Buddhist Monk
People in this occupation
Ānanda
600 – 500 BC
Ajahn Chah
1918 – 1992
Jangsem Sherab Zangpo
1395 – 1457
Kōshū Itabashi
1927 – 2020
Yemyo Imamura
1867 – 1932
Mitsumyo Tottori
1898 – 1976
Ajahn Khemadhammo
b. 1944
Shohaku Okumura
b. 1948
Ñāṇavīra
1920 – 1965
Yuanying
1878 – 1953
Lanxi Daolong
1213 – 1278
Egaku
Qingliang Wenyi
885 – 958
Vasumitra
Go-Sai
1638 – 1685
Zangpo Pel
1261 – 1323
Nanyue Huairang
677 – 744
Hōjō Tokifusa
1175 – 1240
9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu
1933 – 2012
Shinshōni
1561 – 1616
Kosala
1913 – 2002
Baotang Wuzhu
714 – 774
Laow Panyasiri
b. 1960
Shun'oku Sōen
1529 – 1611
Lobsang Yeshe, Fifth Panchen Lama
1663 – 1737
Dharmachari Subhuti
b. 1947
Friedrich Lustig
1912 – 1989
Nichirō
1245 – 1320
Pelden Gyeltsen
1601 – 1674
Buddhaguhya
Benhuan
1907 – 2012
Harada Daiun Sogaku
1871 – 1961
Moheyan
Ensapa Lobsang Döndrup, 3rd Panchen Lama
1505 – 1566
Chan Yun
1915 – 2009
Panchen Erdeni Choskyi Gyalpo
b. 1990
Myōe
1173 – 1232
Fayun Faxiu
1027 – 1090
Reirin Yamada
1889 – 1979
Mahasi Sayadaw
1904 – 1982
Dayang Jingxuan
943 – 1027
Ikkyū Sōjun
1394 – 1481
Yeshe Dorje, 11th Karmapa
1676 – 1702
Ven. Xuecheng
b. 1966
Vimalamitra
b. 800
Kobun Chino Otogawa
1938 – 2002
Nisshin
1407 – 1488
Tom Rivett-Carnac
b. 1977
Bodhidharma
483 – 540
Ashin Wirathu
b. 1968
Zhaozhou Congshen
778 – 897
Pui To
Mahinda
270 – 204 BC
Yi Cheng
1927 – 2017
Sönam Choklang, 2nd Panchen Lama
1439 – 1504
Kasyapa Matanga
Dhammajayo
b. 1944
Palden Gyatso
1933 – 2018
Kodo Nishimura
b. 1989
Thích Quảng Đức
1897 – 1963
Taichō
682 – 767
Shinran
1173 – 1263
Dranga Palkye Yongten
Sengaku
1203 – 1272
Shimotsuma Rairyū
1552 – 1609
Chuon Nath
1883 – 1969
Tao-cho
562 – 645
Shanavasa
Hyeja
550 – 623
Dongshan Liangjie
807 – 869
Navaanneren
1877 – 1937
Tenkai
1536 – 1643
Kuiji
632 – 682
Tiantong Zongjue
1091 – 1162
Devadatta
600 – 490 BC
Phra Khuva Boonchum
b. 1965
Mahadharmaraksita
b. 150 BC
Chin Kung
1927 – 2022
Nisshō
1221 – 1323
Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu
b. 1979
Nichiji
1250 – 1300
Soyen Shaku
1860 – 1919
Koun Ejō
1198 – 1280
U Nārada
1868 – 1955
Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov
1852 – 1927
Zhanran
711 – 782
Yuanwu Keqin
1063 – 1135
Pomnyun
b. 1953
Ajahn Amaro
b. 1956
Prince Sawara
750 – 785
Dao-xuan
702 – 760
Weligama Sri Sumangala
1825 – 1905
Dushun
557 – 640
Qingliang Chengguan
738 – 839
Upa-Sangharaj Satya Priya Mahathero
1930 – 2019
Jizang
549 – 623
Sengai
1750 – 1837
Upagupta
Tetsugyū Enshin
1254 – 1326
Shi Zongxiao
1151 – 1214