The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw U Sobhana (, ; 29 July 1904 – 14 August 1982 ) was a Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk and meditation master who had a significant impact on the teaching of Vipassana ( Insight ) meditation in the West and throughout Asia.

The late Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw was appointed the noble task of asking the required questions about the Dhamma of the Venerable Bhadanta Vicittasarabhivamsa who answered all of them learnedly and satisfactorily.

The Venerable Ledi Sayadaw U Ñanadhaja (, ; 1 December 1846 – 27 June 1923 ) was an influential Theravada Buddhist monk.

* Mogok Sayadaw ( Venerable Sayadawgyi U Wimala ) (" Mogok Sayadaw PayarGyi ") ( 1900 – 1962 ) Burmese monk and meditation master

She didn't give up her meditation practice however, and soon after embarked on her second retreat in a different frame of mind, at the Thathana Yeiktha center, where the Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw ( the most renowned monk, scholar, and meditation master in Burma at the time ) was teacher-in-residence.

* 1976: Venerable Karuna Dharma became the first fully ordained female member of the Buddhist monastic community in the U. S.

In 1977, Venerable Khemadhammo returned to the U. K. and, after staying in London and Birmingham, set up a small monastery on the Isle of Wight.

His contemporaries at the University included Venerable P. Panananda Nayaka Thera of Colombo, Venerable Dr. H. Saddhatissa Maha Thera ( who later became head of the London Buddhist Vihara ), Venerable Dr. U. Dhammaratana and the late Venerable Dr. Amritananda Thera, former head of the Sangha of Nepal.

The Khalkha Jebtsundamba Khutuktus (, Javzandamba Khutagt ; Tibetan: ར ྗེ་ བཙ ུ ན ་ དམ ་ པ ་ Jebtsundamba ; literally, " Holy Venerable Lord ") are the spiritual heads of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia.

Venerable Ajahn Chah Subhaddo ( Chao Khun Bodhinyana Thera ) (, alternatively spelled Achaan Chah, occasionally with honorific titles Luang Por and Phra ; 17 June 1918 – 16 January 1992 ) was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition.

Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (, Sergii Radonezhsky ), also transliterated as Sergey Radonezhsky or Serge of Radonezh, was a spiritual leader and monastic reformer of medieval Russia.

The City Of Ten Thousand Buddhas (, Vietnamese: Chùa Vạn Phật Thánh Thành ) is an international Buddhist community and monastery founded by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, an important figure in Western Buddhism.

According to an Old Believer legend, the oldest of the sketes, the Olenevsky Skete (, i. e. " The Skete of the Deer "), had supposedly been founded in the 15th century by some of Venerable Macarius's monks to commemorate their leader's Miracle of the Moose that took place at that site, and later joined the Raskol.

Bede ( ; ; 672 / 673 – 26 May 735 ), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (), was an English monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow ( see Monkwearmouth-Jarrow ), both in the Kingdom of Northumbria.

The only important British honours over which the Prime Minister does not have control are the Orders of the Garter, Thistle, and Merit ; the Royal Victorian Order ; and the Venerable Order of Saint John, which are all within the " personal gift " of the Sovereign.

The eighth century monk and chronicler the Venerable Bede wrote a history of the English church called Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum ; the history only covers events up to 731, but as one of the major sources for Anglo-Saxon history it provides important background information for Offa's reign.

In the 8th century, a famous epigram attributed to the Venerable Bede celebrated the symbolic significance of the statue in a prophecy that is variously quoted: Quamdiu stat Colisæus, stat et Roma ; quando cadet colisæus, cadet et Roma ; quando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus (" as long as the Colossus stands, so shall Rome ; when the Colossus falls, Rome shall fall ; when Rome falls, so falls the world ").

The author of a continuation of Dionysius's Computus, writing in 616, described Dionysius as a " most learned abbot of the city of Rome ", and the Venerable Bede accorded him the honorific abbas, which could be applied to any monk, especially a senior and respected monk, and does not necessarily imply that Dionysius ever headed a monastery ; indeed, Dionysius's friend Cassiodorus stated in Institutiones that he was still only a monk late in life.

Since 24 January 1956, the Archbishop of Québec has the ceremonial title of Primate of Canada ; the title was given to the reigning Archbishop of Québec by the Venerable Servant of God Pope Pius XII.

Far be it from Us, Venerable Brethren, to presume on the limits of the divine mercy which is infinite ; far from Us, to wish to scrutinize the hidden counsel and " judgements of God " which are " a great abyss " ( Ps.

The Jain Agamas also contain explicit use of this term aside from referencing Mahavira: The Ten Lectures on the Religious Profession of a Layman describe Ananda, a disciple of Mahavira, stating, " Venerable sir, I believe in the doctrine of the Nigaṇṭhas ; I am convinced of the Nigaṇṭha doctrine.

According to Venerable Hsuan Hua from the tradition of Chinese Buddhism, there are five types of beings who may speak the sutras of Buddhism: a buddha, a disciple of a buddha, a deva, a ṛṣi, or an emanation of one of these beings ; however, they must first receive certification from a buddha that its contents are true Dharma.

As for the mason-and-mortar Buddha image enshrined in the vihara at the Sri Mongkol Temple, the inhabitants of the realm named it Phra Chao Ong Luang ( พระเจ ้ าองค ์ หลวง ), or Venerable Holy One, and made it the representative image of Wat Sri Mongkol, which itself was later renamed to Wat Sri Mongkol South ; this Buddha image has been associated with the settlement and realm ever since.

* Venerable Order of Saint John, an English order of chivalry, parent body of St John Ambulance, at some time considered to be a langue of the Knights Hospitaller ; or

Duncan's personal influence and some happy displays of his vast personal strength held the crew of the Venerable to their duty ; but with one other exception, that of the Adamant, the ships refused to quit their anchorage at Yarmouth, leaving the Venerable and Adamant alone to keep up the pretence of the blockade.

At first he was anxious to bring up his fleet in a compact body, for at best his numbers were not more than equal to those of the Dutch ; but seeing the absolute necessity of immediate action, without waiting for the ships astern to come up, without waiting to form line of battle, and with the fleet in very irregular order of sailing, in two groups, led respectively by himself in the Venerable and Vice-admiral Richard Onslow in the Monarch, he made the signal to pass through the enemy's line and engage to leeward.

According to Venerable Hsuan Hua from the tradition of Chinese Buddhism, there are five types of beings who may speak the sutras of Buddhism: a buddha, a disciple of a buddha, a deva, a ṛṣi, or an emanation of one of these beings ; however, they must first receive certification from a buddha that its contents are true Dharma.

He or she also upon installation automatically becomes a Knight or Dame of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.

Clement X also had declared Venerable one of the famous spanish mystics, Sister María de Jesús de Ágreda.

The Venerable Leo Dupont also known as The Holy Man of Tours lived in Tours at about the same time.

He or she also upon installation automatically becomes a Knight or Dame of Justice and the Prior and Chief Officer in Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.

* Bouchard I the Venerable ( 1005 ), also count of Vendôme, Corbeil, and Melun

* The remains of the Venerable or the Blessed are sometimes exhumed to ensure their bodies lie in their correctly-marked graves, as their gravesites usually become places for devotees to gather, and also to collect relics.

* Augustus ( also "" or ""), " Majestic " or " Venerable "; an honorific cognomen exclusive to the emperor

During the Middle Ages the name was used first of all to denote Iceland, such as by Dicuil, by the Anglo-Saxon monk Venerable Bede in De ratione temporum, by the Landnámabók, by the anonymous Historia Norwegie and by the German cleric Adam of Bremen in his Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church, where they cite ancient writers ' use of Thule but also new knowledge since the end of antiquity.

Venerable Yin Shun also introduced a threefold classification for Buddhist teachings which designates this school as Xūwàng Wéishí Xì ( " False Imagination Mere Consciousness System ").

The special title prōtosebastos (" First Venerable One ") was created for Hadrianos, Alexios ' second brother, and awarded also to the Doge of Venice and the Sultan of Iconium.

In the case of Venerable Hsin Ping ( who was originally Venerable Zhizong ), he was also not officially elected, as he was Hsing Yun's designated heir apparent.

Peter the Venerable, also working in the twelfth century, studied Islam and made possible a Latin translation of the Qur ' an.

He was also a Knight of Grace of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem and was responsible for bringing the Military and Hospitaler Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem to Canada.

Toward the end of the 7th century, the Venerable Bede began a translation of scripture into Old English ( also called Anglo-Saxon ).

He was also a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jesuralem, and became Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific at Suva, which was founded with the support of his government.

Venerable Hsuan Hua, who taught Chán / Zen and Pure Land Buddhism, also taught that the external breathing reaches a state of stillness in correct meditation:

Weider was also a 1984 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, a member of the Quebec Sports Hall of Fame, and a Commander of the Venerable Order of St. John.

Sing Lung, ( 聖龍, also Sing Luhng, meaning Sage Dragon or Venerable Monk ) was a Chinese martial artist.

He is also commemorated in common with other saints of the Kiev Caves Laura on September 28 ( Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves ) and on the Second Sunday of Great Lent.

The 7 – 8th-century English monk St. Bede was referred to as being venerable soon after his death and, by tradition, is therefore often referred to as " the Venerable Bede " despite his also having been canonized.

In Buddhism, the Western style of Venerable ( also abbreviated as Ven.