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All Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Buddhist teachers and monks span the tradition's full geography and history, from the forest monks of Theravada Southeast Asia to the Seon and Pure Land masters of Korea and China and the hierarchs and treasure revealers of Tibet. A figure belongs here for a life spent teaching, translating or reforming within an established Buddhist lineage, distinct from the historians and scholars who study Buddhism from outside it.

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Agvan Dorzhiev

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ajahn Amaro

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ajahn Chah

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ajahn Maha Bua

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ajahn Sao Kantasilo

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ajahn Sumedho

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Akong Rinpoche

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Anagarika Dharmapala

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ayya Khema

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Bankei Yotaku

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Cheng Yen

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Chogyam Trungpa

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Chuon Nath

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

D.T. Suzuki

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Daoxuan

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Dongshan Liangjie

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Eisai (Myoan Eisai)

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Fazang

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Gampopa

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Genshin

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Hsing Yun

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Huiyuan of Mount Lu (Lushan Huiyuan)

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Hyujeong

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ikkyu Sojun

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ippen

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Jinul

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Karma Lingpa

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Khuong Tang Hoi

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Kumarajiva

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ledi Sayadaw

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Linji Yixuan

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Mahasi Sayadaw

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Nichiren

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Pema Chodron

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Ryokan Taigu

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Sakya Pandita

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Sanghamitta

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Sangharakshita

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Seongcheol

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Shandao

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Shunryu Suzuki

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Thangtong Gyalpo

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

The Fifth Dalai Lama

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Thich Nhat Hanh

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Thich Quang Duc

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Thonmi Sambhota

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Tran Nhan Tong

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Uisang

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Van Hanh

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Wonhyo

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Yijing

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Yunmen Wenyan

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Zanabazar

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Zhanran

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Zhiyi

Buddhist Teachers & Monks

Zongmi

Buddhist Teachers & Monks
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Asia, Continents

This source names Asia directly: "forest monks of Theravada Southeast Asia to the Seon and Pure Land masters of Korea and China and the hierarchs and treasure revealers of Tibet."

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China, Countries

This source names China directly: "and Pure Land masters of Korea and China and the hierarchs and treasure revealers of Tibet."

Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
Pure Land, Denominations

This source names Pure Land directly: "Southeast Asia to the Seon and Pure Land masters of Korea and China and the hierarchs and treasure revealers of Tibet."

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Theravada, Denominations

This source names Theravada directly: "and history, from the forest monks of Theravada Southeast Asia to the Seon and Pure Land masters of Korea and China and the hierarchs and treasure revealers of Tibet."

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