Goa Gil

Goa Gil

male
Goa Gil (real name Gilbert Levey) is an American-born musician, DJ and party organizer. He is one of the founders of the goa trance and psytrance...
Glenn H. Mullin

Glenn H. Mullin

male, 60 years old
Tibetologist, Glenn H. Mullin: Born in 1949, Quebec, Canada and lived in the Indian Himalayas between 1972 and 1984, where he studied philosophy,...
Lawrence Leshan

Lawrence Leshan

male, 89 years old
Lawrence Leshan (b. 1920) is a psychologist, educator and the author of the best-selling "How to Meditate" (1974), one of the first practical...
Itzhak Bentov

Itzhak Bentov

male, deceased (1979)
Itzhak Bentov (1923 - May 25, 1979) was a Czech born scientist, inventor, mystic and author. He was an early exponent of what has come to be...
Hakuin Ekaku

Hakuin Ekaku

male, deceased (1769)
Hakuin Ekaku was undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. He transformed the Rinzai school from a declining...

James H. Austin

male
James H. Austin is Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Missouri Health Science Center, and Emeritus Professor of Neurology, University...
Dipa Ma

Dipa Ma

female, deceased (1989)
Dipa Ma (March 25, 1911 - September 1989) was born Nani Bala Barua in East Bengal (currently, Bangladesh). As a child, she showed an exceptional...
Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche

Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche

male, deceased (2006)
Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche was born in 1926 in the Amdo region of eastern Tibet. At the age of 8, he was recognized by the tenth Kirti Rinpoche as the...
Sylvia Wetzel

Sylvia Wetzel

female, 60 years old
Sylvia Wetzel (born 5 July 1949 in the Black Forest) is a Buddhist feminist. She has made a name for herself in the Buddhist community of Germany...

Seongcheol

male
Seongcheol is the dharma name of a Korean Seon (Hangul: 선, Hanja: 禪) Master (Zen Master). He was a key figure in modern Korean Buddhism, being resp...