Anagarika Dharmapala

Anagarika Dharmapala

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

B. R. Ambedkar

male, deceased (1956)
Hinduism-related controversy, University of Mumbai alumni, convert to Buddhism, From Vadodara, indian caste system, activist…Dalit Buddhist movement, Buddhist
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was a Buddhist revivalist, Indian jurist, scholar and Bahujan political leader who is the chief architect of the Indian...
Krishna Das

Krishna Das

male
Bhagavan Das, girish, Jai Uttal, Jeffrey Kagel, kirtan, convert to Hinduism…Buddhist
Krishna Das (born Jeffrey Kagel May 31, 1947 in Long Island, New York) is a singer who performs Indian chants called kirtans. Krishna Das travelled...
Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

male, 28 years old
actor, brokeback mountain, Jarhead, People's Hottest Bachelors, People Magazine Celebrity 100, the day after tomorrow…Buddhist
Jake Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980 as Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal) is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actor. The son...
Walpola Rahula

Walpola Rahula

male, deceased (1997)
Sri Jayawardenapura University, The venerable Prof Walpola Sri Rahula Maha Thera, bhikkhu, Sinhalese, Scholar, theravada buddhism…Buddhist
The venerable Prof Walpola Sri Rahula Maha Thera (1907-1997) was a Buddhist monk, scholar and writer. He is considered to be one of the top Sri...

Dharmakirti

male
Indian, Logician, logic, Buddhist, Buddhism, philosophical…Buddhist atomism
Dharmakirti (circa 7th century), was an Indian scholar and one of the Buddhist founders of Indian philosophical logic. He was one of the primary...
Joan Halifax

Joan Halifax

female, 67 years old
Harvard University, Upaya Zen Center, Seung Sahn Soen-sa, Zen Peacemaker Order, non-sectarian, abbess…Zen Buddhist, Zen Buddhist monk, Buddhist
Joan Halifax (1942 to present) is a Zen Buddhist priest who received inka from Tetsugen Bernard Glassman. She has been practicing Zen Buddhism...
Ajahn Amaro

Ajahn Amaro

male, 53 years old
Ajahn Chah, British expatriate in Siam/Thailand, Ajahn, Thai, tan, University of London…Theravada Buddhist monk, Buddhist
Tan Ajahn Amaro is Co-abbot of Abhayagiri Monastery (with Ajahn Pasanno), in Redwood Valley, California, USA. Ajahn Amaro has been ordained in the...
Ashoka The Great

Ashoka The Great

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

Andy Lau

male, 48 years old
chinese, pop star, Buddhist, The Return of the Condor Hero, Best Actor HKFA, Chinese actor
Andy Lau Tak-Wah is a Hong Kong cantopop star and a movie actor. His blood type is AB. He has been the most commercially successful Hong Kong film...