of 7,622 figures
Figures — Buddhist traditions
Figures in Buddhist traditions
India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan, roughly 500 BCE to the present.
121–240 of 256
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Galdan Boshugtu Khan Khong Tayiji or khan of the Dzungaria in the 17th century -
Hōjō Masako Political leader of Kamakura shogunate -
Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince Father Thai prince (1892–1929) -
Munetaka-shinnō Son of emperor Go-Saga; shogun of Kamakura -
Pakpa Lodro Gyeltsen Tibetan Lama (1235-1280)
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Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa Karmapas (1924–1981) -
Shunryu Suzuki Japanese Buddhist missionary (1904–1971) -
Sogyal Rinpoche Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition -
Yi Xing 8th-century Buddhist monk and astronomer -
Ājñātakauṇḍinya 6th-century BCE Indian Buddhist leader -
Amoghavajra Buddhist monk and translator active in China (705–774) -
Ennin Japanese Buddhist monk (794–864) - Kṣemā Disciple of Gautama Buddha
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Ruth Ozeki American writer -
Trần Nhân Tông 3rd emperor of the Trần dynasty and Đại Việt, Zen buddhist, and national hero of Vietnam -
Wonhyo Korean Buddhist monk and commentator (617–686)
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Henjo Japanese writer -
Hsing Yun Taiwanese Buddhist monk (1927–2023) -
Sakya Pandita Tibetan Lama (1182–1251) -
Ven. Xuecheng Chinese Buddhist monk -
Yeshe Tsogyel Semi-mythical female deity in Tibetan Buddhism -
Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa Lama Tibetan Lama -
Longchenpa Tibetan Buddhist
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Muqi Chinese painter -
Zanabazar Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader -
Bhavyaviveka Indian Buddhist philosopher (c.500–c.578) -
Buton Rinchen Drub Tibetan Buddhist leader and Sakya master (1290–1364) -
Genshin Japanese Buddhist monk -
Shikishi-naishinnō Japanese princess and poet, daughter of emperor Go-Shirakawa -
taranatha Tibetan Lama -
Bhikkhu Bodhi American Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar (born 1944) -
Dazu Huike Chan practitioner -
Gyeongsun of Silla King of Silla -
Jianzhen Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan
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Karma Pakshi Tibetan Buddhist religious figure (1204–1283) -
Mahasi Sayadaw Myanmar Buddhist Monk (1904-1982) -
Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama Third Karmapa, an important figure in the history of Tibetan Buddhism -
Sengai Japanese artist (1750-1837) - Sengzhao Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar
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Takuan Sōhō Japanese Buddhist priest -
Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama Panchen lama (1883-1937) -
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi Japanese educator (1871-1944) -
Xuanzang Central character in the novel Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en -
Ingen Buddhist monk (1592-1673) -
Jōsei Toda Japanese educator (1900–1958) -
Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen, 4th Panchen Lama Fourth Panchen Lama of Tibet, 1570–1662 -
Lobsang Yeshe, Fifth Panchen Lama Panchen Lama - Paramartha Indian Buddhist monk and translator active in China (499–569)
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Pema Chödrön American philosopher -
Tenzin Palmo Tibetan Buddhist nun -
Vipassī Buddha One of the 28 ancient Buddhas -
Xuyun Chán Buddhist master (1840–1959) -
Zhaozhou Congshen Esteemed chán master of the Tang Dynasty -
Abutsu-ni Japanese poet of the Kamakura period -
Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup, 3rd Panchen Lama Tibetan Buddhist religious leader - Erdeni Batur Oirats' Choros prince and founder of Dzungar Khanate
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George de Roerich Russian tibetologist (1902–1960) - Go-Fukakusa-in no Nijō Japanese poet and author
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Hosokawa Fujitaka Daimyo -
Kalu Rinpoche Tibetan lama (1905–1989) -
Lobsang Palden Yeshe, 6th Panchen Lama Panchen Lama -
Ōtani Kōzui Japanese noble (1876–1948) -
Savita Ambedkar Wife of Babasaheb Ambedkar, doctor and social activist (1909-2003) -
Sosei Japanese poet -
Taixu Qing Dynasty Buddhist (1890-1947) -
Tenshō Shūbun Japanese artist (1414-1463) -
Trần Thánh Tông Emperor of Vietnam -
Yunmen Wenyan Chinese Buddhist philosopher -
East Asian traditions En no Gyōja Legendary founder of Shugendō -
Enchin Buddhist monk and founder of the Jimon school of Tendai Buddhism -
Fujiwara Seika Philosopher (1561-1619) -
Gendun Chopel Intellectual, artist, writer and scholar (1903-1951) -
Hsuan Hua American Buddhist monk (1918-1995) -
Josetsu Japanese painter (1386-1428) -
Khedrubje Gelek Pelzang Tibetan Buddhist leader (1385–1438) - Krakucchanda Buddha One of the ancient Buddhas
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Lobsang Tenzin Tibetan Buddhist monk and politician - Moggaliputta-Tissa Indian Buddhist monk and scholar (c. 327–247 BCE)
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Mun Bhuridatta Thai Buddhist monk (1870–1949) -
Ōta Dōkan Japanese poet and samurai -
Patrul Orgyen Jigme Chokyi Wangpo 1808-87, Tibetan Buddhist teacher (Nyingma school) -
Rinchen Zangpo Buddhist philosopher -
Uicheon Korean Buddhist monk and philosopher (1051–1101) -
Vajrabodhi Indian esoteric Buddhist monk, translator and teacher in Tang China -
Christianity Wu Li Chinese painter (1632-1718) -
Ayyā Khemā German Buddhist nun (1923–1997) -
Changkya Rölpé Dorjé Important Buddhist teacher in the Qing court -
Dahui Zonggao 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master -
Daosheng Chinese Buddhist monk -
Dàoxuān Chinese Buddhist monk (596–667) -
Dromton Gyelwa Jungne Tibetan Buddhist lama -
Drukpa Kunle Buddhist master -
Fujiwara no Tamako Empress consort of Emperor Toba of Japan, mother of Emperor Sutoku and Emperor Go-Shirakawa -
Hong Yi Buddhist monk, painter, musician (1880-1942) -
Ippen Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Jishu school -
Jakucho Setouchi Japanese novelist, nun (1922–2021) -
Keizan Japanese Buddhist monk -
Kōsa Japanese warrior monk
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Deity Legend of Jigong Chan Buddhist monk who lived in the Southern Song
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Machig Labdrön Tibetan Buddhist teacher -
Maitreya-nātha 4th century Buddhist philosopher
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Mikyo Dorje Karmapas (1507-1554) -
Christianity Niijima Yae Japanese former soldier and nurse -
Ōtagaki Rengetsu Japanese Buddhist nun, poet, potter and artist (1791–1875) -
Sakyong Mipham Tibetan lama -
Santōka Taneda Japanese poet (1882–1940) -
Seungsahn Korean Buddhist monk (1927-2004) -
Shandao Chinese Buddhist monk -
Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh Thai prince and field marshal (1883–1920) -
Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama Karmapa Lama -
Dilgo Khyentse Tashi Peljor Buddhist Vajrayana master, scholar, poet, and teacher (1910–1991) -
Dōkyō Japanese Buddhist monk -
Dolpopa Sherab Gyeltsen Nepalese philosopher -
Dudul Dorje, 13th Karmapa Lama Karmapas - Hyecho Korean monk, explorer, translator
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Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye Tibetan Buddhist scholar (1813–1899) - Kai-hime Daughter of Narita Ujinaga
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Mipam Gyatso Master of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and leader of Ri-me movement -
Ñāṇatiloka German Buddhist monk (1878–1957) - Palden Tenpai Nyima, 7th Panchen Lama Seventh Panchen Lama of Tibet
Buddhist traditions
Theravāda, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna, their figures, sutras, lineages and monasteries.