Template:Infobox Buddhist teacher

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Date of birth:	{{{Date of Birth}}}
Place of birth:
Birth name:
Date of death:
Place of death:
School:
Practice School:
Lineage:
Order:
Titles/Honors:
Quote:

Infobox Buddhist teacher. This is a proposed infobox to be used for Buddhist teachers or leaders. Please see the discussion here or on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Buddhism page for more information. Please contribute your thoughts on making this a valuable info box for Buddhist teachers.

Examples:

• "School" would = Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayāna, or the Early Schools

• "Practice School" (sometimes referred to as simply "school", "sect", or "tradition") = Thammayut Nikaya, etc. in the Theravada; Zen, Pure Land, Avatamasaka, etc. in the Mahayana; and Gelug, Kadampa, etc. in the Vajrayāna

• "Lineage" = Rinzai, Soto, Obaku in Zen

• "Order" = Tiep Hien, Amida, Myoshin-ji, etc.

• "Titles/Honors" could include Geshe in the Vajrayāna school, "Venerable", Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, etc.

To use this infobox, click on "edit this page" and copy and paste the infobox code into the article about the Buddhist teacher. On that page, you can make changes to the infobox to reflect the terminology of that school of Buddhism or your preference. Please do not change the color of the name row, the saffron is used to distinquish Buddhist teachers from other religious teachers or leaders, see Wikipedia:List of infoboxes/Society for more info about the proposed color schemes.