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This 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.

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Asia

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 Descriptions

China

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

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 Descriptions

Theravada

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 Descriptions

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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree

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Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions

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