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As one of the key doctrines of Mahāyāna Buddhism, buddha-nature has been taught by many of the greatest masters of India, China, Tibet, Japan, Mongolia, and Korea for well over a thousand years. Here you will find introductions to the many authors who have written on the topic, from the luminaries of Indian Madhyamaka to the great saints of Japan and Tibet. Also in this section, you will find pages for the many contemporary scholars and teachers who have written and spoken on buddha-nature. Simply filter the entire list using the search/filter bar below.

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Drikung Rase Könchok Gyatso (Dagpo Chenga Rinpoche)

Jikten Gönpo

Sherab Jungne

Drokmi Lotsāwa

Dromtönpa

Dru Jamyang Drakpa

Gö Chödrub

Gö Khukpa Lhatse

Gö Lotsāwa Zhönu Pal

Drogön Chögyal Pakpa

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye

Jigme Lingpa

Masao Abe

Abhayākaragupta

Marc Agate

Zahiruddin Ahmad

Ven. Ajahn Brahm

Tsultrim Allione

Orna Almogi

Vicky Alvarez Bromley

Amoghavajra

Tenshin Reb Anderson

Bhikkhu Anālayo

Daniel A. Arnold

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold

Asaṅga

Atiśa

Avalokitavrata

Gyurme Avertin

Eyal Aviv

Aśvaghoṣa

Prabodh Chandra Bagchi

Vairotsana

Harold Walter Bailey

Baizhang Huaihai

Bardor Tulku

David L. Barnhill

Richard Barron (Chokyi Nyima)

Chomden Rikpai Raldri

Dudjom Lingpa

Dumowa Tashi Özer

Christian Bernert

Alexander Berzin

Rupa Bhattacherjee

Bhāvaviveka

Carl Bielefeldt

Anders Bjonback

Melissa Myozen Blacker

Helena Blankleder

Lobzang Palden Tendzin Yargye

Mark Blum

James Blumenthal

Bodong Paṇchen Chokle Namgyal

Bötrul Dongak Tenpai Nyima

Bodhiruci

William Bodiford

Tara Brach

Drakar Lobzang Palden Tenzin Nyendrak

Filippo Brambilla

David R. Brockman

Brian Brown

Karl Brunnhölzl

Sönam Gyaltsen

Sönam Tsemo

Tsen Khawoche

Butön Rinchen Drup

Buddhabhadra

Buddhaprabha

Anne Burchardi

Eugène Burnouf

Robert E. Buswell Jr.

Chayulpa Zhonnu Ö

Jangtse Khenzur Sönam Kunga

José Ignacio Cabezón

Myokei Caine-Barrett

Elizabeth Callahan

Radu Claudiu Canahai

Candrakīrti

John Canti

Patrick Carré

Sylvie Carteron

Paul Carus

Chagdud Tulku

Wing-Cheuk Chan

Garma Chen-Chi Chang

Christian Charrier

Sherry Chayat

Frederick Shih-Chung Chen

Shuman Chen

Shu-hui Jennifer Chen

François Chenique

Cheng Chien Bhikshu (Mario Poceski)

Eun-su Cho

Thubten Chodron

David Karma Choephel

Potprecha Cholvijarn

Lama Chönam, Chöying Namgyal

Chöying Tobden Dorje

E. Ann Chávez

Ani K. Trinlay Chödron

Karma Yeshe Chödrön

Gendun Chöpel

Robert W. Clark

Thomas Cleary

Chone Drakpa Shedrup

Alan Cole

James Coleman

Steven Collins

Sandrine Colombo

Paul Condon

Edward Conze

Francis H. Cook

Roger Corless

Philippe Cornu

Ven. Robina Courtin

Peter Coyote

Jamie Gordon Creek

Mario D'Amato

Daehaeng Kun Sunim

Cortland Dahl

Mitsuya Dake

Khenpo Dakpa Senge

The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso

Lopen Damcho Dorji

Daosheng

Geshe Lobsang Dargyay

Lama Surya Das

Bret W. Davis

Khenpo Dawa Tsering

Lopen Dawa Zangpo

Jan Willem de Jong

Yasuo Deguchi

Paul Demiéville

Mark W. Dennis

Devacandra

Ganden Tripa Lodrö Tenpa

Gendun Özer

Gewai Lodrö

Getse Mahāpaṇḍita Tsewang Chokdrup

Dharmachakra Translation Committee

Dharmagupta

Dharmakṣema

Dharmamitra

Bhikshu Dharmamitra

Dharmarakṣa

Dharmatāśīla

Divākara

Muge Samten Gyatso

The Third Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpai Nyima

Dölpa Sherab Gyatso

Dölpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

Lucia Dolce

Dondrup Rinchen

Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal

Gary Donnelly

Gyurme Dorje

Dudjom Dorjee

Palchen Chokyi Yeshe

Pal Gomi Chime

Palgyi Lhunpo

Patrul Rinpoche

Martina Draszczyk

Seventh Drikung Chetsang Könchok Tenzin Trinle Lhundrup

The First Drikung Chungtsang, Rigdzin Chökyi Drakpa

Geshe Drime Ozer

Lama Palden Drolma

The Fourth Drukchen Pema Karpo

Douglas Duckworth

Dudjom Jikdral Yeshe Dorje

Tony Duff

Dakpo Tashi Namgyal

The Second Dzigar Kongtrul, Jigme Namgyel

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Dānapāla

Dānaśīla

Dōgen

Franz-Karl Ehrhard

Artemus Engle

Tsering Everest

Susanne Fairclough

Faju

Bernard Faure

Faxian

Fazang

Rafal Felbur

Rev. George Kosho Finch

Norman Fischer

Wulstan Fletcher

Greg Forgues

T. Griffith Foulk

Eli Franco

Koun Franz

Erich Frauwallner

Rosemarie Fuchs

Funayama Tōru

Yakton Sangye Pal

Yukhok Chatral Chöying Rangdrol

Alex Gardner

Jay L. Garfield

Khenpo Gawang

Holly Gayley

Genshin

David Germano

Stephen Gethin

Geydrak Rinpoche

Gharungpa Lhai Gyaltsen

Rolf Giebel

Peter Gilks

Robert M. Gimello

Nupchen Sangye Yeshe

Nyenchen Palyang

Nyo Gyelwa Lhanangpa Sanggye Rinchen

Gorampa Sönam Senge

Dwight Goddard

Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

Vasudeva V. Gokhale

Ari Goldfield

Joseph Goldstein

Jun Gong

S. C. Goswami

Qalvy Grainzvolt

David Gray

Eric M. Greene

Peter N. Gregory

Paul J. Griffiths

Drolungpa Lodrö Jungne

Paul Groner

William Grosnick

Sangpuwa Lodrö Tsungme

Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje

Guo Gu

Yin Guan

Elio Guarisco

Herbert V. Guenther

Gungru Gyaltsen Zangpo

Guṇabhadra

Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso

Gyatrul Rinpoche

Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim

Khenpo Zhenga

Zu Gawai Dorje

Luis Óscar Gómez

Hiromi Habata

Hakamaya Noriaki

Yoshito S. Hakeda

Don Handrick

Sarah Harding

Haribhadra

Kengo Harimoto

Ian Charles Harris

Paul M. Harrison

Peter Harvey

Steven Heine

Ann Helm

Kokyo Henkel

Heshang Moheyan

Shenhui

Rev. Blayne Higa

David Higgins

Akira Hirakawa

Stephen Hodge

Rudolf Hoernle

Katia Holmes

Ken Holmes

Shenpen Hookham

Jeffrey Hopkins

Isaline Blew Horner

Sarah J. Horton

Mei Hsiao

Jamie Hubbard

Pascale Hugon

Huiguan

Huineng

Huiyan

Scott Hurley

Hōnen

Katsuhito Inoue

Hitoshi Inui

David Jackson

Roger R. Jackson

Lozang Jamspal

Yün-hua Jan

Achan Sermchai Jayamaṅgalo

Jayānanda

Marty Bo Jiang

Geshe Jigme Gyatso

Tao Jin

Jinamitra

Jingxi Zhanran

Jingying Huiyuan

Thupten Jinpa

Jizang

Jonang Chöje Yönten Gyatso

Jonang Lotsāwa Lodrö Pal

Edward Johnston

Christopher V. Jones

David Jones

Sina Joos

Khenpo Ngawang Jorden

John Jorgensen

Jñānacandra

Jñānagarbha

Jñānagupta

Jñānavajra

Jñānaśrīmitra

Khatok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu

Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka

Geshe Kalsang Tenkyong

Kalu Rinpoche

Kamalagupta

Kamalaśīla

Longchen Yeshe Dorje

Kazuo Kano

Matthew Kapstein

Seishi Karashima

Karma Könchok Zhönu

Karma Trinlepa

Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje

The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje

First Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa

Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje

Seventh Karmapa Chödrak Gyatso

Eighth Karmapa Mikyö Dorje

Ninth Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje

Khenpo Karthar

John P. Keenan

Keizan Jōkin

Birgit Kellner

Casey Forgues Kemp

Ching Keng

Garje Khamtrul Jamyang Döndrup

Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche

Sangye Khandro

Khenpo Chöying Dorje

Khenpo Kunga

Khenpo Namdrol

Khensur Rinpoche Ngawang Nyima

Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche

Usha Khosla

Troru Tsenam

Dilgo Khyentse Tashi Paljor

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

Khöndung Asanga Vajra Rinpoche

Gavin Kilty

Young-ho Kim

Young-suk Kim

Richard King

Sallie King

Jeff Kitzes

Minoru Kiyota

Anne Klein

Longchen Rabjam Drime Özer

Takashi James Kodera

Yaroslav Komarovski

Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen

Jack Kornfield

Aaron K. Koseki

Kenneth Kraft

Ralf Kramer

Ven. Cheng Kuan

Leonard van der Kuijp

Seiji Kumagai

Kumārajīva

Kunzang Palden

Kunga Drolchok

Kunga Yeshe Gyatso

Kunpang Tukje Tsöndru

Khenpo Kunchap

Erik Pema Kunsang

Traleg Kyabgon

Kālacakrapāda

Kūkai

Kṛṣṇapaṇḍita

Louis de La Vallée Poussin

Layakpa Jangchub Ngödrup

William LaFleur

Whalen Lai

Lama Gendun Rinpoche

Étienne Lamotte

Lewis Lancaster

Chakriwa

The Third Changkya, Rolpai Dorje

Sumi Lee

Geshe Lhakdor

Khenpo Lhakpa Yeshi

Lhodrak Dharma Senge

Xuezhu Li

Zijie Li

Walter Liebenthal

Judy Lief

Chen-kuo Lin

Kennard Lipman

Ming-Wood Liu

Zhen Liu

Lotsawa Senge Gyaltsen

Geshe Lobsang Gyatso

Thubten Loden

Margarita Loinaz

Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

David Loy

Etienne Loyon

Hong Luo

Dan Lusthaus

Sylvain Lévi

Līlāvajra

Zhouyang Ma

William Magee

Mahājana

Maitreya

Maitrīpa

John Makeham

Tomoko Makidono

Ryūkai Mano

Marpa Chökyi Lodrö

Marpa Dopa Chökyi Wangchuk

Dan Martin

Paul Masson-Oursel

Richard B. Mather

Klaus-Dieter Mathes

Kazunobu Matsuda

Matsumoto Shirō

Jacques May

Mazu Daoyi

Ingrid McLeod

Melvin McLeod

John R. McRae

Chim Namkha Drakpa

Chogyur Lingpa

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje

Gar Dampa Chodingpa

Minyak Lama Yeshe Dorje

Mipam Gyatso

Peter Michel

Andrea Miller

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Khenpo Zopa

Khenpo Gangshar

Kaie Mochizuki

David Molk

Richard Morris

A. Charles Muller

Munivarman

Ralf Müller

Naktso Lotsāwa Tsultrim Gyalwa

Zuiryū Nakamura

Nanyang Huizhong

Hubert Nearman

David Need

Heidi Nevin

Ngawang Lodrö Drakpa

Ngawang Chöjor Gyatso

Ngawang Kunga Wangchuk

Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso

Khenpo Ngawang Lodoe

Khenpo Ngawang Thokmey

Geshe Ngawang Topden

Geshe Ngawang Tsesang

Ngoje Repa

Cuong Tu Nguyen

Solvej Hyveled Nielsen

Kosen Nishiyama

Norzang Gyatso

Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche

Nyawon Kunga Pal

Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche

Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje

Nāgārjuna

Nāropa

Eugène Obermiller

Ichijo Ogawa

Shinsui (Mamiko) Okada

Shohaku Okumura

Paul Oltramare

Morten Ostensen

Patsab Lotsāwa Nyima Drakpa

Paṇchen Sönam Drakpa

Padmasambhava

Tony Page

Khenpo Dawa Paljor

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

The Fourth Paṇchen Lama Lobzang Chökyi Gyaltsen

Melinda Pap

Parahitabhadra

Paramārtha

Jin Y. Park

Sung-bae Park

Diana Y. Paul

The Second Pawo Tsuklak Trengwa

Adam S. Pearcey

Marcus Perman

John W. Pettit

Pakmodrupa Dorje Gyalpo

Karma Phuntsho

Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok

Chokle Namgyal

Chapa Chökyi Senge

Jörg Plassen

M. Cody Poulton

John Powers

Prabhākaramitra

Prajñākaramati

Prajñāvarman

Hari Shankar Prasad

Graham Priest

Joaquín Pérez-Remón

Noël Péri

Katrin Querl

Andrew Quintman

Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche

Michael Radich

Fabio Rambelli

Ratnamati

Ratnavajra

Ratnākaraśānti

Andrew Rawlinson

Dorje Sherab

Red Pine

Rendawa Zhönu Lodrö

Gyatso De

Gyaltsap Je Dharma Rinchen

Jim Rheingans

Matthieu Ricard

Rev. Timothy Richard

Rigdzin Gödem

Tsepak Rigzin

Rinchen Jangchub

Lochen Rinchen Zangpo

Je Khenpo Gendun Rinchen

Geshe Sonam Rinchen

Ringu Tulku

Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen

Je Yeshe Gyatso

Ngok Lotsāwa Loden Sherab

Ngok Lekpai Sherab

Peter Alan Roberts

George N. Roerich

Ulrike Roesler

Rongtön Sheja Kunrik

Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo

Tanak Rinchen Yeshe

Śākya Śrī

Tsele Natsok Rangdrol

David Seyfort Ruegg

Rulu

Ryōgen

Rāmapāla

Sabzang Mati Paṇchen Lodrö Gyaltsen

Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

Sakya Paṇḍita

Sahajavajra

Saichō

Saigyō

Akira Saitō

Sajjana

Sharon Salzberg

Geoffrey Samuel

Lodrö Sangpo

Khenpo Sherab Sangpo

Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche

Shizuka Sasaki

Rinso Ed Sattizahn

Dominick Scarangello

Kurtis Schaeffer

Sam van Schaik

Joshua Schapiro

Arne Schelling

Marcia Binder Schmidt

Lambert Schmithausen

Kaiji Jeffrey Schneider

Gregory Schopen

Jim Scott

Sera Jetsun Chokyi Gyaltsen

Cherickanampuram Devasia Sebastian

Tony Sin-Heng See

Sera Khandro

Anton Luis Sevilla

Francesco Sferra

Gampopa

Dratsepa Rinchen Namgyal

Śākya Chokden

Śākya Śrī

Fourth Shamarpa Chodrak Yeshe

Fifth Shamarpa Könchok Yenlak

Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen

Robert Sharf

Michael Sheehy

Sheng Yen

Shenxiu

Khenpo Sherab Phuntsho

Khenchen Palden Sherab

Khenchen Pema Sherab

James Mark Shields

Heng-Ching Shih

Rigdzin Shikpo

Masahiro Shimoda

Shinran

Henry Shiu

Shongton Dorje Gyaltsen

Mark Siderits

Jonathan Silk

Kawa Paltsek

Peter Skilling

Tadeusz Skorupski

Kyotön Mönlam Tsultrim

Minling Lochen Dharmaśrī

David Snellgrove

Judith Snodgrass

Jan-Ulrich Sobisch

Khenpo Sodargye

Ruth Sonam

Khenpo Tshewang Sonam

Geshe Lhundub Sopa

Joan Stambaugh

Gabriele Staron

Theodor Stcherbatsky

Cyrus Stearns

Sir Aurel Stein

Rolf Stein

Daniel Stevenson

Sthiramati

Jacqueline Stone

Mark Strange

Fumihiko Sueki

Hao Sun

Dominic Sur

Surendrabodhi

Florin Giripescu Sutton

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Shunryu Suzuki

Takayasu Suzuki

Paul Swanson

Michael Sweet

Nguyen Dac Sy

Sāramati

Rāhula Sāṅkṛtyāyana

Tāranātha

Taehyŏn

Twelfth Tai Situ Pema Dönyö Nyinje

Third Tai Situ Tashi Paljor

Eighth Tai Situpa Chökyi Jungne

Kammie Takahashi

Yoshio Takanashi

Jikido Takasaki

Khenpo Tamphel

Yoshiro Tamura

Piya Tan

Kenneth K. Tanaka

Tanluan

Tanyan

Francesca Tarocco

Helmut Tauscher

Khenpo Tenpa Tshering

Venerable Khenpo Tenzin

Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin

Lea Terhune

Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche

Ven. Dhammadipa Thero

Gyalse Tokme Zangpo

Thrangu Rinpoche

Bamda Thubten Gelek

Robert Thurman

Tilopa

Gishin Tokiwa

Tokpa Tulku

Tōru Tomabechi

Tong Ācārya

Fabrizio Torricelli

Alex Trisoglio

Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Chih-Mien Adrian Tseng

Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche

Khenpo Tashi Tshering

Khenpo Tshewang Sonam

Tsoknyi Rinpoche

Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Tsongkhapa

Khenpo Tsultrim Norbu

Giuseppe Tucci

Thu'u bkwan blo bzang chos kyi nyi ma

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Philippe Turenne

Gray Tuttle

Michael Tweed

Yoshifumi Ueda

Hakuju Ui

Tulku Urgyen

Vairocanarakṣita

Vasubandhu

Vibhūticandra

Satis Chandra Vidyābhūṣaṇa

Vidyākaraprabha

Markus Viehbeck

Vijayaśīla

Dirck Vorenkamp

Kevin Vose

Norman Waddell

Ives Waldo

William S. Waldron

Arthur Waley

B. Alan Wallace

Wangpabzhun

Youru (Charlie) Wang

Dorji Wangchuk

Tsering Wangchuk

Pema Wangyal Rinpoche

Alex Wayman

Hideko Wayman

Weijing

Paul Williams

Jeff Wilson

Joe Wilson

Wǒnch'ǔk

Wǒnhyo

Xie Lingyun

Xuanzang

Nobuyoshi Yamabe

Kosho Yamamoto

Philip B. Yampolsky

Yamāri

Yangthang Rinpoche

Yarlung Lotsāwa

Yeshe De

Shaoyong Ye

Yijing

Yin Shun

Yongdzin Ayang Thubten

Yumo Mikyö Dorje

Yunmen Wenyan

Dan Smyer Yü

Ngawang Zangpo

Jarosław Zapart

Zasep Tulku

Alak Zenkar Rinpoche

Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol

Zhapdrung Ngawang Namgyal

Zhang mdo sde dpal

Zhangtön Sönam Drakpa

Shangton Tenpa Gyatso

Zhang Tsepong Chökyi Lama

Zhaozhou Congshen

The Fourth Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal

Ouyi Zhixu

Zhiyi

Michael Zimmermann

Brook Ziporyn

Guifeng Zongmi

Geshe Tenzin Zopa

Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

Zurmang Pema Namgyal

Leonard Zwilling

Chogyur Lingpa

Milarepa

Khedrup Je Gelek Palzang

Śikṣānanda

Śraddhākaravarman

Śrījñānākara

Śākyamuni Buddha

Śākyaprabha

Śākyasiṁha

Śāntarakṣita

Śāntibhadra

Śīlendrabodhi

14th Shamarpa Mipham Chökyi Lodrö

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