K. Sri Dhammananda

K. Sri Dhammananda

male, deceased (2006)
Buddhist, writer, Buddhism, sri lankan, malaysia, buddhist monk…Theravada Buddhist monk
Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda (March 18, 1919 - August 31, 2006) was a Sri Lankan-born Buddhist monk and scholar. Born Martin Garmage in the village of...

Thomas Cleary

male
Spirituality, spiritual, enlightenment, San Francisco Zen Center, Qur'an, Avatamsaka Sutra…Buddhist
Thomas Cleary (b. 1949) is a prolific, and somewhat reclusive, author and translator of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and Muslim religious...
Fritjof Capra

Fritjof Capra

male, 70 years old
Particle physicist, physicist, Belonging to the Universe, metaphysics, Science writer, Austrian…Buddhist
Fritjof Capra (born February 1, 1939) is an Austrian-born American physicist. Born in Vienna, Austria, Capra earned a Ph.D. in theoretical physics...
Gil Fronsdal

Gil Fronsdal

male
San Francisco Bay Area, vipassana, Buddhist, zen, Stanford University, American…Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Stanford
Gil Fronsdal is a Buddhist who has practiced Zen and Vipassana since the 1970s, and is currently a Buddhist teacher who lives in the San Francisco...
Michael Roach

Michael Roach

male, 57 years old
breast cancer, Princeton University, Enlightened Business Institute, Asian Classics Input Project, Three Jewels Outreach Center, Diamond Mountain University…Buddhist, buddhist monk
Geshe Michael Roach is an American teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of Diamond Mountain University, the Asian Classics Institute, the...

Huineng

male
Tang Dynasty Buddhist, zen, Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, chan, monastic, chinese…Buddhist
Huineng was a Chinese Chan (Chinese Zen) monastic who is one of the most important figures in the entire tradition. Huineng is the Sixth Patriarch...
Longchenpa

Longchenpa

male, deceased (1363)
lama, dzogchen, Buddhism, Buddhist, Tulkus, tibet
Longchenpa or Longchen Rabjampa (1308 - 1364 possibly 1369) was a major teacher in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Along with Sakya Pandita...
John Marshall

John Marshall

male, deceased (1958)
Archaeologist, Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Sir John Hubert Marshall, Archaeological Survey of India, Taxila…Buddhist
Sir John Hubert Marshall (March 19, 1876 Chester - August 17, 1958 Guildford) was the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India from...
Goldie Hawn

Goldie Hawn

female, 64 years old
American, actress, not so hot without makeup, Buddhist, bird on a wire, from Montgomery County, Maryland
Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, director and producer. She is best known for starring in a...

John Stevens

male, 62 years old
Buddhist, aikido, Scholar, aikikai, dan, American aikidoka
John Stevens (born 1947) is a Buddhist priest, teacher of Buddhist studies and aikido teacher. Stevens teaches Eastern Philosophy at Tohoku Fukushi...