List of writers on Buddhism

This is a list of writers on Buddhism. The list is intended to include only those writers who have written books about Buddhism, and about whom there is already a Wikipedia article. Each entry needs to indicate the writer's most well-known work. Multiple works should be listed only if each work already has a Wikipedia article.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Buddha's statue near Belum Caves Andhra Pradesh India

Early Buddhism
Main article: Early Buddhism

Early Buddhism is the oldest Buddhism, before the split into several sects. The only surviving school is Theravada. Early Buddhism is still being studied by scholars.

Theravada Buddhism
Wat Chaiwatthanaram temple in the old city of Ayutthaya in Thailand.
Main article: Theravada

Other Theravada writers
See also: Vipassana movement

Politics
  • B. R. Ambedkar,Religious Leader, an Indian jurist, political leader, Buddhist activist, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, revolutionary and the revivalist of Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. [1]
  • Aung San Suu Kyi, political activist

Scholars

Mahayana Buddhism
Main article: Mahayana

Although Mahayana Buddhism is virtually extinct in India, its philosophical systems, namely the Madhyamaka and Yogacara are still being studied.

Chán/Zen
Bodhidharma and Huike
Main article: Zen

Teachers

Scholars
  • Edward Conze
  • Nishitani Keiji, Japanese philosopher
  • Nishida Kitaro, Japanese philosopher
  • Red Pine
  • D.T. Suzuki, Japanese scholar
  • Theodore Stcherbatsky, Russian, Wrote Buddhist Logic et al.
  • Stephen F. Teiser

Other

Humanistic Buddhism (China)
Main article: Humanistic Buddhism

Nichiren Buddhism (Japan)
Main article: Nichiren Buddhism

Vajrayana Buddhism
Main articles: Tantra and Vajrayana

Vajrayana originated as Tantra in India.

Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhist monks at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim

Vajrayana was introduced in Tibet, preferring Indian Buddhism over Chinese Buddhism, where it still survives.[2]

Religious writers

Scholars
Main articles: Navayana and Dalit Buddhist movement

Western Buddhism

Writers of fiction and literature

Writing instructors
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See also

References
  1. "shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in" (PDF).
  2. "Ethics in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism".
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