World Religion Chronology

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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

XIX

Abd el-Kader Sufism Athenagoras Orthodoxy Gizan Zen (Chan) Heinrich Suso Christianity Ramakrishna Hinduism Shri Yukteswar Kriya Yoga Tagore Hinduism Vivekananda Hinduism

XVIII

Saint Seraphim de Sarov Orthodoxy William Blake Litterature

XVII

Angelus Silesius Litterature Hakuin Zen (Chan) Jean Pierre de Caussade Catholicism Ramdasa Hinduism Thomas Traherne Christianity Tukaram Hinduism

XVI

Dadu Others Beliefs Jacob Boehme Christianity Saint John of the Cross Catholicism Saint Teresa of Avila Catholicism

XV

Jami Sufism Kabir Litterature Nicholas of Cusa Catholicism Wang Yangming Neo Confucianism

XIV

Bassui Zenji Zen (Chan) John Ruusbroec Christianity Saint Catherine of Siena Christianity Saint Gregory Palamas Orthodoxy Thomas a Kempis Christianity

XII

Attar Sufism Ibn 'Arabi Sufism Lu Hsiang Shan Neo Confucianism MOCHÈ bèn Maïmone Judaism Saint Francis of Assisi Catholicism

XI

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)

X

Abu Sa'id Sufism Al-Junayd Sufism Saint Symeon the New Theologian Orthodoxy

IX

Dhu-l-Nun Sufism Hallaj Sufism Huang Po Zen (Chan) Ts’ao-shan Pen-chi Zen (Chan)

VIII

Bistami Sufism Rabia al-Adawiyya Sufism Shankara Hinduism

VII

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

VI

Muhammad Islam

V

Bodhidharma Zen (Chan) Diadochos of Photiki Orthodoxy Hesychius of Jerusalem Orthodoxy Saint Hesychios the Priest Orthodoxy Saint Mark the Ascetic Orthodoxy

IV

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

III

Hippolytus Gnostics Iamblichus Néoplatonism Kuo Hsiang Neo Daoism Wang Bi Daoism

II

Maximus of Tyre Philosophy Nagarjuna Madhyamaka Patanjali Kriya Yoga

I

Appolonius Of Tyana Christianity Dionysius the Areopagite Christianity Jesus Christ Christianity Plutarch Philosophy Saint Paul Christianity Seneca Stoicism Simon Magus Gnostics

-I

Jeshua ben Sirach Judaism

-II

Epictetus Stoicism Marcus Aurelius Stoicism

-III

Plotinus Néoplatonism

-IV

Meng-tzu Confucianism

-V

Empedocles Pythagoricism Plato Platonism Tchuang Tzu Daoism

-VI

Buddha Sakyamuni Buddhism Confucius Confucianism Heraclitus Philosophy Lao Tzu Daoism Vimalakirti Madhyamaka