Thubten Chodron

Thubten Chodron

female, 59 years old
University of California, Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Venerable Thubten Chodron, Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Mahayanan Buddhist monk, Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche…Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist teacher, Tibetan Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist nun
Venerable Thubten Chodron is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun and a central figure in reinstating the Bhikshuni (tib. Gelongma) ordination of...
Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone

male, 63 years old
film director, American, Vietnam War veteran, Screenwriter, political filmmaker, BAFTA winner…Buddhist
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known as Oliver Stone, is a American film director, and screenwriter.
Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

female, 39 years old
Kill Bill, actress, film actor, sexy, action, American…Buddhist
Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29 1970) is an American film actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging...
Dogen

Dogen

male, deceased (1253)
Religious leader, Buddhist, philosopher, Japanese, Zen Buddhist monk
Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; January 19, 1200 - September 22, 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan. He...
S. N. Goenka

S. N. Goenka

male, 67 years old
Sayagyi U Ba Khin, Indian, kalapas, Buddhist Council, Sri Satya Narayan Goenka, U Ba Khin…Buddhist
Sri Satya Narayan Goenka (born 1924) is a leading lay teacher of Vipassana meditation and a student of Sayagyi U Ba Khin. Born in Mandalay, Burma...
Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

female, 62 years old
musician, American, artist, composer, singer, New York artist…Buddhist
Laurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson, on June 5 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American experimental performance artist and...

Pema Chödrön

female, 73 years old
convert to Buddhism, writer, Tibetan Buddhist teacher, vajrayana, tibetan buddhism, nun…Buddhist
Pema Chödrön is a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan vajrayana tradition, and a teacher in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. The goal of her...
Ayya Khema

Ayya Khema

female, deceased (1997)
convert to Buddhism, Women, Buddhist, Buddhism, Jewish person, teacher…International Conference of Buddhist Nun
Ayya Khema (August 25, 1923 - November 2, 1997), a Buddhist teacher, was born as "Ilse Kussel" in Berlin, Germany, to Jewish parents. Khema dodged...