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Alphabetical index
List of historical Buddhist teachers
Major Buddhist thinkers, historical figures and founders of schools
Ananda
(Early disciple of
Sakyamuni
who is said to have memorized his sermons)
Asanga
(Brother of
Vasubandhu
; one of the founders of
Yogacara
)
Atisha
(founder of the Gelugpa school of
Tibetan_Buddhism
)
Bodhidharma
(legendary first patriarch of
Chan
in
China
)
Buddhaghosha
(
Theravadin
commentator)
Chandrakirti
Dharmakirti
Chih I -- See
Zhiyi
Dogen Zenji
(transmitter of Soto
Zen
to
Japan
)
Fazang (
Wade-Giles
: Fa-tsang; third patriarch of
Huayan
)
Gihwa
(
McCune-Reischauer
: Kihwa; major Korean monk of the
Joseon
)
The Buddha
Hakuin (Rinzai
Zen
teacher in Japan)
Huineng
(6th Patriarch of
Chan
in
China
)
Jinul
Founder of Korean Jogye school
Kukai
(founder of
Shingon
)
Longchenpa
Nagarjuna
(Founder of Madhyamaka tradition)
Nichiren Daishonin
(founder of
Nichiren Buddhism
)
Padmasambhava
(semi-legendary founder of
Nyingma
school of
Tibetan_Buddhism
)
Ryokan
(
18th_Century
Japanese
Zen
monk and poet)
Sariputta (
Pali
. Shariputra
Sanskrit
. One of the ten chief disciples of the
Buddha
)
Shantideva
(8th_Century
Indian
)
Shinran
(Founder of True Pure Land sect in Japan
Takuan Soho
(Zen teacher, and, according to legend, mentor of the swordsman
Miyamoto Musashi
)
Tsongkapa
Uisang
(Major Korean monk of the Unified Silla period)
Vasubandhu
(Brother of
Asanga
; one of the founders of
Yogacara
)
Weonchuk
(Major Korean monk of the Unified Silla period)
Weonhyo
(Major Korean monk of the Unified Silla period)
Xuanzang
(WG: Hsuan-tsang) (took
Tripitaka
to
China
)
Zhiyi
(
Wade-Giles
: Chih I; de-facto founder of
Tiantai
school)
Zongmi
(WG: Tsung-mi; fifth patriarch of Chinese
Huayan
school)
see also
Buddhist teachers: contemporary