Anagarika Dharmapala

Anagarika Dharmapala

male, deceased (1933)
Modern Buddhist writer, National Hero of Sri Lanka, Old Royalist, Sinhalese, Theosophist, sri lankan…Buddhism, Buddhism in India
Anagarika Dharmapala (1864 - 1933) was a leading figure in initiating two outstanding features of Buddhism in the twentieth century. He was a...
Tina Turner

Tina Turner

female, 70 years old
singer, Rhythm and blues singer, rock and roll, American, The Ike & Tina Turner Revue, film producer…convert to Buddhism, Buddhism
Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939) is a 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive...
B. Alan Wallace

B. Alan Wallace

male
Amherst College, Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies, Religious studies, Eastern, meditation, vajrayana…Buddhism
"B. Alan Wallace" is an author, translator, teacher, researcher, interpreter and Vajrayana practitioner interested in the intersections of...
Hsuan Hua

Hsuan Hua

male, deceased (1995) (San Francisco, California, United States)
monk, Tu Lun, An Tzu, Xuān Huà Shàng Rén, "proclaim and transform", Hanyu Pinyin…Buddhism
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua (Traditional Chinese: 宣化上人; Hanyu Pinyin: "Xuān Huà Shàng Rén", literal meaning:"proclaim and transform") (16 April, 1...
Hsu Yun

Hsu Yun

male
Pinyin, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Buddhist, 20th, 19th…Buddhism
Venerable Master Hsu Yun (Traditional Chinese: 虛雲大師, Simplified Chinese: 虚云大师, Pinyin: Xū Yún Dà Shī, "empty cloud") (1840-1959) was a re...
Ajahn Sumedho

Ajahn Sumedho

male
American expatriate in Thailand, Ajahns, Buddhism, Thai, teacher, theravada
American-born Ajahn Sumedho is a seminal figure in the Thai Forest Tradition and Western Theravada Buddhism. The word "Ajahn" is not a proper name,...
Pico Iyer

Pico Iyer

male, 52 years old
Old Dragon, Buddhism, north korea, Harvard, paraguay, American
Pico Iyer (born 1957) is a British-born essayist and novelist. Iyer was born in Oxford, England, to Indian parents, who were both teachers of...
Sakya Trizin

Sakya Trizin

male, 64 years old
lama, Buddhism, Central Tibet, Trisong Detsen, Lamas, sakya…tibetan buddhism
Sakya Trizin is the head of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. The spiritual leadership of the Sakya school is controlled by the descendants of...
Ashoka The Great

Ashoka The Great

male
edicts, Mahavamsa, Sinhalese, convert to Buddhism, ashoka, Sinhalese language…theravada buddhism, Buddhism
Ashoka (Devanāgarī: अशोकः, IAST: ',, Prakrit Imperial title: Devanampriya Priyadarsi"', "He who is the beloved of the Gods and who regards ever...
Hsing Yun

Hsing Yun

male, 82 years old
Buddhist, Magnanimity, Zen Buddhist monk, religious figure, taiwanese, Mahayana…Buddhism, Humanistic Buddhism
Venerable Master Hsing Yun (July 22, 1927-) is a Chinese Buddhist monk. He is an important figure in modern Mahayana Buddhism. Known best as the...