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List of writers on Buddhism

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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.

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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.

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.
  • Aung San Suu Kyi, political activist

    • Scholars

  • Richard Gombrich

    • Mahayana Buddhism

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

    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.

    • Other

  • Alan Watts, American philosopher and lecturer

    • Humanistic Buddhism (China)

  • Yin Shun

    • Nichiren Buddhism (Japan)

  • Tanaka Chigaku
  • Daisaku Ikeda
  • Nikkyo Niwano

    • Vajrayana Buddhism

    Vajrayana originated as Tantra in India.

    Tibetan Buddhism

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

    Writers of fiction and literature

  • Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and journalist
  • Jack Kerouac, US poet and novelist
  • Peter Matthiessen, US novelist
  • Jess Row, short story writer
  • Gary Snyder, US poet
  • Allen Ginsberg, US poet

    • Writing instructors

  • Natalie Goldberg

    • References

    List of writers on Buddhism Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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