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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.
Dennis Hirota is a professor in the Department of Shin Buddhism at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan. He was born in Berkeley, California in 1946 and received his B.A. from University of California, Berkeley. In 2008, he was a visiting professor of Buddhism [1] at Harvard Divinity School where his studies focused on the Buddhist monk Shinran. [2]
Princess Mother Sri Sulalai (1770–1837), the consort of Phra Phutthaloetla Naphalai, Rama II of Siam and was the mother of Nangklao, Rama III.; The Bunnag family, powerful noble family of Mon-Persian descent of the early Rattanakosin Kingdom of Siam, the descendants of Sheikh Ahmad who converted to Buddhism.
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 ...
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]
A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: “This too shall pass!” The performance brought cheers from a crowd of ...
Rāhula is known in Buddhist texts for his eagerness for learning, [110] and was honored by novice monks and nuns throughout Buddhist history. [111] His accounts have led to a perspective in Buddhism of seeing children as hindrances to the spiritual life on the one hand, and as people with potential for enlightenment on the other hand. [112]
Cambodian buddhism — Tep Vong, Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia (2006–2024) Engaged Buddhism — Thích Nhất Hạnh, (1926–2022) Sōka Gakkai — Einosuke Akiya, President (1981–2006) Minoru Harada, President (2006–present) Thai Buddhism — Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana, 19th Somdet Phra and Supreme Patriarch (1989–2013)