Template:Infobox Buddhist biography

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Information
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	{{{other_names}}}
	{{{dharma_name}}}
	{{{birth_date}}}
	{{{birth_place}}}
	{{{death_date}}}
	{{{death_place}}}
	{{{nationality}}}
	{{{denomination}}}
	{{{school}}}
	{{{lineage}}}
	{{{title}}}
	{{{workplace}}}
	{{{education}}}
	{{{occupation}}}
	{{{teacher}}}
	{{{reincarnation_of}}}
	{{{predecessor}}}
	{{{successor}}}
	{{{student}}}
	{{{spouse}}}
	{{{partner}}}
	{{{children}}}
Website
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Usage

This infobox is for biographies of Buddhists.

The template for this infobox is set out below:

{{Infobox Buddhist biography
| name             = 
| img              = 
| img_size         = 
| img_capt         = 
| landscape        = 
| birth_name       =
| other_names      =
| dharma_name      = 
| birth_date       =
| birth_place      = 
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| nationality      = 
| denomination     = 
| school           =
| lineage          =
| title            =
| workplace        = 
| education        = 
| occupation       =
| teacher          = 
| reincarnation_of = 
| predecessor      = 
| successor        = 
| student          =
| spouse           =
| partner          =
| children         = 
| website          = 
}}

Field	Description
name	The full name of the individual.
img	The name of an image file containing a photograph of the individual. If the image is called "Image:Dalai Lama 1430 Luca Galuzzi 2007crop.jpg", just type "Dalai Lama 1430 Luca Galuzzi 2007crop.jpg". Do not include "Image:" or enclose the file name in double square brackets ("[[ ]]").
img_size	The width of the image in pixels (px). For example, if you wish the image to be 150px wide, type "150". Do not add "px" after the number. If no number is stated, the width defaults to 220px for an image for a portrait image (i.e., one the width of which is shorter than the height) and 300px for a landscape image (one the width of which is longer than the height).
img_capt	The caption for the image.
landscape	Indicate "yes" if the image has a landscape orientation, that is, if its width is longer than its height.
birth name	The birth name of the person.
other names	Other names the inidvidual is known by.
Dharma name(s)	Buddhist name/names given to them.
born	Date of birth: {{birth date and age|1930|1|15}} (if living) or {{birth date|1930|1|15}} (if dead). See Template:Birth date for details.
birth_place	Place of birth: city, administrative region, sovereign state.
death_date	Date of death: {{death date and age|1995|10|9|1930|1|15}} (if birth date is known) or {{death date|1995|10|9}} (if birth date unknown). See Template:Death date for details.
death_place	Place of death.
nationality	Nationality.
denomination	The kind of Buddhism the individual is/was known for; this will appear as religion, rather than denomination.
school	The kind of Buddhism the individual is/was known for.
lineage	For example: Sanbo Kyodan is a school of Zen practicing in the Harada-Yasutani lineage.
title	* Formal title, such as Dalai Lama for Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama. Awarded title, such as Dae Soen Sa Nim for Seung Sahn or Venerable Master for Hsuan Hua. Job title, such as Professor, etc.
workplace	Place where they are employed/teach.
education	Where they were educated.
occupation	Job title, etc.
teacher	Ordination master who oversaw their tonsure ceremony and where it took place.
reincarnation_of	The one the individual is a reincarnation of.
predecessor	The teacher(s) before them.
successor	Those they have authorized to teach, etc.
student(s)	Those they have taught.
spouse	Those they have, or currently are, married.
partner	Those they have been in intimate relationships with.
children	Those they have mothered or fathered.

Example

Here is an example of the infobox in use.

Tenzin Gyatso
File:Dalai Lama 1430 Luca Galuzzi 2007crop.jpg
Information
Other name(s):	Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso
Dharma name(s):	Jack
Born:	(1950-11-17) November 17, 1950
Place of birth:	Template:Flagicon Taktser, Amdo, Tibet
Title(s):	Dalai Lama
Predecessor(s):	Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama
Website
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