World Religion Chronology






Aurobindo Ghose

Hinduism


Gandhi

Hinduism


Jiddu Krishnamurti

Hinduism


Ma Anandamayî

Hinduism


Martin Buber

Hassidism


Martin Luther King

Protestantism


Mother Teresa

Catholicism


Muktananda

Hinduism


Paramhansa Yogananda

Kriya Yoga


Ramana Maharshi

Hinduism


Ramdas

Hinduism


Sheikh Muzaffer

Sufism




Abd el-Kader

Sufism


Athenagoras

Orthodoxy


Gizan

Zen (Chan)


Heinrich Suso

Christianity


Ramakrishna

Hinduism


Shri Yukteswar

Kriya Yoga


Tagore

Hinduism


Vivekananda

Hinduism




Saint Seraphim de Sarov

Orthodoxy


William Blake

Litterature




Angelus Silesius

Litterature


Hakuin

Zen (Chan)


Jean Pierre de Caussade

Catholicism


Ramdasa

Hinduism


Thomas Traherne

Christianity


Tukaram

Hinduism




Dadu

Others Beliefs


Jacob Boehme

Christianity


Saint John of the Cross

Catholicism


Saint Teresa of Avila

Catholicism




Jami

Sufism


Kabir

Litterature


Nicholas of Cusa

Catholicism


Wang Yangming

Neo Confucianism




Bassui Zenji

Zen (Chan)


John Ruusbroec

Christianity


Saint Catherine of Siena

Christianity


Saint Gregory Palamas

Orthodoxy


Thomas a Kempis

Christianity




Attar

Sufism


Ibn 'Arabi

Sufism


Lu Hsiang Shan

Neo Confucianism


MOCHÈ bèn Maïmone

Judaism


Saint Francis of Assisi

Catholicism




Baba Kuhi of Shiraz

Sufism


Chang Tsai

Neo Confucianism


Cheng Yi

Neo Confucianism


Chow Tun-i

Neo Confucianism


Ghazzali

Sufism


Milarepa

Mahayana


Salomon Ibn Gabirol

Judaism


Shao Yong

Neo Confucianism


Szu-hsin Wu-hsin

Zen (Chan)




Abu Sa'id

Sufism


Al-Junayd

Sufism


Saint Symeon the New Theologian

Orthodoxy




Dhu-l-Nun

Sufism


Hallaj

Sufism


Huang Po

Zen (Chan)


Ts’ao-shan Pen-chi

Zen (Chan)




Bistami

Sufism


Rabia al-Adawiyya

Sufism


Shankara

Hinduism




Hui Neng

Zen (Chan)


Yoka Daishi

Zen (Chan)


Yung-chia Ta-shih

Zen (Chan)




Muhammad

Islam




Bodhidharma

Zen (Chan)


Diadochos of Photiki

Orthodoxy


Hesychius of Jerusalem

Orthodoxy


Saint Hesychios the Priest

Orthodoxy


Saint Mark the Ascetic

Orthodoxy




Huiyan

Zen (Chan)


Saint Augustine

Christianity


Saint Evagrios the Solitary

Orthodoxy


Saint Gregory of Nyssa

Christianity


Saint Isaac the Syrian

Orthodoxy


Saint Macarius of Egypt

Christianity


Seng-Chao

Mahayana




Hippolytus

Gnostics


Iamblichus

Néoplatonism


Kuo Hsiang

Neo Daoism


Wang Bi

Daoism




Maximus of Tyre

Philosophy


Nagarjuna

Madhyamaka


Patanjali

Kriya Yoga




Appolonius Of Tyana

Christianity


Dionysius the Areopagite

Christianity


Jesus Christ

Christianity


Plutarch

Philosophy


Saint Paul

Christianity


Seneca

Stoicism


Simon Magus

Gnostics




Jeshua ben Sirach

Judaism




Epictetus

Stoicism


Marcus Aurelius

Stoicism




Plotinus

Néoplatonism




Meng-tzu

Confucianism




Empedocles

Pythagoricism


Plato

Platonism


Tchuang Tzu

Daoism




Buddha Sakyamuni

Buddhism


Confucius

Confucianism


Heraclitus

Philosophy


Lao Tzu

Daoism


Vimalakirti

Madhyamaka