Buddhist Monk
People in this occupation
Sen no Rikyū
1522 – 1591
Bhante Sujato
b. 1966
Ariyadhamma
1939 – 2016
Dudjom Lingpa
1835 – 1903
Enni
1202 – 1280
Jamyang Donyo Gyeltsen
1310 – 1344
Nikkō
1246 – 1333
Upali Thera
Third Bardor Tulku Rinpoche
1949 – 2021
Shinzen Young
b. 1901
Gesshū Sōko
1618 – 1696
Shimozuma Chuko
1551 – 1616
Danxia Zichun
1064 – 1117
Yeonggyu
Dōshō
629 – 700
Annen
841 – 915
Ajahn Viradhammo
b. 1947
Nandisena
b. 1954
Kobori Nanrei Sohaku
1918 – 1992
Hui-kuo
743 – 805
Kōsa
1543 – 1592
Ogino Dokuon
1819 – 1895
Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche
1914 – 1983
Tejaniya
b. 1962
Dhṛṭaka
Hōzōin In'ei
1521 – 1607
Doseon
827 – 898
Tan-luan
476 – 542
Thích Quảng Độ
1928 – 2020
Katukurunde Nanananda Thera
1940 – 2018
Sheng-yen
1931 – 2009
Vajiranyanasangvorn
1913 – 2013
Thubten Yeshe
1935 – 1984
Alak Jigme Thinley Lhundup Rinpoche
1939 – 2012
Chuanyin
1927 – 2023
Dōgen
1200 – 1253
Ryōgen
912 – 985
Viśākhā Mṛgāramātā
Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje
b. 800
Guanding
561 – 632
Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero
b. 1961
Indrabhuti
901 – 999
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
1965 – 2019
Mapitigama Buddharakkitha
1921 – 1967
Nichizō Shōnin
Saichō
767 – 822
Tenpai Wangchuk
1855 – 1882
Liu Bingzhong
1216 – 1274
Taungpulu Kaba-Aye Sayadaw
1897 – 1986
Sesshū Tōyō
1420 – 1506
Nakahara Nantenbo
1839 – 1925
Hongzhi Zhengjue
1091 – 1157
Sucitto
b. 1949
Renpō Niwa
1905 – 1993
Ninshō
1217 – 1303
Ledi Sayadaw
1846 – 1923
Hōnen
1133 – 1212
Narada Maha Thera
1898 – 1983
Lobsang Palden Yeshe, 6th Panchen Lama
1738 – 1780
Fotudeng
232 – 348
Rōben
689 – 774
Lodro Gyeltsen
1332 – 1364
Jajang
590 – 658
Phramongkolthepmuni
1884 – 1959
Hsin Bau
b. 1964
Chimid Balzanov
b. 1953
Dhammazedi
1409 – 1492
Ajaan Suwat Suvaco
1919 – 2002
Yunmen Wenyan
864 – 909
Bodhisena
704 – 760
Yijing
635 – 713
Robert Linssen
1911 – 2004
Hyegwan
Jingying Huiyuan
523 – 592
Gudō Tōshoku
1577 – 1661
Gyeongsun of Silla
896 – 978
Pavares Variyalongkorn
1809 – 1910
Galboda Gnanissara Thera
1943 – 2024
Matara Sri Nanarama Mahathera
1901 – 1992
Zhīlǐ
960 – 1028
Ryumyo Tsunawaki
1876 – 1970
Buddhasvamin
Ennin
793 – 864
Nanyue Huisi
515 – 577
An Shigao
101 – 168
Mingun Sayadaw
1911 – 1992
Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
b. 1943
Terasawa Junsei
b. 1950
Henepola Gunaratana
b. 1927
Padmasambhava
717 – 762
Tenzin Bagdro
b. 1968
Eison
1201 – 1290
Rujing
1162 – 1228
Shundō Aoyama
b. 1933
Batuo
500 – 600
Il-yeon
1206 – 1289
Bour Kry
b. 1945
Guo Jun
b. 1974
Taixu
1890 – 1947
Uchiyama Gudō
1874 – 1911