12th-century Buddhists

was a key Japanese Buddhist figure of the Kamakura Period who is regarded as the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Japanese Buddhism. A pupil of Hōnen, the founder of the Japanese Pure Land movement, Shinran articulated a distinctive Pure Land vision that emphasized faith and absolute reliance on Amida Buddha’s other-power.

Tibetan Buddhist teacher

empress consort of Japan

Samurai and founder of the Hiraizumi or Northern Fujiwara dynasty

Tibetan Buddhist Lama and scholar