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List of Buddhists
A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists.
Historical Buddhist thinkers and founders of schools
- The Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama
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Ananda, Siddhartha's cousin and one of his chief disciples
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An Shih Kao, a Parthian monk and the first known Buddhist missionary to China, in 148 CE.
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Asanga
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Atisha (indirect founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism)
- Baizhang Huaihai
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Bodhidharma (legendary first patriarch of Zen in China)
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Buddhaghosa (Theravadin commentator)
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Chandrakirti
- Dharmakirti
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Dharmaraksa, a Yueh-Chih Buddhist monk, the first known translator of the Lotus Sutra into Chinese.
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Dharmaraksita, a Greek Buddhist missionary of Emperor Ashoka, and a teacher of Nagasena.
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Dogen Zenji (founder of Soto Zen, based upon the Chinese Caodong tradition)
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Eisai (12th century Japanese monk, travelled to China and returned to found the Japanese Rinzai sect of Zen)
- Fazang
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Fa Xian (translator and pilgrim)
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Gampopa Dagpo Lharje, a student of Jetsun Milarepa and founder of the Karma Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
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Gihwa (1376-1433) Korean Seon monk; wrote commentaries on the Diamond Sutra and Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
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Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769, Rinzai Zen)
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Huangbo Xiyun
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Huineng (6th Patriarch of Zen in China)
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Ingen (17th century Chinese Zen monk, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Zen)
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Jinul Korean Seon monk (1158-1210); founder of modern Korean gong'an meditation system
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Jnanagupta (translator)
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Jnanayasas (translator)
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Joshu (9th century Chinese Zen monk)
- Khandro Kalpa Zangmo
- Khungpo Nyaljor , founder of the Shangpa Kagyü lineage
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Kukai (9th century Japanese monk, founder of Shingon)
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Linji (9th century Chinese monk, founder of the Linji school of Zen)
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Lokaksema, a Kushan monk, the first translator of Mahayana scriptures into Chinese, around 180 CE.
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Longchenpa
- Luipa
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Mahakashyapa, a disciple of the Buddha
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Mahadharmaraksita (A Greek Buddhist master during the time of Menander)
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Marpa Lotsawa (Marpa the Translator, Marpa of Lhobrag), a student of Naropa and first Tibetan founder in the Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism
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Menander (Pali: Milinda, 2nd century BCE, an Indo-Greek king of northwestern India, who questioned Nāgasena about Buddhism in the Milinda Pañha)
- Jetsun Milarepa, a student of Marpa Lotsawa and one of Tibet's most famous yogis
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Nagarjuna (influential Buddhist philosopher)
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Nāgasena (2nd century BCE Buddhist sage questioned about Buddhism by Milinda, the Greek king of Bactria in the Milinda Pañha)
- Nagpopa
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Naropa, Tilopa's primary disciple, teacher of Marpa the Translator and Khungpo Nyaljor
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Nichiren (founder of Nichiren Buddhism)
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Nikko (founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism)
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Padmasambhava (semi-legendary founder of Nyingma school of Tibetan_Buddhism)
- Rōben (8th century Japanese monk, invited Simsang to Japan and founded the Kegon tradition, based upon the Korean Hwaeom school)
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Ryokan (18th century Japanese Zen monk and poet)
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Saicho (9th century Japanese monk, founder of Tendai tradition, based upon the Chinese Tiantai school)
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Sanghapala (6th century monk (Mon-Khmer?) who translated many texts to Chinese)
- Sariputta (Pali. Shariputra Sanskrit. One of two chief disciples of the Buddha.)
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Shantideva (8th century Indian)
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Shinran
- Simsang (8th century Korean monk, who at the request of Rōben helped transmit Hwaeom to Japan, thereby founding the Japanese Kegon tradition)
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Takuan Soho (Zen teacher, and, according to legend, mentor of the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi)
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Tilopa, recipient of four separate transmissions from Nagarjuna, Nagpopa , Luipa , and Khandro Kalpa Zangmo ; Naropa's teacher
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Tsongkhapa (14th century Tibetan monk, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, based upon the Kadam tradition)
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Uisang (7th century Korean monk, founder of Hwaeom tradition, based upon the Chinese Huayan school)
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Vasubandhu
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Weonhyo (617-668) Korean monk; prolific commentator on Mahayana sutras
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Wonchuk
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Xuanzang (brought Yogacara to China to found Faxiang school, significant pilgrim, translator)
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Yi Jing (pilgrim and translator)
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Zhiyi (founder of Tiantai school)
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Zongmi (WG: Tsung-mi; fifth patriarch of Chinese Huayan school)
Historical rulers and political figures
Modern teachers
Zen teachers
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Robert Aitken, Roshi (1917- )
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Tenshin Reb Anderson
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Zentatsu Richard Baker, Roshi
- Jan Chozen Bays
- Charlotte Joko Beck
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John Crook (1930- )
- Zoketsu Norman Fischer
- Tetsugen Bernard Glassman , Roshi
- Joan Halifax
- Daiun Harada , Roshi (1871-1961)
- Sandra Jishu Holmes
- the Ven. Hsing Yun (1927-)
- the Ven. Hsu Yun (1840-1959)
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Philip Kapleau, Roshi (1912-2004)
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Dainin Katagiri
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Jiyu Kennett, Roshi (1924-1996)
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Jakusho Kwong, Roshi (1935- )
- Geri Larkin
- John Daido Loori , Roshi
- Taizan Maezumi , Roshi
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Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, Roshi (1907- )
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Seung Sahn, Soen Sa (1927-2004)
- the Ven. Sheng-yen (1931- )
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Soyen Shaku, Roshi (1859-1919)
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Nyogen Senzaki, Roshi (18??-1958)
- Eido Shimano , Roshi
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Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi (1904-1971)
- Haku'un Yasutani , Roshi (1885-1973)
Miscellaneous
Teachers of controversial Buddhist or Buddhist-influenced groups
Modern scholars and authors
Modern politicians, activists, and protestors
Celebrity Buddhists
See also
Last updated: 08-19-2005 02:59:04
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