When the iron bird flies, and horses run on wheels,
The Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the World,
And the Dharma will come to the land of the Red Man.—Padmasambhava Buddhism(some of the)
Great Realizers
Gotama Sakyamuni ( 563 - 483 ? BCE )
( Gautama Buddha or Siddhārtha )
Nagarjuna ( 150–250 )
Bodhidharma ( 470 - 543 )
( Dharma, Tamo [Chinese] , Daruma [ Japanese] )
Han Shan & Shi Te ( 627 - 649 )
( Mad Monks; Cold Mountain and Foundling,
Kanzan and Jittoku [ Japanese] )
Hui Neng ( 638 - 713 )
(Hui-Neng, Hui-neng, Dajian Huineng, Hui-Neng Liu-Tsu-ta, Wei Lang;
Yeno or Eno [ Japanese] )
(The Sixth Patriarch, The Sixth Ancestor)
Huai Jang ( 680 - 750 ? )
(Huai-Jang Nan-Yueh, Hoai Nhuong)
Shih T'ou ( 700 - 790 )
(Shitou Xiqian, Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien, Shitou Heshang)
(Kao Yao, Gao Yao, Sekito Kisen)
Ma Tsu ( 708 - 807 ) ( 709 - 788 )
(Ma Zu, Mazu Daoyi, Daji, Ma To, Ma To Dao Nhat)
Padma Sambhava ( 717 - 762 )
( Padma-Sambhava, Padmasambhava, Padmakara, Pemajungné,
'Guru Rinpoche', 'Precious Guru' )
Pai Chang ( 720 - 814 )
( Hui Hai )
(Pai Cheng, Pai-chang Huai-hai, Bai-zhang Hui-hai, Po-chang Hui-Hai,
Shih Huai-Hai, Haykujo Ekia [ Japanese] )
Huang Po ( ? - 850 )
(Huang-po,
Obaku, Wobaku Kiun [ Japanese] )
Lin Chi ( ? - 867 )
( Rinzai )
( Lin-chi, Lin-chi I-hsuan,
Rinzai, Rinzai Gigen [ Japanese] )
Tilopa ( 988 - 1069 )
( Tilo, Tillo, Tillipa, Tailopa, Telopa,
sNum-pa, Mar-nag 'tsong-mkhan, Til-brdung-mkhan )
Naropa ( 1016 - 1100 )
( Nadapada, Narotapa, Naro, Narota, rTsa-bshad-pa )
Marpa ( 1012 - 1099 )
( the Translator, Marpa Lotsawa, Marpa Chökyi Lodrö )
Milarepa ( 1040 - 1123 )
( Mila, Mi-La-Ras-Pa, Jetsün Milarepa, Jetsèun-Milarepa )
Dogen ( 1200 - 1253 )
(Eihei Dogen Zenji, Koso Joyo Daishi, Dogen Kigen)
Ikkyu ( 1394 - 1481 )
( Ikkyu Sojun, Crazy Cloud )
Drukpa Kunley ( 1455 - 1570 ) ( 1455 - 1529 )
( Drugpa Künlek, Druk Nyön Künga Lekpa )
Han-Shan ( 1546 - 1623 )
(of the Ming Dynasty)
( Han-Shan Te'-Ch'-ing, Shrama.na Han-shan De-ching, Sramana Te Ch'ing,
Silly Mountain)
Hakuin ( 1686 - 1768 )
(Hakuin Ekaku, Sugiyama Iwajiro)
Hsu Yun ( 1840 - 1959 )
( Xu-Yun, Xu-yun, Yun Kung, Reverend Yun, Empty Cloud )
(some of the Great)
Traditional Texts:The Platform (or Altar) Sutra of
Hui Neng (The Sixth Patriarch)The Traditions of Buddhism
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