Home›Buddhist Teachers & Monks›Veneration Status›Officially Recognized or VeneratedBrowse ByOfficially Recognized or VeneratedThis page groups historical figures by how actively they are venerated today, from figures with a living feast day and shrine to ones remembered only in scholarship. Many traditions formalize this status through a process such as canonization, which Wikipedia defines as "the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a figure with ongoing devotion apart from one preserved only in historical record.FactsOfficially Recognized or VeneratedConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1Officially Recognized or VeneratedFilter Results31 entriesGenderAllFemale (1)Male (30)TraditionAllBuddhism (20)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (29)Member OfAllFo Guang Shan (1)EraAll1158 to 1210 (1)1182 to 1251 (1)1222 to 1282 (1)1234 to 1289 (1)1326 to 1386 (1)1520 to 1604 (1)1635 to 1723 (1)1846 to 1923 (1)1854 to 1938 (1)1864 to 1933 (1)1883 to 1969 (1)1904 to 1971 (1)1904 to 1982 (1)1912 to 1993 (1)1918 to 1992 (1)1925 to 2018 (1)1927 to 2023 (1)613 to 681 (1)617 to 686 (1)625 to 702 (1)643 to 712 (1)711 to 782 (1)807 to 869 (1)810 to 866 (1)864 to 949 (1)938 to 1018 (1)Revered InAllBuddhism (31)Manner Of DeathAllAssassinated (1)Died of natural causes (8)NationalityAllCambodia (1)China (7)Japan (3)Korea (North) (2)Korea (South) (3)Mongolia (1)Myanmar (2)Russia (1)Sri Lanka (1)Taiwan (1)Thailand (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (1)Vietnam (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 31Agvan DorzhievOfficially Recognized or VeneratedAjahn AmaroOfficially Recognized or VeneratedAjahn ChahOfficially Recognized or VeneratedAjahn Maha BuaOfficially Recognized or VeneratedAjahn SumedhoOfficially Recognized or VeneratedAkong RinpocheOfficially Recognized or VeneratedAnagarika DharmapalaOfficially Recognized or VeneratedCheng YenOfficially Recognized or VeneratedChuon NathOfficially Recognized or VeneratedDongshan LiangjieOfficially Recognized or VeneratedFazangOfficially Recognized or VeneratedHsing YunOfficially Recognized or VeneratedHyujeongOfficially Recognized or VeneratedIppenOfficially Recognized or VeneratedJinulOfficially Recognized or VeneratedKarma LingpaOfficially Recognized or VeneratedLedi SayadawOfficially Recognized or VeneratedLinji YixuanOfficially Recognized or VeneratedMahasi SayadawOfficially Recognized or VeneratedNichirenOfficially Recognized or VeneratedSakya PanditaOfficially Recognized or VeneratedSangharakshitaOfficially Recognized or VeneratedSeongcheolOfficially Recognized or VeneratedShandaoOfficially Recognized or VeneratedShunryu SuzukiOfficially Recognized or VeneratedUisangOfficially Recognized or VeneratedVan HanhOfficially Recognized or VeneratedWonhyoOfficially Recognized or VeneratedYunmen WenyanOfficially Recognized or VeneratedZanabazarOfficially Recognized or VeneratedZhanranOfficially Recognized or VeneratedConnectionsAssociated 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.