Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha

male
Indian, Founder of religions, Buddhist, Siddhartha, philosopher, atheist…Buddhism
Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from ancient India and the historical founder of Buddhism. He is universally recognized by Buddhists as t...

Bodhidharma

male
Northern Wei Buddhist, bhikkhu, Non-Chinese known by Chinese names, Northern Wei Dynasty, Zen Patriarchs, Northern and southern China…Buddhism
Bodhidharma was the Buddhist monk traditionally credited as founder of Zen. Very little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma is...
Nichiren

Nichiren

male, deceased (1282)
13th century, Religious leader, Buddhist, Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist monk, Zeshō-bō Renchō…Japanese Buddhism
Nichiren (日蓮) (February 16, 1222 - October 13, 1282), born Zennichimaro (善日麿), later Zeshō-bō Renchō (是聖房蓮長), and finally Nichiren (日蓮), was a Bu...
Alan Watts

Alan Watts

male, deceased (1973)
Buddhist, English metaphysics writer, spiritual teacher, Alan Wilson Watts, consciousness, Taoism…convert to Buddhism, Buddhism in the United States, Buddhism
Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 - November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. He was best known...
Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi

female, 64 years old
The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, Buddhist, Nobel Peace Prize, National League for Democracy, democracy activist, politician…Buddhism
Aung San Suu Kyi ; born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in...
Naropa

Naropa

male, deceased (1100)
Mystic, Indian, nalanda, enlightenment, Mahasiddhas, Tibetan language…Buddhism, tibetan buddhism
Naropa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: "Nadaprada", 1016-1100) was an Indian Buddhist mystic and monk, the pupil of Tilopa and brother, or some sources say...
Tenzin Gyatso

Tenzin Gyatso

male, 74 years old
Buddhist, dalai lama, tibetan, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, free tibet, nonviolence…Western Buddhism, Buddhism
Tenzin Gyatso (born 6 July 1935) is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. As such, he is often referred to in Western media simply as the Dalai...
Sangharakshita

Sangharakshita

male, 84 years old
writer, Buddhist, British, philosopher, Buddhism, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
Sangharakshita (1925-) is the founder of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO), and the Western Buddhist Order (WBO). He is a prodigious...
Robert Thurman

Robert Thurman

male, 68 years old
Buddhist, indologist, Associated Press, Columbia University, Tibet House, Je Tsong Khapa…Buddhism
Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman (born August 4, 1941) is an American Buddhist writer and academic. He is the Je Tsong Khapa Professor of...
Chögyam Trungpa

Chögyam Trungpa

male, deceased (1987)
From Halifax, Nova Scotia, Naropa University, Buddhist, Shambhala Training, American, tibetan…Buddhism, tibetan buddhism
Chögyam Trungpa was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar, teacher, poet, artist, and a Trungpa tülku. Widely recognized, both by Tibetan Bu...