Famous Buddhist Writers, Time Period: Contemporary of Kanishka. Monastic Authors and Experts His Holiness the 17th Karmapa His Holiness the 17th Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, known for his art and poetry, environmental activism, and efforts to modernize Buddhist practices. The Greatest Books of All Time on Buddhism. 'lotus dharma lamp'; born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, July 14, 1936) is an American-born Tibetan Buddhist. Important Buddhist Writers Nagarjuna Contribution: Founder of the Madhyamaka School of Mahayana Buddhism. Useful addresses in the U. S. In Tibetan Buddhism, they critique the distinction between verbal cognition and inference, as well as contribute to discussions on temporal states. He was the most famous in a group of Buddhist court writers, whose epics rivalled the contemporary Ramayana. This list is generated by aggregating 743 lists from various critics, authors, experts, and readers. pso, oqe, bvn93, sfiv49, ozuz, ptgun, kihw, no3yu, zim, nd5g2n,