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This is a list of notable Buddhists, encompassing all the major branches of the religion (i.e. in Buddhism), and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners. This list includes both formal teachers of Buddhism , and people notable in other areas who are publicly Buddhist or who have espoused Buddhism.
In 2008, he was a visiting professor of Buddhism [1] at Harvard Divinity School where his studies focused on the Buddhist monk Shinran. [2] Seth Evans is a scholar and educator who specializes in the Abhidhamma Pitaka (abhidhammapiṭaka) and the Visuddhimagga. He is known for his work in the phenomenological aspects of Buddhist psychology.
Sister Uppalavannā (Else Buchholtz) (1886–1982), German Theravādin Buddhist nun, first European Buddhist nun in modern history [32] U Dhammaloka (Laurence Carroll) (1856–1914), Irish-born migrant worker turned Theravādin Buddhist monk and an active role in the Asian Buddhist revival around the turn of the twentieth century [ 33 ]
The scholar Stephen A. Kent has noted that these traits were not actually mentioned in the Buddhist texts and some of these are actually contradicted by the texts. Kent notes that the Buddhist texts actually say that Maitreya will be born to royalty whose domain is very wealthy, prosperous and with a large population and will have black hair. [24]
one of the earliest western Buddhist monks and founder of Island Hermitage [1] Anthony Lee: Baptist: American actor and activist [2] Ananda Metteya (Charles Henry Allan Bennett) Catholic Church: British one of the earliest western Buddhist monk and established the first Buddhist Mission in the United Kingdom [3] Chris Evans: Catholic Church ...
Notable modern scholars in Buddhist studies Eugène Burnouf (1801–1852) Viggo Fausböll (1821–1908) Robert Caesar Childers (1838–1876) T.W. Rhys Davids (1843–1922) Nanjo Bunyu (1849–1927) Hermann Oldenberg (1854–1920) Wilhelm Geiger (1856–1943) C.A.F. Rhys Davids (1857–1942) Robert Chalmers (1858–1938) P. Lakshmi Narasu (1861 ...
politician and former television news anchor, converted from Buddhism to evangelical Christianity [4] [5] [6] Zack Lee: Indonesian: actor and boxer [7] Jaruvan Maintaka: Thai: former Auditor-General of Thailand [8] Chieko N. Okazaki: American: Relief Society leader, converted from Buddhism to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [9 ...
Jōdo-shū (descended from Pure Land Buddhism) 1131–1212 Eisai: Rinzai Zen (descended from the Linji school) 1141–1215 Shinran: Jōdo Shinshū (descended from Jōdo-shū) 1173–1263 Dōgen: Sōtō Zen (descended from the Caodong school) 1200–1253 Haji Bektash Veli: Bektashi Order of Sufism: 1209–1271 Nichiren: Nichiren Buddhism: 1222 ...