Buddhist Monk
People in this occupation
Ekan Ikeguchi
b. 1936
Furong Daokai
1043 – 1118
Ajahn Chanda Thawaro
1922 – 2012
Nanpo Jōmyō
1235 – 1309
Bassui Tokushō
1327 – 1387
Kakunyo
1271 – 1351
Taizan Maezumi
1931 – 1995
Mudito
b. 1977
Kōshō Uchiyama
1912 – 1998
Akashi Kakuichi
1299 – 1371
Go-Uda
1267 – 1324
Āciṇṇa
b. 1934
Nikken Abe
1922 – 2019
Gordon Douglas
Ajahn Soṇa
b. 1954
Wonje (monk)
Punyamitra
350 – 388
Kakuban
1095 – 1144
Kanzan Egen
1277 – 1361
Suwit Thōngprasēt
b. 1956
Ensetsu
1714 – 1759
Pohwa
b. 1955
Kaisen Joki
1500 – 1582
Ajahn Brahm
b. 1951
Mel Weitsman
1929 – 2021
Kōgen Mizuno
1901 – 2006
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
1946 – 2023
Yin Shun
1906 – 2005
Faqing
Tuệ Tĩnh
1330 – 1400
Dhyānabhadra
Shimozuma Rairen
1537 – 1626
Banagala Upatissa Thero
Luang Por Koon
1923 – 2015
Sik Kok Kwong
1919 – 2014
Bokusan Nishiari
1821 – 1910
Junnin
733 – 765
Bhavyaviveka
500 – 578
Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama
1883 – 1937
Ashin Chekinda
b. 1958
Ōtani Kōzui
1876 – 1948
Mun Bhuridatta
1870 – 1949
The Buddha
563 – 483 BC
Hanshan Deqing
1546 – 1623
Yujeong
1544 – 1610
Baisan Monpon
1350 – 1417
Issho Fujita
b. 1954
Nichiren
1222 – 1282
Buddhadāsa
1906 – 1993
Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero
1930 – 2015
Nyang Tingdzin Zangpo
Bodagama Chandima
b. 1957
Drukpa Kunle
1455 – 1529
Ashin Jinarakkhita
1923 – 2002
Taisen Deshimaru
1914 – 1982
Chandragomin
600 – 650
Jakuen
1207 – 1299
Kugyō
1200 – 1219
Thích Nhất Hạnh
1926 – 2022
Ram Bahadur Bomjon
b. 1990
Caius of Korea
1571 – 1624
Bodhiruci
Dharmaratna
Dahui Zonggao
1089 – 1163
Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo
1859 – 1941
Yue Kong
Somdet Phraphutthāčhān (Somdet Kiaw)
1928 – 2013
Kikuin Sōi
Zhiyan
602 – 668
Chi Chern
b. 1955
Sumangalo
1903 – 1963
Shunkan
1143 – 1179
Kadawedduwe Jinavamsa Mahathera
1907 – 2003
Ashin Munindabhivamsa
1946 – 2024
Muhak
1327 – 1405
Heng Sure
b. 1949
Nichijū
1314 – 1392
Matthieu Ricard
b. 1946
Rāhula
534 – 500 BC
Kenki Sato
b. 1984
Sengyou
445 – 518
Gudō Wafu Nishijima
1919 – 2014
Sonam Tsemo
1142 – 1182
Surai Sasai
b. 1935
Shi Wenying
Niaoke Daolin
741 – 824
Gangodawila Soma Thero
1948 – 2003
Yokoyama Sodō
1907 – 1980
Nyogen Senzaki
1876 – 1958
Revata
Gyeongheung
Jianzhen
688 – 763
Chödrak Gyatso
1454 – 1506
Kogetsu Zenzai
b. 1667
Carlo Zendo Tetsugen Serra
b. 1953
Daosui
Vajrabodhi
669 – 741
Faru
638 – 689
Muqi
1210 – 1280
Jianzhi Sengcan
529 – 606