Universal Chronology of the Spirituality from 1st to 8th century AD

[6 century BC to 1st century AD...]   [9th to 16th century AD...]

VIII

Buddhism

Confucianism

Christianity

Islam Rabia al-Adawiyya Sufism

Others Beliefs Shankara Hinduism

VII

Buddhism Hui Neng Zen (Chan) Yoka Daishi Zen (Chan) Yung-chia Ta-shih Zen (Chan)

Confucianism

Christianity

Islam

Others Beliefs

VI

Buddhism

Confucianism

Christianity

Islam Muhammad Islam

Others Beliefs

V

Buddhism Bodhidharma Zen (Chan)

Confucianism

Christianity Diadochos of Photiki Orthodoxy Hesychius of Jerusalem Orthodoxy Saint Hesychios the Priest Orthodoxy Saint Mark the Ascetic Orthodoxy

Islam

Others Beliefs

IV

Buddhism Huiyan Zen (Chan) Seng-Chao Mahayana

Confucianism

Christianity Saint Gregory of Nyssa Christianity Saint Isaac the Syrian Orthodoxy Saint Augustine Catholicism Saint Evagrios the Solitary Orthodoxy Saint Macarius of Egypt Christianity

Islam

Others Beliefs

III

Buddhism

Confucianism

Christianity Hippolytus Gnostics

Islam

Others Beliefs Iamblichus Néoplatonism Kuo Hsiang Neo Taoism Wang Bi Neo Taoism

II

Buddhism Nagarjuna Madhyamaka

Confucianism

Christianity Athenagoras Christianity

Islam

Others Beliefs Maximus of Tyre Philosophy Patanjali Kriya Yoga

I

Buddhism

Confucianism

Christianity Simon Magus Gnostics Appolonius Of Tyana Christianity Dionysius the Areopagite Christianity Saint Paul Christianity Jesus Christ Christianity

Islam

Others Beliefs Plutarch Philosophy Seneca Stoicism