Buddhist Monk

This page lists 616 biographies of buddhist monks, covering lives from 600 BC to 2005. Featuring Yin Shun, Higashifushimi Kunihide and Hsing Yun. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People in this occupation

Ajahn Pasanno

b. 1949

Khon Konchok Gyelpo

1034 – 1102

Khruba Noi Yanwichai

1989 – 2023

Phra Brahmamangalacarya (Paññananda Bhikkhu)

1911 – 2007

Gasan Jōseki

1275 – 1366

Omori Sogen

1904 – 1994

Genbō

650 – 746

Wonhyo

617 – 686

Nanyang Huizhong

675 – 775

Gishin

781 – 833

Ajahn Tong Sirimangalo

1923 – 2019

Wansong Xingxiu

1166 – 1246

Chitsū

Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen, 4th Panchen Lama

1570 – 1662

Tokuitsu

749 – 843

Sanghapāla

506 – 518

Motsugai

1795 – 1867

Seungsahn

1927 – 2004

Ouyi Zhixu

1599 – 1655

Acharya Buddharakkhita

1922 – 2013

Legend of Jigong

1130 – 1209

Ajahn Maha Bua

1913 – 2011

Kodo Sawaki

1880 – 1965

Haemin Sunim

b. 1973

Yuquan Shenxiu

606 – 706

Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal

1594 – 1651

Bankei Yōtaku

1622 – 1693

Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thera

1933 – 2021

Pannavamsa

1928 – 2017

Daman Hongren

601 – 674

Subong

1943 – 1994

Candavimala

1897 – 1997

Kōkei

977 – 1049

Higashifushimi Kunihide

1910 – 2014

Jinavara Visuddhidevaryavongse

1859 – 1937

Nikō

1253 – 1314

Imakita Kosen

1816 – 1892

Makulǣva Vimala Thera

Cittasubho

1911 – 1988

Peter L. Pond

1933 – 2000

Mahākāśyapa

Kenkai

1107 – 1155

Ñāṇadīpa

1944 – 2020

Bhikkhu Anālayo

b. 1962

Dainin Katagiri

1928 – 1990

Xuyun

1840 – 1959

Lopon Tsechu

1918 – 2003

Shunmyō Masuno

b. 1953

Jotiko

1915 – 1986

Ingada

Huaisu

737 – 799

Tilopa

928 – 1009

Galdan Boshugtu Khan

1644 – 1697

Robert Livingston

1933 – 2021

Shōdō Harada

b. 1940

8th Arjia Rinpoche

b. 1950

Sīlānanda

1927 – 2005

Ajahn Lee

1907 – 1961

Eisai

1141 – 1215

Kunala

b. 263 BC

Baisao

1675 – 1763

Kōsai

1163 – 1247

Moggaliputta-Tissa

320 – 247 BC

Fóyǎn Qīngyuǎn

1067 – 1120

Kisa Gotami

b. 550 BC

Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama

1938 – 1989

Yaśas

Punna

Khedrubje Gelek Pelzang

1385 – 1438

Ajahn Jayasāro

b. 1958

Emperor Heizei

773 – 824

Sōgen Asahina

1891 – 1979

Dayi Daoxin

580 – 651

Palden Tenpai Nyima, 7th Panchen Lama

1782 – 1853

Kyozan Joshu Sasaki

1907 – 2014

Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

b. 1949

Ājñātakauṇḍinya

Ngawang Chodrak

1710 – 1772

Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche

b. 1982

Ariyavangsagatayana (Sa Pussadeva)

1812 – 1899

Kangan Giin

1217 – 1300

Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero

1942 – 2015

Dhammaloka

1856 – 1914

Shitou Xiqian

700 – 790

Bhadant Anand Kausalyan

1905 – 1988

Keizan

1268 – 1325

Ryōnin

1073 – 1132

Saṃghabhadra

Xutang Zhiyu

1185 – 1269

Vinītaruci

550 – 594

Dattajīvo

b. 1941

Shandao

613 – 681

Paramanuchitchinorot

1790 – 1853

Wariyapola Sri Sumangala

Tettsū Gikai

1219 – 1309

Ariyavongsagatanana (Amborn Ambaro)

b. 1927

Karagoda Uyangoda Maithri Murthy Thero

Touzi Yiqing

1032 – 1083

Shinshō

797 – 873

Buddhayaśas