Credits

Who Wiser 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.
• 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.

• 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 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 Sumedho: Sumedho Bhikkhu.jpg, Jake Barnes, cropped by user:Xiengyod~commonswiki, CC BY 2.0
• 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
• Bhagavad Gita: BhagavadGita-19th-century-Illustrated-Sanskrit-Chapter 1.20.21.jpg, Unknown artist, Public domain
• Brad Warner: Brad3.jpg, Doubtboy, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Cynthia Bourgeault: 2017 Festival of Faiths (34521928162).jpg, Festival of Faiths from Louisville, United States, CC BY 2.0
• Dōgen: Dogen.jpg, Shii, Public domain
• Gary Lachman: Blondie (Gary Valentine Lachman).jpg, Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0
• George Gurdjieff: Georges Gurdjieff.JPG, Janet Flanner-Solita Solano papers., Public domain
• H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji): Papaji 1.jpg, Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5
• Helena Blavatsky: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.jpg, Unsure, Public domain
• Henry Shukman: Henry Shukman (Mark Paul Petrick photographer).jpg, Rorytheway, CC0
• 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
• 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
• Lahiri Mahasaya: Lahiri Mahasaya.jpg, AnonymousUnknown 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
• 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
• Mitch Horowitz: MitchHorowitz.jpg, BrettBurton, CC BY-SA 4.0
• Mooji: Mooji biography.jpg, Mooji, Public domain
• Nisargadatta Maharaj: Nisargadatta Maharaj.jpg, Shree Nisargadatta Adhyatma Kendra, Attribution
• 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
• Paramahansa Yogananda: Paramahansa Yogananda.jpg, Unknown author, 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
• 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
• 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
• Richard Rohr: RichardRohrOFM.jpg, Center for Action and Contemplation, CC0
• Rudolf Steiner: Steiner um 1905.jpg, Otto Rietmann, Public domain
• Rupert Spira: Rupert Spira.jpg, Awareness, CC BY 3.0
• Sharon Salzberg: Sharon Salzberg (49614105351).jpg, Christopher Michel from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0
• 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
• Sri Daya Mata: Sri Daya Mata.jpg, Daya Mata, Public domain
• Sri Sarada Devi (Holy Mother): Holy mother sarada.jpg, Unknown 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 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 Vivekananda: Swami Vivekananda-1893-09-signed.jpg, The original uploader was Dziewa at English Wikipedia., Public domain
• 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
• 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
• 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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