Credits

Who Satsang draws on.

Talks: Hillside Hermitage (Ajahn Nyanamoli Thero and the Hillside Hermitage Sangha), embedded with YouTube's official player. Support their work at hillsidehermitage.org.
Teacher and tradition facts: Wikidata (CC0) and the teachers' own websites.
Avatars: mascot-avatars 0.2.0 (MIT), © 2026 s1dashu; package by Ato Augustine.
Maps: map tiles and data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Leaflet 1.9.4 (BSD-2-Clause) © Vladimir Agafonkin, CloudMade; Leaflet.markercluster 1.5.3 (MIT) © Dave Leaver.
Places: coordinates, founding years and official links from Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (Nominatim / Photon) and each place’s own site; Goenka Vipassana centres from the dhamma.org directory. Contact details are shown as each organisation publishes them, with the source page and the date checked. Free books are linked on the publisher’s own site, never rehosted.
Model engine: chenglou/handwired (MIT).

Portraits

From Wikimedia Commons (the Wikidata image of each person), public domain, Creative Commons or Commons’ Attribution licence (credit required), shown unmodified apart from cropping.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda: Prabhupada on a morning walk in Germany 1974.jpg, Christian Jansen, CC BY 3.0
Adyashanti: Adyashanti 2013-04.jpg, Greg Beda, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ajahn Amaro: Ajahn Amaro.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY 2.0
Ajahn Brahm: Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera.jpg, Goh, CC BY-SA 2.0
Ajahn Jayasāro: Ajahn Jayasaro in Bangkok on 11 December 2018.png, Buddhadāsa Indapañño Archives, CC BY 3.0
Ajahn Khemadhammo: LPK Close up.jpg, Luangpor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ajahn Mahā Boowa: ณ สัทธา อุทยานไทย Nasatta (86).jpg, กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ajahn Mun: ณ สัทธา อุทยานไทย Nasatta (65).jpg, กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ajahn Pasanno: Abluangporpasanno.jpg, Brcar, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo: วัดภูเขาแก้ว4.jpg, วัดภูเขาแก้ว, CC0
Ajahn Sucitto: Ajahn Sucitto.jpg, Chithurst, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ajahn Sumedho: Sumedho Bhikkhu.jpg, Jake Barnes, cropped by user:Xiengyod~commonswiki, CC BY 2.0
Ajahn Thate Desaransi: Ajahn Thate2.jpg, Thomas Faunce, CC0
Ajahn Viradhammo: Ajahn Viradhammo (cropped).jpg, Vellino, CC BY-SA 4.0
Akong Tulku Rinpoche: Dr Akong Tulku Rinpoche.jpg, Billlion at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Aleister Crowley: Aleister Crowley, thinker.jpg, Aleister Crowley, Public domain
Anandamayi Ma: Ma Anandamayi.jpg, The original uploader was Louperivois at French Wikipedia., Public domain
Bart D. Ehrman: Bart-d-ehrman-2012-wikipedia.jpg, Dan Sears, CC BY 4.0
Bede Griffiths: Father Bede Griffiths in Aarhus, Denmark, June 1984.jpg, Dialogcentret billedarkiv, CC BY 2.0
Bernie Glassman: Bernard Glassman 10.jpg, Stephanie Young Merzel from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, CC BY 2.0
Bhagavad Gita: BhagavadGita-19th-century-Illustrated-Sanskrit-Chapter 1.20.21.jpg, Unknown artist, Public domain
Bhagawan Nityananda: Youngnityananda.jpg, AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana: Bhante Henepola Gunaratana.png, GumRumGum, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bhante Sujato: Ajahn Sujato.png, Sasana.pl, CC BY 3.0
Bhikkhu Anālayo: Bhikkhu Analayo.jpg, Bhikkhu Analayo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bhikkhu Bodhi: Bhikku Bodhi.jpg, Ken and Visakha Kawasaki, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bodhidharma: BodhidharmaYoshitoshi1887.jpg, Yoshitoshi, Public domain
Brad Warner: Brad3.jpg, Doubtboy, CC BY-SA 3.0
Brother Roger of Taizé: Brother Roger at prayer.jpg, João Pedro Gonçalves, CC BY-SA 2.5
Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu: BuddhadasaAsiti60.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Christopher Titmuss: Christopher Titmuss portrait.jpg, Ctitmuss, Public domain
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche: Trungpa from Khenpo gangshar2 cropped image.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche: ChokyiNyimaRinpoche.jpg, Sherab, Public domain
Cynthia Bourgeault: 2017 Festival of Faiths (34521928162).jpg, Festival of Faiths from Louisville, United States, CC BY 2.0
Dion Fortune: Violet Mary Firthova (1890 1946).jpg, Author of this photo is unknown person., Public domain
Dipa Ma: Dipa Ma IMS.png, KellyPhD, CC BY-SA 3.0
Douglas Harding: Douglas Harding & Wolter @ 3-4 Nov.1984.jpg, Menno23, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche.jpg, Pedro Rocha, CC BY 2.0
Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Karmapa: Karmapa1.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Dōgen: Dogen.jpg, Shii, Public domain
Eido Shimano: Shimano eidou.jpg, SHIVASHIN555, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gampopa: Gampopa.jpg, Yaska, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gangaji: Gangaji 2.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5
Garchen Rinpoche: Garchen.jpg, Sherab at Russian Wikipedia, Public domain
Gary Lachman: Blondie (Gary Valentine Lachman).jpg, Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0
George Fox: George Fox.jpg, User Magnus Manske on en.wikipedia, Public domain
George Gurdjieff: Georges Gurdjieff.JPG, Janet Flanner-Solita Solano papers., Public domain
Gudō Wafu Nishijima: Gudo Wafu Nishijima.gif, Permission granted by James M. Cohen, Attorney at Law, CC BY-SA 3.0
H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji): Papaji 1.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5
Hakuun Yasutani: D'Orschy und Yasutani Roshi.jpg, Monika Mauer, Angela Thelen, CC BY 3.0
Helena Blavatsky: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.jpg, Unsure, Public domain
Henry Shukman: Henry Shukman (Mark Paul Petrick photographer).jpg, Rorytheway, CC0
Houn Jiyu-Kennett: RevMasterJiyu.jpg, Justsitting, CC BY-SA 4.0
Huineng: Huineng.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Ibn 'Arabi: Ibn Arabi.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Inayat Khan: Hazrat Inayat Khan 002.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Jack Kornfield: Jack Kornfield.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY 2.0
Jacob Needleman: Jacob-Needleman 2014.jpg, Gazebo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Jakob Böhme: Portret van Jakob Böhme, RP-P-OB-2353.jpg, Rijksmuseum, CC0
Je Tsongkhapa: Tsongkhapa.Kumbum.jpg, Mario Biondi, CC BY-SA 2.5
Jesus: Spas vsederzhitel sinay (cropped1).jpg, Unknown artist, Public domain
Jiddu Krishnamurti: Jiddu Krishnamurti 01.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Joan Halifax: Joan Halifax and the Dalai Lama.jpg, Adam from USA, CC BY 2.0
John Crook: John Crook PL.jpg, Momidor, CC0
John Daido Loori: Daido Roshi in the Buddha Hall.jpeg, Dharma Communications, CC BY-SA 3.0
Julian of Norwich: Statue of Dame Julian.JPG, Poliphilo, CC0
Karl König: Karl König with his professors in Vienna, 1925.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kyabje Ling Rinpoche (6th): Ling Rinpoche at Hyderbad House, N.Delhi. 1956 (cropped).jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (3rd): Trijang-Rinpoche-01.jpg, Evan Osherow from Bowie, AZ, USA, CC BY 2.0
Kōdō Sawaki: Kodo Sawaki Zazen.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Lahiri Mahasaya: Lahiri Mahasaya.jpg, AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain
Lama Thubten Yeshe: Starting from You - Lama Yeshe.png, TheMindOrchestra, CC BY 3.0
Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche: Lame Yeshe Losal London June 2010.jpg, secretlondon123, CC BY-SA 2.0
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Kyabje Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche December 2008 Kopan monastery Nepal.jpg, Aikido, CC BY-SA 3.0
Laurence Freeman OSB: Laurence Freeman11.JPG, Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ledi Sayadaw: Ledi Sayadaw portrait.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Mahasi Sayadaw: Der ehrwuerdige sayadaw.jpg, Klaus Rettich, Public domain
Mahavatar Babaji: Babaji-transparent.png, Sananda Lal Ghosh, Public domain
Marguerite Porete: De baghine Des dodes dantz Lubeck 1489.jpg, Unknow, CC BY-SA 3.0
Marpa the Translator: Marpa painting Holy isle.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY 2.5
Marsilio Ficino: Marsilio Ficino - Angel Appearing to Zacharias (detail).jpg, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Public domain
Mary Magdalene: Philippe de Champaigne - The Repentant Magdalen - Google Art Project.jpg, Philippe de Champaigne, Public domain
Meister Eckhart: Meister Eckhart base copie.jpg, Andrea di Bonaiuto, CC BY-SA 4.0
Michael Sugrue: Michael Sugrue.jpg, Genevievesugrue, CC BY-SA 4.0
Milarepa: Bhutanese painted thanka of Milarepa (1052-1135), Late 19th-early 20th Century, Dhodeydrag Gonpa, Thimphu, Bhutan.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Mitch Horowitz: MitchHorowitz.jpg, BrettBurton, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mooji: Mooji biography.jpg, Mooji, Public domain
Muhō Nölke: Muho.jpg, Sendaba, CC BY-SA 3.0
Naropa: Mahasiddha Naropa.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Nisargadatta Maharaj: Nisargadatta Maharaj.jpg, Shree Nisargadatta Adhyatma Kendra, Attribution
Nyanaponika Thera: Nyanaponika Maha Thera.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
Nyanatiloka Mahathera: Nyanatiloka Maha Thera.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
Ogyen Trinley Dorje, 17th Karmapa: Orgyen Trinley Dorje, 2017 (cropped).jpg, Andrew Scheer, CC0
P. D. Ouspensky: Ouspensky-kansi-2019.jpg, Lapsenlapsi, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pa-Auk Sayadaw: Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa.jpg, Paingpeace, CC BY-SA 4.0
Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche): Guru Rinpoche in mist 2.jpg, John Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0
Paramahansa Yogananda: Paramahansa Yogananda.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Pema Chödrön: Pema chodron 2007 cropped.jpg, https://www.flickr.com/people/64954998@N00, CC BY-SA 2.0
Philip Carr-Gomm: Phillipcarrgomm.jpg, Ebm2002, CC BY-SA 4.0
Philip Kapleau: Phillip Kapleau.jpg, No machine-readable author provided. Mind meal~commonswiki assumed, Public domain
Plato: Plato Silanion Musei Capitolini MC1377.jpg, Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.5
Plotinus: Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Roma, 1969) - BEIC 6353762.jpg, Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pramukh Swami Maharaj: Pramukhswami1.jpg, 09bec027, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pravrajika Vrajaprana: Pr Vrajaprana.jpg, Fanya Becks, CC BY-SA 4.0
Proclus: In primum Euclidis elementorum librum 01.jpg, Euclid Francesco Barozzi, Public domain
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite: Fra Angelico — Crucifixion with Saints.jpg, Gleb Simonov, Public domain
Pythagoras: Kapitolinischer Pythagoras.jpg, The original uploader was Galilea at German Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
Radhanath Swami: Radhanath Swami at Santiago de Compostela.JPG, Ilya Mauter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ramakrishna: Ramakrishna.jpg, Abinash Chandra Dna, Public domain
Ramana Maharshi: Sri Ramana Maharshi - Portrait - G. G Welling - 1948.jpg, G. G. Welling, Public domain
Ramesh Balsekar: Ramesh1999.jpg, RameshBalsekar2009, CC BY-SA 4.0
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa: Karmapa16 3 gross.jpg, an employee of the Austrian Buddhist society, Public domain
Richard Gombrich: Richard Gombrich a pordenonelegge.jpg, Sararocutto, CC BY-SA 4.0
Richard Rohr: RichardRohrOFM.jpg, Center for Action and Contemplation, CC0
Ross Nichols: PeterPhilipRossNichols.jpg, Philipcg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Rudolf Steiner: Steiner um 1905.jpg, Otto Rietmann, Public domain
Rupert Spira: Rupert Spira.jpg, Awareness, CC BY 3.0
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers: Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers in Egyptian getup.jpg, The original uploader was Ihcoyc at English Wikipedia., Public domain
Sangharakshita: Sangharakshita2002.jpg, The original uploader was Tathaataa at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0
Sayadaw U Paṇḍita: AnisakhanSayadaw UPandita ဆရာတော် ဦးပဏ္ဍိတ1954-05-XX.jpg, Unnamed photographers, uploader User:Zenwort, Public domain
Sayadaw U Tejaniya: Sayadaw U Tejaniya and Bhikku Kumara CROPPED.jpg, Kumara Bhikkhu, CC BY 3.0
Sharon Salzberg: Sharon Salzberg (49614105351).jpg, Christopher Michel from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0
Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani: Nazim Haqqani.jpg, Shaykhana, CC BY-SA 4.0
Shinge Roshi: Shingeroshi.jpg, Chimon21, CC BY-SA 3.0
Shohaku Okumura: Shohaku3.jpg, Nachase at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Shunryu Suzuki: Shunryu Suzuki at Zen Mountain Center (cropped).png, Tim Buckley, Lynn Good, or Robert Boni, Public domain
Socrates: Socrates Louvre.jpg, Copy of Lysippos, Public domain
Sophrony (Sakharov): Eldersophrony.jpg, Jack1956, Public domain
Sri Daya Mata: Sri Daya Mata.jpg, Daya Mata, Public domain
Sri Sarada Devi (Holy Mother): Holy mother sarada.jpg, Unknown author, Public domain
Stephen Batchelor: Stephen Batchelor.jpg, ottmarliebert.com, CC BY-SA 2.0
Swami Abhishiktananda (Henri Le Saux): Swami Abhishiktananda.jpg, O. Baumer, CC BY-SA 3.0
Swami Brahmananda: Swami Brahmananda in Madras.jpg, AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain
Swami Dayananda Saraswati: Swami Dayananda Saraswati.jpg, Lisamwoz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Swami Lakshmanjoo: Swami Lakshman Joo (741301).jpg, Unspecified, CC0
Swami Medhananda (Ayon Maharaj): Medhananda2022.jpg, Ellis408, CC0
Swami Muktananda: Muktananda-00-D.jpg, Richard Rappaport [1] [2], CC BY-SA 3.0
Swami Sarvapriyananda: Swami Sarvapriyananda.png, Subhobrata Chakravorti, CC BY-SA 4.0
Swami Sivananda: Krishnananda and Sivananda 1945.jpg, Krishnananda.org, Public domain
Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri: Sri-Yukteswar-1.jpg, Sri Yukteswar, Public domain
Swami Tejomayananda: Tejomayananda.png, Narendra Modi, CC BY-SA 2.0
Swami Vishnudevananda: Swamiji Classic 1.jpg, no authors, CC0
Swami Vivekananda: Swami Vivekananda-1893-09-signed.jpg, The original uploader was Dziewa at English Wikipedia., Public domain
Taizan Maezumi: Taizan Maezumi 2.jpg, Kanzeon Zen Center, CC BY 2.0
Thanissaro Bhikkhu: Ajaan Goeff Dhamma Talk cropped.jpg, Ajaan_Goeff_Dhamma_Talk.jpg: Sakula, CC BY-SA 3.0
The 14th Dalai Lama: The Dalai Lama in 2012.jpg, Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Buddha: Buddha in Sarnath Museum (Dhammajak Mutra).jpg, พระมหาเทวประภาส วชิรญาณเมธี, CC BY-SA 3.0
The Nag Hammadi library: El Evangelio de Tomás-Gospel of Thomas- Codex II Manuscritos de Nag Hammadi-The Nag Hammadi manuscripts.png, Unknown author, Public domain
Thich Nhat Hanh: Thich Nhat Hanh 12 (cropped).jpg, Duc, CC BY-SA 2.0
Thomas Keating: Thomas Keating.jpg, Christopher, CC BY 2.0
Thomas Merton: Merton Trappist.gif, Mind meal at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Thupten Jinpa: HH the Dalai Lama enlightened translator, Dr. Thupten Jinpa.jpg, *christopher*, CC BY 2.0
Tilopa: Tilopa.jpg, Original uploader was גלגל האש at he.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Tsoknyi Rinpoche: FestivalFeminineJN 1358 (41145316524).jpg, Festival of Faiths from Louisville, United States, CC BY 2.0
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche: Urgyen.jpg, Sherab, Public domain
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Yongey-Mingyur-Rinpoche-in-2016.jpg, Gazebo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Zentatsu Richard Baker: Zentatsu Richard Baker in 2008.jpg, Vijnapti, Public domain
Zhaozhou Congshen: Zhaozhou Congshen-Fozu zhengzong daoying37.jpg, Artist unknown, Public domain
Ñāṇavīra Thera: Nanavira Thera.jpg, Path Press, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ādi Śaṅkara: Raja Ravi Varma - Sankaracharya.jpg, Raja Ravi Varma, Public domain

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