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Also Known As Chajang
Flourished c.601 - c.700
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Wŏnhyo
Korean Buddhist priest
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Daigak Guksa
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Han Yongun
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Bojo Guksa
Korean priest
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T’aigo Wangsa
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Ŭisang
Korean Buddhist monk
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Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
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Buddha
founder of Buddhism
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
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Nichiren
Japanese Buddhist monk
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Shinran
Japanese Buddhist philosopher
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Buddhist 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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Hōnen
Buddhist priest
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Alan Watts
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Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
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Ashoka
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Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk
Lobsang Sangay
Lobsang Sangay
Tibetan scholar and political leader