List of Buddhist writers

This is a list of Buddhist writers, practitioners who have written about Buddhism, or have written works with a generally acknowledged Buddhist influence or theme.

Religious leaders

• Nhat Hanh, Mahayana meditation instructor and poet
• 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.

Scholars

• Nishitani Keiji, Japanese philosopher
• Nishida Kitaro, Japanese philosopher
• 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.

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

Psychologists

• Mark Epstein

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

Writing instructors

• Natalie Goldberg

See also

• List of Buddhists