Home›Buddhist Teachers & Monks›Revered In›BuddhismBrowse ByBuddhismThis page groups historical figures by where they are revered today, the region or tradition that keeps their memory through shrines, feast days or living devotion. Wikipedia defines veneration as "the practice of honoring people and articles of religious significance, for example, the veneration of saints and the veneration of relics." Browsing this way lets a visitor see the geographic or communal reach of a figure's ongoing cult.FactsBuddhismConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1BuddhismFilter Results55 entriesGenderAllFemale (4)Male (51)TraditionAllBuddhism (35)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (52)Historicity debated (1)Member OfAllFo Guang Shan (1)EraAll-304 to -229 (1)1079 to 1153 (1)1141 to 1215 (1)1158 to 1210 (1)1182 to 1251 (1)1222 to 1282 (1)1234 to 1289 (1)1258 to 1308 (1)1326 to 1386 (1)1385 to 1464 (1)1394 to 1481 (1)1520 to 1604 (1)1617 to 1682 (1)1622 to 1693 (1)1635 to 1723 (1)1758 to 1831 (1)1813 to 1899 (1)1846 to 1923 (1)1854 to 1938 (1)1864 to 1933 (1)1870 to 1949 (1)1883 to 1969 (1)1897 to 1963 (1)1904 to 1971 (1)1904 to 1982 (1)1912 to 1993 (1)1918 to 1992 (1)1923 to 1997 (1)1925 to 2018 (1)1926 to 2022 (1)1927 to 2023 (1)1939 to 1987 (1)220 to 280 (1)334 to 416 (1)344 to 413 (1)596 to 667 (1)613 to 681 (1)617 to 686 (1)625 to 702 (1)635 to 713 (1)643 to 712 (1)711 to 782 (1)780 to 841 (1)807 to 869 (1)810 to 866 (1)864 to 949 (1)938 to 1018 (1)942 to 1017 (1)Manner Of DeathAllAssassinated (1)Died of natural causes (12)Martyred (1)NationalityAllCambodia (1)China (14)India (1)Japan (9)Korea (North) (2)Korea (South) (3)Mongolia (1)Myanmar (2)Russia (1)Sri Lanka (1)Taiwan (1)Thailand (3)United Kingdom (2)United States (2)Vietnam (4)Veneration StatusAllOfficially Recognized or Venerated (31)BrowseCompareSelect all 55Agvan DorzhievBuddhismAjahn AmaroBuddhismAjahn ChahBuddhismAjahn Maha BuaBuddhismAjahn Mun BhuridattaBuddhismAjahn SumedhoBuddhismAkong RinpocheBuddhismAnagarika DharmapalaBuddhismAyya KhemaBuddhismBankei YotakuBuddhismCheng YenBuddhismChogyam TrungpaBuddhismChuon NathBuddhismDaoxuanBuddhismDongshan LiangjieBuddhismEisai (Myoan Eisai)BuddhismFazangBuddhismGampopaBuddhismGenshinBuddhismHsing YunBuddhismHuiyuan of Mount Lu (Lushan Huiyuan)BuddhismHyujeongBuddhismIkkyu SojunBuddhismIppenBuddhismJamgon Kongtrul Lodro ThayeBuddhismJinulBuddhismKarma LingpaBuddhismKhuong Tang HoiBuddhismKumarajivaBuddhismLedi SayadawBuddhismLinji YixuanBuddhismMahasi SayadawBuddhismNichirenBuddhismPema ChodronBuddhismRyokan TaiguBuddhismSakya PanditaBuddhismSanghamittaBuddhismSangharakshitaBuddhismSeongcheolBuddhismShandaoBuddhismShunryu SuzukiBuddhismTenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai LamaBuddhismThangtong GyalpoBuddhismThe Fifth Dalai LamaBuddhismThich Nhat HanhBuddhismThich Quang DucBuddhismTran Nhan TongBuddhismUisangBuddhismVan HanhBuddhismWonhyoBuddhismYijingBuddhismYunmen WenyanBuddhismZanabazarBuddhismZhanranBuddhismZongmiBuddhismConnectionsAssociated WithAsia, Continents Well-attested 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."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1China, Countries Well-attested 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 Descriptionstier 1Pure Land, Denominations Well-attested 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."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Theravada, Denominations Well-attested 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."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.