Buddhist Monk

Nichidatsu Fujii

1885 – 1985

Youxi Chuandeng

1554 – 1628

Huiwen

Shi Yongxin

b. 1965

Xuedou Chongxian

980 – 1052

Dalai Lama 11 Khedrub Gyatso

1838 – 1856

Wumen Huikai

1183 – 1260

Bhikkhu Bodhi

b. 1944

R. G. de S. Wettimuny

1925 – 1974

Tenzin Gyatso

b. 1935

Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama

1384 – 1415

Mogok Sayadaw

1899 – 1962

Talduwe Somarama

1915 – 1962

Mugaku Sogen

1226 – 1286

Daichi

1290 – 1367

Napane Pemasiri Thero

1922 – 2020

Huisheng

500 – 600

Dharmaraksita

Dōkyō

700 – 772

Rennyo

1415 – 1499

Daoming

Ano Zenjō

1153 – 1203

Walter Nowick

1926 – 2013

Seisetsu Shōchō

1274 – 1339

Bopjong

1932 – 2010

Damba Ayusheev

b. 1962

Miu Hin

b. 1600

Nitchō

1252 – 1317

Lobsang Tenzin

b. 1939

Shi Shengchang

959 – 1017

Chōgen

1121 – 1206

Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche

b. 1951

Polwatte Buddhadatta Mahanayake Thera

1887 – 1962

Thich Tri Quang

1924 – 2019

Thích Phổ Tuệ

1917 – 2021

Ippen

1239 – 1289

Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche

1941 – 2020

Luang Pu Waen Suciṇṇo

1887 – 1985

Sitagu Sayadaw

b. 1937

Luang Pho Daeng

1894 – 1973

Vajirananavarorasa

1860 – 1921

Namgyal Rinpoche

1931 – 2003

Hanam Jungwon

1876 – 1951

Tampalawela Dhammaratana

b. 1956

Gotō Zuigan

1879 – 1965

Zhenxie Qingliao

1088 – 1151

Yunyan Tansheng

780 – 841

Hyoeun taeja

Mikyo Dorje

1507 – 1554

Ichadon

501 – 527

Paṇḍita

1921 – 2016

Yaoshan Weiyan

745 – 828

Barry Kerzin

b. 1947

Taego Bou

1301 – 1382

Gyeongbong

1892 – 1982

Andy Puddicombe

b. 1972

Dazu Huike

487 – 593

Anālayo

1888 – 1983

20th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche

b. 2005

Webu Sayadaw

1896 – 1977

Walpola Rahula

1907 – 1997

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje

b. 1985

K. L. Dhammajoti

b. 1949

Mu'an

1611 – 1684

Lowo Khenchen Sonam Lhundrub

1456 – 1532

Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche

1924 – 2019

Dagpo Tashi Namgyal

1511 – 1587

Uicheon

1055 – 1101

Huaigan

12th Karmapa, Changchub Dorje

1703 – 1732

Zentatsu Richard Baker

b. 1936

Yokoi Kinkoku

1761 – 1832

Bodhesako

1939 – 1988

Trần Nhân Tông

1258 – 1308

Pauk Ko Taw

Woncheuk

613 – 696

Tongwa Donden

1416 – 1453

Toba Sōjō

1053 – 1140

taranatha

1575 – 1634

Choi Tae-min

1912 – 1994

Tekchok Dorje

1798 – 1868

Sasaki Gensō

b. 1947

Rahul Sankrityayan

1893 – 1963

Senshō Murakami

1851 – 1929

Luethai

1358 – 1409

Dānapāla

Sokuhi Nyoitsu

1616 – 1671

Wukong

731 – 812

Chen Zilong

1608 – 1647

Shitao

1642 – 1707

The 12th Gyalwang Drukpa Jigme Pema Wangchen

b. 1963

Kūkai

774 – 835

Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje

1932 – 1999

Kaihō Yūshō

1533 – 1615

Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama

1284 – 1339

Wuzhun Shifan

1177 – 1249

Mongaku

1139 – 1203

Michael Dillon

1915 – 1962

Pei Xiu

791 – 864

Motohira Ryō

b. 1954