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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