Explore the six domains where Buddhism meets AI

Fo Guang Shan's Chinese-English Buddhist dictionary and Buddhist canon digitization effort, supported with AI tools

A project from the Athens Theravāda Buddhist Centre to use AI to translate the Pāli Canon, paired with AI Q&A system

Chinese-language translation of Tibetan canon, working with AI tools and technologists

A project aimed at using AI-assisted tools to enhance the on-going translation of the Tibetan Buddhist canon’s commentarial section (Tengyur)

Nonprofit translating the core Tibetan Buddhist canon (Kangyur and Tengyur) into English, with an interest in AI for translation, research and AI alignment

Building the Lotsawa Workbench, a vertical AI platform including 14 agents across 7 backends to produce evidence-grounded translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts.

Transdisciplinary translation project for the Khyentse lineage and "Kabum" tradition; developers of AI CAT translation studio, AI for Buddhism roadmap, AI-powered education and practice tools

Reading app with AI-assisted multilingual translation of the Pāli Tipiṭaka, with commentaries and sub-commentaries

OCR, punctuation, and Classical-to-Modern Chinese translation tool for Buddhist texts

Searchable database cataloguing Tibetan canonical literature

Full-text searchable Database of the Chinese Buddhist canon (Taishō version); fork from CBETA with multiple embedded tools

Database of pre-sectarian Buddhist texts in original languages and translations

Largest database of Tibetan Buddhist texts, with 30M+ pages and leading projects in Tibetan HCR/OCR

Database of the Chinese Buddhist canon, upon which a number of AI study guides have been built

Divergent Discourses project and Tibetan NLP research at Trinity College Dublin

Independent contributor to the Tibetan AI ecosystem with a speciality in speech-to-speech translation pipelines

Buddhist philology research program leverage AI technologies for analysis; creator of evaluation suite Dharmabench

Long-term contributor to Tibetan AI ecosystem, currently working on translations, OCR, and "WeBuddhist" user-facing study app

Leading platform for Buddhist-language AI translation, semantic search, and OCR across Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese

Independent contributor developing the Orato AI translation tool for live translation at Buddhist conferences

"Banzhida" Tibetan LLM training and evaluation suite

Chinese Buddhist digital humanities (network analysis and GIS), AI-benchmarks for translation and historical knowledge, local AI.

Suite of Tibetan-language AI tools — translation, OCR, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech — built by monks in Dharamsala

Zen Priest who ordained the first AI Unsui (Priest in Training), Emi Jido, and founder of digital sangha Treeleaf Zendo

Economist, author, creator of "Planet Money" podcast, exploring AI + Mindfulness tools/applications

Widely considered first robot AI Buddhist monk (2015)

AI Wisdom Teacher bots and other AI tools, led by ServiceSpace creator

Chatbot trained on early Buddhist scriptures, a joint Bhutan-Japan research effort

Tech company behind Emi Jido, the first AI ordained in the Buddhist tradition (CEO co-created of Sophia the Robot)

Contemplative teacher building frameworks for integrating meditative practice pedagogy into AI-driven tools

Creator of RoshiBot, one of the first AI chatbots trained on Suzuki Roshi's teachings

Buddhist chatbot affiliated with the International Buddhist Confederation

Former founder of Streamlit (acquired by Snowflake); currently building protective AI tools with features informed by Buddhist practice

Developing a computational "minimal model" explanation of consciousness

Studies artificial life with implications for understanding cognition and agency

Researcher working on active inference and meditation

University of Groningen researcher focused on computational modeling of meditation; also trained an AI system for Tibetan monastic debate

Leading neuroscience research on advanced meditation and state/stage development

Researcher focused on developing models of meditation, metacognition, and self-regulation.

Modeling consciousness with predictive processing and active inference

Research Collective with a number of concrete fundable projects advancing science of contemplative practices

Newly formed org funding and coordinating research on consciousness, body-mind connection, and awakening

Studying attention and meditative states with computational methods

Independent researcher developing Buddhist-informed approaches to RL, and other AI safety work

Studying and building ethical AI systems partially inspired by Buddhist perspectives

Researching care-driven intelligence and approaches to developing Bodhisattva AI

AI safety startup trialing cooperative AI paradigms partially inspired by Buddhist philosophy

Developing active-inference-based frameworks for [contemplative AI](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-00686-8_31) and superalignment

AI alignment lead at CSAS and independent researcher studying AI personas and Bodhisattva archetypes

Co-working hub applying concepts from multi-agent alignment and Buddhism to applied complex systems (earthquakes, etc.)

Organization working on AI alignment with a workstream around in-person contemplative practice

Developing mathematically rigorous foundations for metaphysics (Developing mathematically rigorous foundations for metaphysics (via mathematically formalizing dependent origination)t)

Member of the Wisdom and AI Network leading efforts on Buddhist wisdom benchmarks

Experimenting with how emerging AI technologies can be leveraged to enhance human flourishing; strong Buddhist studies background

Stealth-mode AI company built on novel brain-like approaches, with Buddhist background

Researcher developing mathematical models of agency and cognition that draw on Buddhist philosophy

Buddhist funder interested in building Buddhist datasets and RLHF pipelines for mainstream LLMs

Religion liaison for Anthropic, gathering feedback on the Claude Constitution

Building pluralistic ethics evaluations for LLMs, sourcing wisdom holdings including Buddhist teachers for training

Deepmind Advisor at the intersection of AI, consciousness, and contemplative practices, founder the FLIP alongside Ruben Laukkonen

Creator of Meditatewith.ai & Interspective.ai, developer of Multiplayer Meditation, and Co-founder of Buddhist Geeks

Building a startup for AI to guide users through meditative experiences; previous work on EEG foundation models

Experimenting with how emerging AI technologies can be leveraged to enhance human flourishing; strong Buddhist studies background

Experimenting with AI for analyzing meditation journals

Translating top mindfulness research into accessible AI-powered tools

Meditation app integrating AI personalization with Buddhist-informed content

SEMA Lab, using focused ultrasound to investigate advanced meditative states

Citizen-science EEG biofeedback for guided meditation practice

Example neurotech startups developing hardware to accelerate contemplative state and stage development

Still Ape design studio and Reclaim Your Mind author; designing mindful technologies including Muse and Healthy Minds Program

Designing a "modern contemplative toolkit" based on Tibetan Buddhist practices

Developing a research model called Consciousness-Actualized Informational Realism (CAIR), which explores the universe as an informational reality co-created by consciousness

Author of "Can AI Meditate? (And why it matters)"

Author of "What physics offers for artificial intelligence? Lessons from the brain’s inner time and its dynamics"

Author of "A Dharmakīrtian Model of Relevance Realization in Cognitive Agents"

Founder of the Buddhist Resources and Research Center at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, working on digital library projects including the Buddhist Universal Digital Archive (BUDA). 2020 paper "Can AI Achieve Buddhahood?" is considered the first specialized treatise by a Chinese Buddhist scholar in this field.

Author of "An Analysis of the So-Called 'AI Achieving Buddhahood' Question" in 2024. He argued that the value of this debate lies not in predicting whether AI can achieve enlightenment, but in compelling us to reexamine concepts like "mind," "consciousness," and "life" in a new era

Author of "Buddhism, Consciousness, and the (Im)Possibility of Ethical AI"

East-West Center scholar and Buddhism & AI Initiative advisory board member, writing on AI and Buddhist relational ethics

Pioneering Japanese roboticist (1927–2025) who coined the "uncanny valley" concept and authored The Buddha in the Robot (1974), arguing that robots possess Buddha-nature and the potential for Buddhahood.

Offers "Buddhist Reflections on Artificial Intelligence" in terms of mind, intelligence, and consciousness

Professor of Chinese Buddhism; publishes on the ethical significance of Buddha-nature in insentient beings, with implications for AI moral status

Sentience and Buddha-Mind: How Do We Recognize Them?

Buddhism and Confucianism and Artificial Intelligence Alignment

Professor at International Buddhist Studies College, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (Bangkok), author of The Ethics of AI and Robotics: A Buddhist Viewpoint and contributor to IEEE's AI ethics guidelines.

Great Perfection scholar | Data visualization of Buddhist texts and lineages | Buddhist Framework for AI Ethics

Author of "Buddhist Transformation in the Digital Age: AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Humanistic Buddhism"

Associate Professor at UW and AI & Faith Research Fellow, publishing on Buddhist ethics and AI

Chair of Buddhist Studies at VU Amsterdam; rector of Dutch Buddhist Seminary overseeing national Buddhist chaplaincy training; formerly Chair of Religious Studies and Gender Studies at Canterbury CC University UK; founded INCISE; presented on AI as a Humanist Buddhist Tool

Imperial College / DeepMind researcher, author of "Palatable Conceptions of Disembodied Being" and co-author of "The Xeno Sutra" exploring AI-generated Buddhist texts

Author of "Artificial Minds and the Dilemma of Personal Identity"

Author of "Self-tracking", "Devices and selves", "Wearable attention," and "The Data-Based Self: Self-Quantification and the Data-Driven (Good) Life"

Author of "Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy"

Bioethicist and Buddhist transhumanist examining the dharma of digital agents and moral status of AI, with previous work on social ethics, brain-computer interfaces, and moral enhancement.

Co-lead author of "From an attention economy to an ecology of attending. A manifesto"

Pat Pataranutaporn is an assistant professor, technologist, and researcher at MIT, where he is the founding director of the Cyborg Psychology research group.

Thinking about the Dependent Origination of AI Systems

Specializing in religious and Buddhist studies—encompassing scripture, art, culture, and society—while actively exploring global interfaith collaboration and emerging issues in religion and AI technology.

Author of Hospicing Modernity and project lead of Meta-Relationality and AI: Discernment, Fields, and Relational Capacity in Generative AI Systems

Buddhist teacher and scholar, co-author of "The Xeno Sutra" exploring whether meaning and value can be ascribed to AI-generated Buddhist texts. Has his own AI digital persona "DharmaBob".

Scholar of Japanese religions and Buddhism; author of "Dharma Devices, Non-Hermeneutical Libraries, and Robot-Monks: Prayer Machines in Japanese Buddhism"

Researcher of Buddhism in modern China; interest in Chinese and Buddhist perspectives on the adoption of AI, and AI impact on Chinese Buddhist communities and ritual practices.

Political scientist researching existential risk and the political landscape of cybernetics-adjacent movements

Author of Superhuman AI is Not What You Think

Princeton scholar arguing Buddhist philosophy is equipped to engage simulation and singularity scenarios

Associate Professor of Psychology at Princeton University researching AI and its societal impact

Tibetan Buddhist teacher and science instructor with an interest in AI; speaker at Mind & Life AI dialogue 2025

Stewarding Teacher at Spirit Rock, AI scientist with a PhD in computer science, and co-author of "A Middle Path for AI Ethics"

Japanese Pure Land Buddhist priest and co-founder of Interbeing Inc., writing and advising on Buddhism and AI ethics

Buddhist teacher focused on dream yoga, collaborating on AI and mathematical models of it

Buddhist teacher in the Rigpa network who has spoken on how AI lacks fundamental characteristic of consciousness

Buddhist teachers at Sacred Mountain Sangha engaging with the social and spiritual implications of AI

Founding teacher at Eon Zen Center and technology executive, actively exploring the intersections of Buddhism and AI

Teacher and coach who has written significantly on the intersection of AI and contemplative traditions

Meditation teacher and neuroscience collaborator, co-investigator on ultrasound awakening technology research

Buddhist teacher and author of "Better Without AI"

Tibetan Buddhist teacher and science instructor with an interest in AI; speaker at Mind & Life AI dialogue 2025

Tibetan Buddhist teacher and head of Khyentse Foundation, who has publicly engaged with AI's implications for Buddhism

Founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and teacher to a number of influential AI leaders

Lineage-holding Tibetan Buddhist with a strong interest in AI and a number of students engaged in projects at the intersection of Buddhism and AI

Tibetan Buddhist teacher and practice advisor to Pundarika Sangha, thinking and experimenting with AI in teaching contexts

Zen priest and chaplain renowned for her work on engaged Buddhism, now exploring AI and Buddhism

Exploring and teaching how Humanistic Buddhist principles inform ethical and compassionate approaches to artificial intelligence

Educating commercial business on healthier digital habits, strongly Buddhist influenced

Pioneering neuroscience research on meditation and wellbeing, strong interest in Buddhist perspective on right relationship with AI

Co-founder of Center for Humane Technology; former Mindful Schools ED; bridging Buddhist practice with humane tech advocacy

Leading community engagement and teacher outreach programs

Teaching technology and science to Buddhist teachers via Emory-Tibet science initiative

Teaching science and technology curricula to Tibetan monastics

Appointed by Dalai Lama to lead science curricula for monastics at Emory-Tibet science initiative

University of Hong Kong "Brain, Buddhism, and AI" course bridging neuroscience, AI, and Buddhist philosophy

Teaching AI tools and design thinking to Buddhist teachers in Bhutan

Mahamudra teacher popular with AI lab staff, offering contemplative retreats for the tech sector

Developing technology-assisted approaches to deep meditation and jhana practice

Hosting retreats and working groups at the intersection of AI and contemplative practice

A residential meditation center dedicated to AI existential risk with a "Buddhism for AI" lecture course

Offering Buddhist retreats for AI professionals in the US and Europe

Head of Practice at Tassajara (San Francisco Zen Center); former Search Inside Yourself instructor at Google

Buddhist Perspective on Data Governance, submitted to the UN CSTD Working Group

Former Digital Minister of Taiwan; creator of Plurality framework for democratic technology governance and 6.pack approach to AI alignment

Vipassana teacher and prominent public voice on AI and the future of humanity

Asked by gov’t to carry out research on Buddhist philosophy and AI, and how to promote Buddhist teachings through AI

Former Google executive scoping out a Nepal-based datacenter for spiritual technology projects

MoU with gov’t to focus on a Project for the Propagation of Buddhism in the Digital Society, to develop a Buddhist AI platform and information interface

Announced 2023, a planned special administrative region intended to foster clean technology and AI innovation, bringing "Ancient Wisdom & Ethics" to AI

"AI Ethics for Peace" Initiative that included Rome Call for AI Ethics (2024)

Bridging engaged Buddhist networks in Southeast Asia with small "Digital Bodhisattva" program

AI & Faith, a broad-tent US-based network of AI and religion experts hosting regular talks

Network of religious leaders and technology professionals exploring ethical AI

Digital Rights and AI Accountability

Organization offering opportunities for practice, education and spiritual friendship in service of socially engaged Buddhist action

IBHAP Foundation promotes human flourishing and the UN Sustainable Development Goals through a Buddhist management framework, with growing engagement in leveraging AI to advance Buddhism for the SDGs — including ethical AI discourse, digital wellbeing, and AI-enabled peacebuilding from a Dharmic perspective

Executive Director of Zen Peacemakers, a global network of socially engaged buddhists taking action on social issues

Network that integrates the practice of Buddhism with social action for a healthy, just, and peaceful world

Organizes socially engaged Buddhist initiatives through advocacy and direct action

Dalai Lama's principal English translator; advising on Buddhist-AI dialogue

Convening major conferences on Buddhism, consciousness, and AI

Leading Buddhist digital humanities and AI projects in the humanistic Buddhist tradition

Coordinating convenings on contemplative science, AI, and Tibetan translation

Running Meditation x AI events and retreats around the world

Frogbear network at UBC, advancing digital methods in Buddhist studies across Asia

A network of AI Professionals and Buddhist Teachers

Leading field-building, stakeholder convening, and research at the intersection of Buddhism and AI

Leading contemplative organisation affiliated with the Dalai Lama, organising dialogues on Buddhism and AI and funding contemplative science research,

Convening major events in the Bay Area on mindfulness, technology, and wise leadership

Bringing contemplative teachers and monastics into conversation with AI researcher; affiliated with Humlab

A network focused on the intersection of technology and spiritual wisdom traditions

University program bridging Buddhist studies and AI in Cambodia

Podcast covering Buddhism, meditation, and AI from an evolutionary perspective

Example neurotech startups developing hardware to accelerate contemplative state and stage development

Executive editor of leading Buddhist publication, which has held panels on Buddhism and AI and is exploring further coverage

Example neurotech startups developing hardware to accelerate contemplative state and stage development

WeChat account including scholar-practitioners publishing articles on: Whether the age of AI will challenge Buddhist faith, How AI might be applied in Buddhist practice, Whether AI is capable of cultivation or even attaining Buddhahood, and more.

Leading Buddhist publisher using AI in house for translation and search, and pursuing a project on how AI may impact dharma transmission

YouTube channel, offering accessible videos on the intersection of AI and Buddhist philosophy

Supporting Buddhist projects worldwide including AI translation initiatives and hosting a workshop for the Tibetan AI ecosystem

Supporting wisdom technology and contemplative innovation in the US and China

Example neurotech startups developing hardware to accelerate contemplative state and stage development

Supporting AI governance and religious engagement with AI

Funding consciousness science and contemplative research

Large grantmaker with a department focused on the intersection of religion, science, and society

Funding AI & Civilizational initiatives, generating both back-end and front-end methodologies, workflows, and research.

Buddhist funding organization with an interested in Tibetan translation and dharma transmission

Example neurotech startups developing hardware to accelerate contemplative state and stage development

Supporting AI governance and religious engagement with AI

Funding AI & Civilizational initiatives, generating both back-end and front-end methodologies, workflows, and research.