Erken Budist dünya
- Gautama Buddha
- Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī
- Yaśodharā
- Rāhula
- Ānanda
- Sāriputta
- Moggallāna
- Mahākassapa
- Upāli
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- Visākhā
- Anāthapiṇḍika
- Bimbisāra
- Ajātasattu
- Pasenadi
- Devadatta
- Aṅgulimāla
Hint Budist düşünürler
- Nāgārjuna
- Āryadeva
- Asaṅga
- Vasubandhu
- Buddhapālita
- Bhāviveka
- Candrakīrti
- Dignāga
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- Kamalaśīla
- Haribhadra
- Atiśa
- Buddhaghosa
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- Nāgasena
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- Saṅghabhadra
Tibet ve Himalaya
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- Gorampa
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Doğu Asya
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- Mazu
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Hindu gelenekleri
- Yājñavalkya
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- Kaṇāda
- Śabara
- Kumārila
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- Śaṅkara
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- Madhva
- Vallabha
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- Basava
- Rāmānanda
- Kabīr
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- Vivekananda
- Ramana Maharshi
- Sri Aurobindo
- Gandhi
Jain gelenekleri
- Ṛṣabhanātha
- Pārśvanātha
- Mahāvīra
- Gautama Gaṇadhara
- Bhadrabāhu
- Sthūlabhadra
- Umāsvāti/Umāsvāmi
- Kundakunda
- Samantabhadra
- Akalaṅka
- Haribhadra
- Hemacandra
- Yaśovijaya
- Nemicandra
Sih gelenekleri
- Guru Nānak
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- Guru Amar Das
- Guru Ram Das
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- Guru Har Rai
- Guru Har Krishan
- Guru Tegh Bahadur
- Guru Gobind Singh
- Bhai Gurdas
- Bhai Nand Lal
- Banda Singh Bahadur
- Maharaja Ranjit Singh