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Luang Pho Daeng (Thai: หลวงพ่อแดง) was a Thai Buddhist monk who died while meditating in 1973. [1] [2] Biography. Daeng was born in 1894. He was ...
Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch.
Śāntarakṣita, Mahayana Buddhist monk and former abbot of Nalanda; Shantideva, composer of the Bodhisattvacarya; Shilabhadra, Mahayana Buddhist monk and the teacher of Xuanzang [30] Śubhakarasiṃha, Buddhist monk of Nalanda who later travelled to China and translated Indian Buddhist texts [176]
Xuanzang (Chinese: 玄奘; Wade–Giles: Hsüen Tsang; [ɕɥɛ̌n.tsâŋ]; 6 April 602 – 5 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (陳褘 / 陳禕), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, [1] was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator.
[10] [4] Many Buddhist sokushinbutsu mummies have been found in northern Japan and are estimated to be centuries old, while texts suggest that hundreds of these cases are buried in the stupas and mountains of Japan. [9] These mummies have been revered and venerated by the laypeople of Buddhism. [9]
Buddhist monasticism is one of the earliest surviving forms of organized monasticism and one of the fundamental institutions of Buddhism.Monks and nuns, called bhikkhu (Pali, Skt. bhikshu) and bhikkhuni (Skt. bhikshuni), are responsible for the preservation and dissemination of the Buddha's teaching and the guidance of Buddhist lay people.
Japanese Tendai Buddhist monk [107] Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero: 1896–1998: 101: Sri Lankan scholar-monk [108] Nicholas Kao Se Tseien: 1897–2007: 110: Chinese Catholic priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation [109] Marian Tumler: 1887–1987: 100: Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order [110]
During the period, Buddhist monks deserted the Ganges valley, following either the northern road (uttarapatha) or the southern road (dakṣinapatha). [64] Conversely, Buddhist artistic creation stopped in the old Magadha area, to reposition itself either in the northwest area of Gandhāra and Mathura or in the southeast around Amaravati Stupa.