Je Tsongkhapa

Je Tsongkhapa

male, deceased (1419)
lama, Buddhist, Vinaya, Atiśa, Tsongkhapa, "Je Rinpoche"
Tsongkhapa (1357 - 1419), whose name means "The Man from Onion Valley", was the founder of the Geluk (Dge-lugs) school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is...
Seung Sahn

Seung Sahn

male, deceased (2004)
Korean S?n, patriarch, Korean Sŏn, Buddhist Patriarch, Korean Zen, Zen Buddhist monk…Buddhist
Seung Sahn Haeng Won Soen-sa (1927-2004) was a Korean Zen Buddhist monk, and the 78th patriarch in his lineage of Korean Zen (or Korean S?n)...
Edward Conze

Edward Conze

male, deceased (1979)
Anglo, French, dutch, writer, German, Buddhist
Eberhart (Edward) Julius Dietrich Conze (1904 - 1979) was an Anglo-German scholar probably best known for his pioneering translations of Buddhist...
Matthieu Ricard

Matthieu Ricard

male, 63 years old
Jean-Francois Revel, TIbet, An Inner Journey, The Quantum and the Lotus, The Monk and the Philosopher, Molecular Genetics, Monk Dancer of Tibet…Buddhist Himalayas, Tibetan Buddhist, buddhist monk, Buddhist
Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. Born in Paris, he is the son of Jean-François R...
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…Zen Buddhist monk, Buddhist Text Translation Society, Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, Buddhist
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua (Traditional Chinese: 宣化上人; Hanyu Pinyin: "Xuān Huà Shàng Rén", literal meaning:"proclaim and transform") (16 April, 1...
Alice Walker

Alice Walker

female, 65 years old
author, poet, Feminist, African American, African-American, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner…Buddhist
Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her...
Tilopa

Tilopa

male, deceased (1069)
Indian, Mahasiddhas, Tibetan language, tantra, tantric practitioner, Buddha Vajradhara…Buddhist
Tilopa (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Talika, 988 - 1069) was born in either Chativavo (Chittagong), Bengal or Jagora, Bengal. He was a tantric practitioner...
Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette

female, 35 years old
singer, Canadian, jagged little pill, Under Rug Swept, fraternal twin, Grammy Award winner…Buddhist
Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a Canadian and naturalized American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional...
Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

female, 41 years old
pretty women, English, hot, actress, British, film actress…Buddhist
Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British actress known for her roles in "Mulholland Dr.", the film remakes of "The Ring" and "King...
Mongkut

Mongkut

male, deceased (1868)
Thammayut Nikaya, Buddhism in Thailand, king mongkut, British, Chakri Dynasty, western…Theravada Buddhist monk, Buddhist
Mongkut (Rama IV), (October 18, 1804 - October 1, 1868) was king of Siam from 1851 to 1868. Historians have widely regarded him as one of the most...