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1. Edward Conze

   Author of Buddhist Scriptures, Buddhism: Its Essence and Development, Buddhist Texts Through the Ages
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2. Thich Nhat Hanh

   Author of Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha, The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
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3. Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

   Author of The Lankavatara Sutra: A Mahayana Text, On Indian Mahayana Buddhism, Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra
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4. F. Max Muller

   Author of Vinaya Texts; Translated from Pali, The Sacred Books of the East: Volume 35. The Questions of King Milinda, The Sacred Books of the East: Volume 4. The Zend-Avesta. Part 1
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5. Bhikkhu Bodhi

   Author of In the Buddha's Words : An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha (Saṃyutta Nikāya), The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha (Anguttara Nikaya) (complete)
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6. Nyanaponika Thera

   Author of Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Works, Their Legacy, The Heart of Buddhist Meditation, The Vision of Dhamma: Buddhist Writings of Nyanaponika Thera
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7. Walpola Rahula

   Author of What the Buddha Taught, What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada
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8. E. B. Cowell

   Author of Buddhist Mahayana Texts
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9. Maurice Walshe

   Author of The Long Discourses of the Buddha
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10. Hendrik Kern

    Author of Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law
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11. Anonymous

    Author of The Dhammapada
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12. Ñāṇamoli

    Author of The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, The Life of the Buddha: According to the Pali Canon, The Pāṭimokkha : 227 fundamental rules of a bhikkhu
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13. Stephen Batchelor

    Author of Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening, Verses from the Center: A Buddhist Vision of the Sublime, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist
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14. Nalinaksha Dutt

    Author of Mahayana Buddhism, Buddhist Sects in India
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15. Richard H. Robinson

    Author of Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction, Early Madhyamika in India and China
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16. Pema Chödrön

    Author of Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
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17. Vimalakirti

    Author of Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra
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18. Buddha

    Author of The Diamond Sutra
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19. Dwight Goddard

    Author of A Buddhist Bible
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20. Wendy Doniger

    Author of The Hindus: An Alternative History
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21. Shantideva

    Author of A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, Siksa-Samuccaya
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22. Herbert V. Guenther

    Author of Royal Song of Saraha: Study in the History of Buddhist Thought, Mind in Buddhist Psychology: Necklace of Clear Understanding by Yeshe Gyaltsen, The Life and Teaching of Naropa
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23. Edwin A. Burtt

    Author of The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha (Mentor)
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24. Karen Armstrong

    Author of Buddha, The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
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25. Sogyal Rinpoche

    Author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
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26. Nāgārjuna

    Author of The precious garland and The song of the four mindfulnesses (The Wisdom of Tibet series ; 2), Golden Zephyr, Nagarjuna's letter to a friend : with commentary by Kangyur Rinpoche
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27. A. K. Warder

    Author of Introduction to Pali, Indian Buddhism
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28. Christmas Humphreys

    Author of Buddhism, A Western Approach to Zen
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29. Lama Surya Das

    Author of Awakening the Buddha Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World
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30. Francesca Fremantle

    Author of The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation Through Hearing In The Bardo
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31. Larousse

    Author of Larousse French English Dictionary, Larousse Pocket Dictionary: French-English/English-French
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32. Chogyam Trungpa

    Author of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation
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33. Dalai Lama XIV

    Author of Essence of the Heart Sutra: The Dalai Lama's Heart of Wisdom Teachings, The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama
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34. Michael Carrithers

    Author of The Buddha
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35. Jack Kornfield

    Author of Teachings of the Buddha, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
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36. Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai

    Author of The Teaching of Buddha
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37. Ayya Khema

    Author of Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path, I Give You My Life
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38. Donald S. Lopez, Jr.

    Author of Buddhist Scriptures, Elaborations on Emptiness, The Story of Buddhism: A Concise Guide to Its History & Teachings
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39. Nyanatiloka

    Author of Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, Guide through the Abhidhamma-pitaka, Word of the Buddha
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40. John Snelling

    Author of The Buddhist Handbook: A Complete Guide to Buddhist Schools, Teaching, Practice, and History
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41. Gil Fronsdal

    Author of The Dhammapada : A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations
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42. F.L. Woodward

    Author of Some Sayings of the Buddha, According to the Pali Canon
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43. Kenneth K.S. Ch'en

    Author of Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey, Chinese Transformation of Buddhism
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44. Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa

    Author of The Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga)
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45. Hermann Hesse

    Author of Siddhartha
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46. Edward Joseph Thomas

    Author of The Life of Buddha: As Legend and History, The History of Buddhist Thought
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47. A. F. Price

    Author of The Diamond Sutra and The Sutra of Hui Neng
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48. W. Y. Evans-Wentz

    Author of Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering, The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation: Or the Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind (Galaxy Books)
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49. Thomas Cleary

    Author of The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra, Entry Into the Realm of Reality : The Text, Book of Serenity: One Hundred Zen Dialogues
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50. Pankaj Mishra

    Author of An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World
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