List of converts to Buddhism from Christianity

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This is a list of notable converts to Buddhism from Christianity.

Roberto Baggio
Pema Chödrön
Steve Jobs
Name Former denomination Nationality Notes Refs.
Roberto Baggio Roman Catholicism Italian footballer [1][2]
Solomon Bandaranaike Anglicanism Sri Lankan former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and founder of Sri Lanka Freedom Party [3]
Seta Manoukian Armenian Apostolic Church Armenian Armenian painter [4]
Helena Blavatsky Russian Orthodox Church Russian philosopher, occultist, founder of the Theosophical Society [5]
Orlando Bloom Church of England English actor [6][7]
Ajahn Brahm N/A English religious teacher and student of the late Thai monk Ajahn Chah [8]
Ajahn Candasiri N/A Scottish Thai Theravada Buddhist nun [9][10]
Pema Chödrön Roman Catholicism American Tibetan Buddhist nun [11]
Thomas William Rhys Davids Congregationalism British scholar of the Pāli language [12]
Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle Society of Jesus German religious teacher [13]
Fabian Fucan Society of Jesus Japanese writer of tracts, at first supporting Christianity and then criticizing it [14]
Junius Richard Jayewardene N/A Sri Lankan first President of Sri Lanka and former Prime minister [15]
Steve Jobs Lutheranism American co-founder of Apple Computer, Inc. [16][17]
Charles R. Johnson African Methodist Episcopal Church American political cartoonist, novelist and Buddhist writer [18]
Irvin Kershner N/A American film director [19]
Dewi Lestari Pentecostalism Indonesian singer and writer [20][21]
Tina Turner Baptist Swiss singer and actress [22]
Herman Vetterling Swedenborgianism American mystic but he retained elements of Swedenborg thought after his conversion [23][24]

References

  1. ↑ Planet Sport: Roberto Baggio returns ponytail for Italian federation Guardian – August 8, 2010
  2. ↑ "Buddisti Soka Gakkai. Una Sabina vi convertirà" (in Italian). Chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  3. ↑ Melkonian, Neery. "Lebanon in the Armenian Imaginary: So Close with a Distance". Seismopolite: Journal of Art and Politics. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ↑ New York Times
  5. ↑ Cranston 1993, p. 9.
  6. ↑ Orlando Bloom 'converts to Buddhism'
  7. ↑ Interview with Orlando Bloom Archived 2008-03-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "I Kidnapped a Monk!". Buddhistdoor International. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  9. ↑ BBC
  10. ↑ Ajahn Candasiri's website Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ PBS
  12. ↑ "Buddhist India, by T.W. Rhys Davids". Fsnow.com. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  13. ↑ "Sanbokyodan Zen and the Way of the New Religions by Robert H. Sharf, Terebess Asia Online (TAO)". Terebess.hu. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  14. ↑ De Bary, William Theodore (2008). Sources of East Asian Tradition: The modern period. Columbia University Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-0-231-14323-3.
  15. ↑ de Silva, K. M.; William Howard Wriggins (1988). J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-8248-1183-6.
  16. ↑ What do Steve Jobs’s final words mean?
  17. ↑ The spiritual side of Steve Jobs
  18. ↑ Charles R. Johnson interview at Monsters&Critics: "Buddhism has been my refuge (as it was intended to be for practitioners) since I was 14-years-old, and first sat in formal meditation."
  19. ↑ Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of The Making of The Empire Strikes Back by Alan Arnold (1980, Sphere Books) p.238.
  20. ↑ Dewi 'Dee' Lestari: Love, spirituality and ecology
  21. ↑ Sensasi Pernikahan Kedua Dewi Lestari
  22. ↑ Orth, Maureen (2004). "Proud Tina: Tina Turner". The Importance of Being Famous. Henry Holt and Company. p. 42. ISBN 9780805075458. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  23. ↑ The Dharma of Emanuel Swedenborg: A Buddhist Perspective
  24. ↑ Imagining Tibet : Perceptions, Projections, and Fantasies by Thierry Dodin
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