Who are important people to Buddhists?

Answer 1

I'll give a brief answer in two aspects of this question. 1) WHAT are important people to Buddhists. 2) WHO are important people to Buddhists. I suppose you had 2) in mind when writing the question but, what the hey?!

1) An important person to a Buddhist, in my view, is a person who does good things. Good for oneself as well as for others. Some Buddhists certainly wouldn't agree with this because of my use of the word "good". There are "good" reasons for this, but, I'm not going to get into it. Never mind.

2) Important people to Buddhists are first and foremost, Shakyamuni Buddha, or the guy we call the Buddha. There were Buddhas before him, and to some Buddhists, those Buddhas are important. Some important people since the Buddha are Buddhagosa, Sariputra, Bodhidharma, and The Sixth Patriarch (the latter two are important in Zen). The Dalai Lama is one of the few people alive today who are considered important in Buddhism. One could go on and on but ....

AnswerThe most important person to Buddhist are themselves. As a Zen Master in San Francisco said; " You are a perfect being yourself, but you can still improve."

Answer: The most important people to Buddhism is Gods, human, animal, and everything that are alive in this world because his like gods he care about use he want people all around the world to do good stuff not bad stuff and not stuff that are stupid...:)

Answer 2

There are total of five notable or important people of the Buddhism religion. Here is the list: Gautama, Ananda, Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Sakyamuni.

Answer 3

Siddhartha Gautama