Godwin Samararatne

Godwin Samararatne

male, 77 years old
teacher, Buddhist teacher, Buddhist, sri lankan, meditation, Buddhist meditation
Acharya Godwin Samararatne was one of the best known lay meditation teachers in Sri Lanka in recent times. During his teaching career he was based...
Jakusho Kwong

Jakusho Kwong

male
13th century, sesshin, Genjo Koan, Hoitsu Suzuki, Buddhist name, No Beginning No End…meditation
Jakusho Kwong-roshi is an American Zen Buddhist teacher of the Soto sect who studied with Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, the author of "Zen Mind Beginner's...
Siddharameshwar Maharaj

Siddharameshwar Maharaj

male
Hindu, guru, meditation, himalayas, Solapur, Stages of Mindfulness and Absorptions
Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj was a unknown Saint born in 1888 in the village Pathri, Solapur, India and is popularly known as Guru of Sri...
Chah Subhatto

Chah Subhatto

male, deceased (1992)
Ajahn Chah Subhatto, vipassana, philosopher, twentieth century, phra, theravada buddhism…meditation
Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhatto (Chao Khun Bodhinyanathera) (Thai:ชา สุภัทโท, alternatively spelled Achaan Chah, occasionally with honorific titles "...
Ram Bahadur Bomjon

Ram Bahadur Bomjon

male, 20 years old
Bomjan, Banjan, Buddha Boy, Palden Dorje, Bara district, without food or water…meditation
Ram Bahadur Bomjon (born May 9, 1989, sometimes "Bomjan" or "Banjan"), also known as Palden Dorje (his official Buddhist name), is from Ratanapuri...
Chanmyay Sayadaw

Chanmyay Sayadaw

male, 81 years old
monk, Buddhist, myanmar, pali, meditation, Theravada Buddhist monk
Venerable Chanmyay Sayadaw, also know as Sayadaw U Janakabhivamsa, is one of the most venerable monks in Myanmar. He was born in Pyinma village,...
Virginia Hey

Virginia Hey

female, 57 years old
film actor, meditation, Neighbours, The Living Daylights, Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior, Pacific Drive
Virginia Robyn Hey (born June 19, 1952) is an Australian actress widely known as her role as Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan on the popular science fiction...
Swami Atmananda

Swami Atmananda

male
sri, sage, moksha, guru, shri, vedanta…meditation
Sri Atmananda Shri Krishna Menon (1883-1959) was a well-known sage and guru. He was a householder and showed by his life and teachings that...
Ainslie Meares

Ainslie Meares

male, deceased (1986)
Australian, Psychiatry, Psychiatrist, alternative medicine, meditation, Medical Journal of Australia
Ainslie Meares (1910-1986), was an Australian psychiatrist who used meditation as a means of treatment of psychosomatic and psychoneurotic...
Paul Dubois

Paul Dubois

male, deceased (1905)
painter, sculptor, Portrait artist, French, bronze, Renaissance…meditation
Paul Dubois was a significant French sculptor and painter. He was born at Nogent-sur-Seine. He studied law to please his family, and art to please...