Balangoda Ananda Maitreya

Balangoda Ananda Maitreya

male, deceased (1998)
Dhammpada, Nalanda College, theravada, philosopher, twentieth century, sri lankan…meditation
Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya (August 24,1896 - July 18,1998), a Sri Lankan scholar-monk, was one of the great personalities of Theravada...
Samuel Widmer

Samuel Widmer

male
writer, Danièle Nicolet, psycholytic substances, Psychedelic psychotherapy, MDMA, tantra…meditation
Samuel Widmer is a controversial Swiss physician, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author, who uses psycholytic substances in therapy and has very...
Are Holen

Are Holen

male
norwegian, physician, Psychiatrist, meditation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Acem International School of Meditation
Are Holen is a M.D. and Ph.D. and is currently an associate professor and associate dean at the Faculty of Medicine at the Norwegian University of...
Piya Tan

Piya Tan

male, 60 years old
writer, Buddhist, philosopher, teacher, dharma, pali…meditation, Buddhist meditation
Piya TAN Beng Sin (b.1949 - present) or Piyasilo (monastic name) is a Peranakan (Straits Chinese) who was born on 20 August 1949 in Melaka,...
Zhiyi

Zhiyi

male, deceased (597)
Fahua xuanyi, Northern Wei Buddhist, Northern Zhou Buddhist, Sui Dynasty Buddhist, Liumiao famen, Fahua wenzhu…meditation
Zhiyi (智顗 Wade-Giles: Chih-i; Jp: Chigi) (538–597) is traditionally listed as the fourth patriarch, but actually is the founder of the Tianta...
Bruce Joel Rubin

Bruce Joel Rubin

male, 66 years old
Stuart Little II, The Last Mimzy, Bruce Rubin, Jacob's Ladder, my life, from Detroit…meditation
Bruce Joel Rubin (b. March 10 1943, Detroit, Michigan) is a screenwriter best known for the supernatural romance, "Ghost" for which he won the 1991...
G. V. Desani

G. V. Desani

male, deceased (2000)
From Nairobi, meditation, Buddhist, British, philosopher, joyce
"Govindas Vishnoodas Desani" or "G. V. Desani", (1909–2001) was a Kenyan-born, British-educated Indian writer and Buddhist philosopher. The son of...
Wang Lun

Wang Lun

male, deceased (1774)
Rebel, warrior, physician, qing dynasty, magic, buddha…meditation
Wang Lun (died November 1, 1774) was the leader of the White Lotus sect in Shandong province, China in the 1770s. He preached a millenarial...
Dennis Chernin

Dennis Chernin

male
stress reduction, yoga, meditation, holistic medicine, University of Michigan medical school, Family Medicine
Dennis K. Chernin, M.D., M.P.H. is a doctor and author specializing in the fields of holistic medicine, yoga and stress reduction. He is the...
Bent Lorentzen

Bent Lorentzen

male, 56 years old
mental health, roskilde, author, meditation, Dragon’s Moon
Bent Lorentzen was born July 14, 1953, in Roskilde, Denmark. A mental health counselor and teacher of meditation techniques in Copenhagen, he is...