List of writers on Buddhism

Buddha's statue near Belum Caves Andhra Pradesh India

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.

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.

Other Theravada writers

Politics

  • B. R. Ambedkar, religious Leader, jurist, political leader, Buddhist activist, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, 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

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

Teachers

Scholars

Other

Humanistic Buddhism (China)

Nichiren Buddhism (Japan)

Vajrayana Buddhism

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

Western Buddhism

Writers of fiction and literature

Writing instructors

See also

References

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