Directory 256 of 7,622 figures
Figures — Buddhist traditions
People on the record,
and people in the telling.
Never confused
Figures in Buddhist traditions
India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan, roughly 500 BCE to the present.
241–256 of 256
Most linked first
Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Pema Lingpa Saint and siddha of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism -
Rennyo 8th Monshu (head-priest) of the Honganji Temple of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism
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Rolpe Dorje, 4th Karmapa Lama Fourth Gyalwa Karmapa -
Sesson Shukei Japanese artist (1504-1589) -
Sundarānanda Half-brother of Gautama Buddha -
Sundari Nanda Half-sister of Gautama Buddha -
Suzuki Shōsan Samurai (1579-1655) - Tai Situ Changchub Gyaltsen Tibetan Lama
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Taira no Tokuko Empress consort of Japanese emperor Takakura -
tangtong gyalpo Tibetan lama -
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu US Buddhist monk -
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Buddhist lama from Khumbu, Nepal - Walpola Rahula Sri Lankan philosopher (1907–1997)
- Office Sixteen Arhats List of the Buddha's disciples in South and East Asian tradition
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Deity Mya Nan Nwe Burmese and Thai woman and goddess -
Deity Qingshui Deified Chan Buddhist monk, tutelary god of people from Anxi, Fujian
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