List of Buddhists - Modern Authors Who Wrote About Buddhism

Modern Authors Who Wrote About Buddhism

  • Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) -Indian nationalist, jurist, scholar, political leader, Buddhist revivalist and architect of the Indian Constitution
  • Tara Brach (1953- )
  • John Crook (1930-2011) - a British ecologist, sociologist, and practitioner of both Ch'an and Tibetan Buddhism tradition.
  • Josei Toda (1900-1958) - peace activist and second president of the Soka Gakkai.
  • Joseph Goldstein
  • Han Yong-un (1879–1944)
  • Chittadhar Hridaya (1906–1982)
  • Hsuan Hua (1918–1995) - Tripitaka Master - Extensive English commentaries on the major Mahayana Sutras: Avatamsaka Sutra, Shurangama Sutra, Shurangama Mantra, Lotus Sutra, Diamond Sutra, and many others
  • Christmas Humphreys (1901–1983)
  • Daisaku Ikeda (1928 - ) - a prolific writer of Nichiren Buddhism, society, peace and nuclear abolition, and President of the SGI.
  • Jack Kornfield (1945 - ) - an American book writer, student of renowned forest monk Ajahn Chah, and teacher of Theravada Buddhism.
  • Dennis Lingwood (1925 - )
  • Edward Salim Michael (1921—2006)
  • Nakamura Hajime (1911–1999)
  • Nishida Kitaro (1870–1945)
  • Gudo Wafu Nishijima (b. 1919)
  • Nishitani Keiji (1900–1990)
  • Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907)
  • Sheng-yen (1930–2009) - a religious scholar, one of the most respected teachers of Chinese Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism, and founder of spiritual and educational organization Dharma Drum Mountain
  • Taixu (1890–1947)
  • Tanaka Chigaku (1861–1939)
  • Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871-1944) - Japanese educator and founder of the Soka Gakkai.
  • Robert Thurman (1941 - ) - an American author, editor and translator of books on Tibetan Buddhism, Je Tsongkhapa professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and co-founder and president of Tibet House U.S.
  • Brad Warner (b. 1964)
  • Alan Watts (1915–1973)
  • Yin Shun (1906–2005)

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