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Born 1357
Died 1419 (aged 62)
Founder Dge-lugs-pa
14th Dalai Lama
14th Dalai Lama
Tibetan Buddhist monk
Milarepa
Milarepa
Tibetan Buddhist master
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Bu-ston
Tibetan Buddhist scholar
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’Phags-pa
ruler of Tibet
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Rin-chen-bzang-po
Buddhist monk
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’Brom-ston
Tibetan Buddhist monk
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Altan
Mongol chief
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Bogd Gegeen Khan
Mongolian head of state
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Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
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Buddha
founder of Buddhism
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
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
Alan Watts
Alan Watts
British-born American writer, philosopher, and lecturer
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
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Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk