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Buddhapālita: Quick Facts

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Flourished c.400 - c.450
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Candrakīrti
Buddhist scholar
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Bhāvaviveka
Indian Buddhist philosopher
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Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
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Buddha
founder of Buddhism
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Statue of Nichiren at Myoren-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, standing with one arm raised, surrounded by blooming cherry blossom trees.
Nichiren
Japanese Buddhist monk
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Shinran
Japanese Buddhist philosopher
Bronze statue of Maimonides, depicted with a beard and wearing a turban, shown from the chest up against a clear blue background.
Moses Maimonides
Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician
Ramanuja statue
Ramanuja
Hindu theologian and philosopher
Chu Hsi, ink on paper, by an unknown artist; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Zhu Xi
Chinese philosopher
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Buddhist philosopher
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
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Wendi
emperor of Sui dynasty
Temples with faces carved into them jut into the sky.
Jayavarman VII
king of Khmer empire
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al-Ṭabarī
Muslim scholar
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Hōnen
Buddhist priest
Alan Watts
Alan Watts
British-born American writer, philosopher, and lecturer
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Muslim scholar
Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
Tall stone Ashoka pillar topped with a lion sculpture stands among ancient brick ruins at Vaishali, Bihar, India, with trees visible in the background.
Ashoka
emperor of India