List of Tibetan writers

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List chronologically

7-10 century

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Thonmi Sambhota 7th century thon mi sam bho ta - Inventor of the Tibetan script
Yeshe Tshogyel 8th century ye shes mtsho rgyal Princess of Kharchen Companion of Padmasambhava
Nampar Nangdze Lotsawa 8th century rnam par snang mdzad lo tsa ba Vairocana (translator) Translator of Buddhist teachings at the time of the first phase of translation of Buddhist scriptures from Indian Sanskrit into Tibetan
Padmasambhava 8th to 9th centuries pad ma 'byung gnas Guru Rinpoche brought Buddhism to Tibet
Yuthog Nyingma Yönten Gönpo 708-833 g.yu thog rnying ma yon tan mgon po - Author of a basic work on Tibetan medicine ( rgyud bzhi ; Gyüshi)
Punch Rinchen Sangpo 957-1055 lo chen rin chen bzang po - is considered the first translator of Sarma texts
Drogmi Lotsawa 993-1050 brog mi lo tsa ba - important translator of Sarma texts to whom the Sakya tradition is based

11th century

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Macig Labdrön 11th century - 12th Century ma gcig lab sgron Dorje Düdul Chenmo famous Yogini , spread the Cö teaching in Tibet
Tertön Sanggye Lama 1000-1080 gter ston sangs rgyas bla ma - is considered the 1st tertone
Marpa 1012-1097 mar pa Lotsawa important translator of Sarma texts
Milarepa 1040-1123 mi la ras pa Jetsun famous yogi , known for his vajra songs
Bari Lotsawa Rinchen Drag 1040-1111 bari lo tsa barin chen grags 2. Sakya Thridzin wrote u. a. the one hundred sadhanas of Bari
Langri Thangpa 1054-1123 glang ri thang pa Geshe Kadam tradition
Patshab Lotsawa Nyima Dragpa 1055–? pa tshab lo tsa ba nyi ma grags pa - translated many Madhyamaka texts into Tibetan
Gampopa 1079-1153 sgam po pa Sonam Rinchen Founder of the Kagyu
Things Künga Nyingpo 1092-1158 sa chen kun dga 'snying po 3. Sakya Thridzin systematized the teachings of the Sakya tradition

12th Century

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Ngoje Repa 12th Century ngo rje ras pa - important philosopher of the Drigung-Kagyu
Chekawa Yeshe Dorje 1101-1175 'chad ka ba ye shes rdo rje - wrote u. a. the seven points of mind training
Phagmodrupa Dorje Gyelpo 1110-1170 phag mo gru pa rdo rje rgyal po - -
Nyang Ral Nyima Öser 1124-1192 nyang ral nyi ma 'od zer Tertön -
Yuthog Sarma Yönten Gönpo 1126-1202 g.yu thog gsar ma yon tan mgon po - Contributions to Tibetan Medicine
Sonam Tsemo 1142-1182 bsod nams rtse mo 4. Sakya Thridzin -
Jigen Gönpo 1143-1217 'jig rten mgon po Drigungpa -
Dragpa Gyeltshen 1147-1216 grags pa rgyal mtshan 5. Sakya Thridzin u. a. Commentary on Ashvagosha's Fifty Verses: The Method of Dealing with a Guru
Sakya Pandita Künga Gyeltshen 1182-1251 sa skya pandi ta kun dga 'rgyal mtshan 6. Sakya Thridzin -

13th Century

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Karma Pakshi 1204-1283 karma pak shi 2. Karmapa wrote over a hundred texts on Buddhism that were kept in Tshurphu
Guru Chowang 1212-1270 gu ru chos dbang Tertön -
Grogön Chögyel Phagpa 1235-1279 / 80 'gro mgon chos rgyal' phags pa 7. Sakya Thridzin Developers of Phagpa font
Rangjung Dorje 1284-1339 rank byung rdo rje 3. Karmapa -
Buton Rinchen Drub 1290-1364 bu ston rin chen grub 11. Abbot of Shalu Monastery cataloged thousands of religious and philosophical writings
Dolpopa Sherab Gyeltshen 1292-1361 dol po pa shes rab rgyal mtshan - see also Jonang , Kalachakra

14th Century

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Karma Lingpa 14th Century karma gling pa Tertön -
Longchen Rabjam 1308-1363 klong chen rab 'byams Longchenpa, Tertön Author of various writings on Dzogchen and Buddhist philosophy
Tshelpa Künga Dorje 1309-1364 tshal pa kun dga 'rdo rje - Author of the Red Annals
Orgyen Lingpa 1323–? o rgyan gling pa Tertön -
Rigdzin Gödem 1337-1409 rig 'dzin rgod ldem - discovered the Terma texts of the northern treasures
Rölpe Dorje 1340-1383 rol pa'i rdo rje 4. Karmapa Writer of many Dohas
Dorje Lingpa 1346-1405 rdo rje gling pa Tertön -
Rendawa Shönnu Lodrö 1349-1412 red mda 'ba gzhon only bulk - -
Tsongkhapa 1357-1419 tsong kha pa 1. Ganden Thripa Tibetan Buddhist reformer, founder of the New Kadampa , Gelug
Gyeltshab Je 1364-1432 rgyal tshab rje Gyeltshab Dharma Rinchen, 2nd Ganden Thripa wrote u. a. a well-known commentary on Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara
Penchen Chogle Namgyel 1376-1451 pan chen phyogs las rnam rgyal - famous scholar of the Bodong tradition
Khedrub Je 1385-1438 mkhas dug rje 3. Ganden Thripa, 1st Penchen Lama -
Gendun Drub 1391-1474 dge 'dun grub 1st Dalai Lama u. a. Training the Mind in the Great Way
Gö Lotsawa Shönnu Pel 1392-1481 'gos lo tsa ba gzhon nu dpal - u. a. Author of the Blue Annals

15th century

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Pengar Jampel Sangpo 15th century ban sgar ba 'jam dpal bzang po - Writer of a famous mahamudra-line supplication
Ratna Lingpa 1403-1478 rat na gling pa Tertön -
Khedrub Norsang Gyatsho 1423-1513 mkhas grub nor bzang rgya mtsho - -
Gorampa Sonam Sengge 1429-1489 go rams pa bsod nams seng ge - -
Pema Lingpa 1450-1521 padma gling pa Tertön -
Tsang Nyon Heruka 1452-1507 gtsang smyon he ru ka - wrote u. a. a biography of Marpas and Milarepas
Chodrag Gyatsho 1454-1506 chos grags rgya mtsho 7. Karmapa authored many texts, including a commentary on the Abhisamayalamkara ( Mahayana Sutras ) and his most famous work The Ocean of Evidence , a commentary on the Pramana literature
Sera Jetsün Chökyi Gyeltshen 1469-1544 se ra rje btsun chos kyi rgyal mtshan - Textbook author a. be studied in Ganden
Gendun Gyatsho 1475-1542 dge 'dun rgya mtsho 2nd Dalai Lama Mystical verses and visions of the second Dalai Lama
Penchen Sonam Dragpa 1478-1554 pan chen bsod nams grags pa 15. Ganden Thripa u. a. Author of the New Red Annals ( deb ther dmar po gsar ma )
Ngari Penchen 1487-1542 mnga 'ris pan chen - -
Gotshang Repa 1494-1570 rgod tshang ras pa - -
Ngorchen Könchog Lhündrub 1497-1557 ngor chen dkon mchog lhun grub 10. Abbot of the Ngor Monastery u. a. Author of the "Three Visions" (basic work of the Sakya school)

16th Century

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Tsuglag Threngwa 1504-1566 gtsug lay 'phreng ba 2. Nenang Pawo historical texts
Mikyo Dorje 1507-1554 mi bskyod rdo rje 8. Karmapa has written many texts and commentaries on Sutrayana, as well as instructions on Tantras
Pema Karpo 1527-1592 padma dkar po - Master of the Drugpa Kagyu
Sonam Gyatsho 1543-1588 bsod nams rgya mtsho 3rd Dalai Lama The Step Path: Purified Gold , Lamrim
Wangchug Dorje 1556-1603 dbang phyug rdo rje 9. Karmapa wrote u. a. also three mahamudra texts
Lobsang Chökyi Gyeltshen 1570-1662 blo bzang chos kyi rgyal mtshan 4. Penchen Lama Author of a well-known Lamrim
Taranatha 1575-1634 tA ra nA tha Jonang wrote an important basic work on the history of Buddhism in India and a unique work on the "five teachings of Maitreya "

17th century

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Tsele Natshog Rangdröl 1608–? rtse le sna tshogs rank grol Tsele Gotsangpa -
Ngawang Lobsang Gyatsho 1617-1682 ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho 5th Dalai Lama u. a. twenty-five sealed teachings
Ngawang Lobsang Chöden 1642-1714 ngag dbang blo bzang chos ldan 2. Cangkya Qutuqtu -
Terdag Lingpa 1646-1714 gter bdag gling pa Gyurme Dorje -
Sanggye Phüntshog 1649-1705 sangs rgyas phun tshogs 25th Abbot of the Ngor Monastery -
Sanggye Gyatsho 1653-1705 sangs rgyas rgya mtsho Desi u. a. Author of the "Blue Beryl"
Punch Dharmashri 1654-1717 lo chen dharma shrI Minling -
Velvet Lingpa 1655–? bsam gtan gling pa Taksham Nüden Dorje -
Tshangyang Gyatsho 1682-1706 tshangs dbyangs rgya mtsho 6th Dalai Lama Numerous poems, often of secular content, are ascribed to him with great poetry
Dokhar Tshering Wanggyel 1697-1763 mdo mkhar ba tshe ring dbang rgyal - Author of the novella gzhon nu zla med kyi gtam rgyud
Rigdzin Tshewang Norbu 1698-1755 rig 'dzin tshe dbang nor bu Kathog -

18th century

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Chökyi Chungne 1700-1774 chos kyi 'byung gnas 8. Tai Situpa Author of many important works, author of a comprehensive grammar of the Tibetan language that is still studied today
Kelsang Gyatsho (Dalai Lama) 1708-1757 Skal bzang rgya mtsho 7th Dalai Lama u. a. Explanation of the Mandala ritual of the Glorious Vajra Akshobhya Guhyasamaja
Jigme Lingpa 1729-1798 'jigs med gling pa Rigdzin, Tertön -
Thuken Lobsang Chökyi Nyima 1737-1802 thu'u bkwan blo bzang chos kyi nyi ma 3. Thuken u. a. Author of the "Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Teaching Systems" ( grub mtha 'shel gyi me long )
Jampel Gyatsho 1758-1804 'jam dpal rgya mtsho 8th Dalai Lama -
Getse Mahapandita 1761-1829 dge rtse pan chen Tshewang Chokdrub -
Tenpe Nyima 1782-1853 bstan pa'i nyi ma 7. Penchen Lama u. a. Author of the Rinjung Lhantab

19th century

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Orgyen Jigme Chökyi Wangpo 1808-1887 o rgyan 'jigs med chos kyi dbang po Peltrül Rinpoche -
North Dorje 1809-1872 nus ldan rdo rje Drophan Lingpa Tertön of the Northern Treasures
Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye 1813-1899 'jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas Yungdrung Lingpa Treasure of rediscovered teachings
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo 1820-1892 'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po - Sadhanas and Other Sakya Practices, 14 volumes
Choggyur Lingpa 1829-1870 mchog gyur gling pa Tertön -
Düdjom Lingpa 1835-1904 bdud 'joms gling pa Tertön -
Ju Mipham Namgyel Gyatsho 1846-1912 'ju mi ​​pham rnam rgyal rgya mtsho Mipham Rinpoche -
Jamyang Loter Wangpo 1847-1914 'jam dbyangs blo gter dbang po - Sadhanas and Other Sakya Practices, 14 volumes
Shardze Trashi Gyeltshen 1859-1935 shar rdza bkra shis rgyal mtshan - see also Bon
Jigme Tenpe Nyima 1865-1926 'jigs med bstan pa'i nyi ma 3. Dodrubchen Rinpoche -
Pema Namgyel 1871-1926 pad ma rnam rgyal 4. Shechen Gyeltshab -
Thubten Gyatsho 1876-1933 thub bstan rgya mtsho 13th Dalai Lama -
Phabongkha Dechen Nyingpo 1878-1941 pha bong kha pa bde chen snying po - -
Ngawang Pelsang 1879-1941 ngag dbang dpal bzang - -
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö 1893-1959 'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse chos kyi blo gros - Rime master

20th century

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Lobsang Yeshe Tendzin Gyatsho 1901-1981 blo bzang ye shes bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho 3. Trijang Rinpoche wrote u. a. the text on the Gyallu
Thubten Lungtog Tendzin Thrinle 1903-1983 thub bstan lung rtogs bstan 'dzin' phrin las 97. Ganden Thripa, 6th Ling Rinpoche u. a. Literature on Vajrabhairava
Gendun Chöphel 1903 or 1905–1951 dge 'dun chos' phel - Author of the White Annals and the Tibetan Art of Love
Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje 1904-1987 'jigs bral ye shes rdo rje 2. Düdjom Rinpoche, 1st head of the Nyingmapa see also Terma
Karma Rangjung Künkhyab Thrinle 1905-1989 kar ma ran byun kun khyab 2. Kalu Rinpoche Shangpa -Kagyu
Wangchug Deden Shakabpa 1908-1989 zhwa sgab pa dbang phyug bde ldan Tsipon historian
Dilgo Khyentse 1910-1991 dil mgo mkhyen brtse 1987 to 1991 head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism -
Dorje Yudon Yuthok * 1912 - - -
Chatral Sanggye Dorje * 1913 bya bral sangs rgyas rdo rje Chatral Rinpoche -
Gendun Rinpoche 1917-1997 dge 'dun rin po che - -
Geshe Rabten 1920-1986 dge bshes rab brtan - Author of a number of major books on Buddhism
Trulku Orgyen 1920-1996 sprul sku o rgyan - -
Khetsun Sangpo * 1920 mkhas btsun bzang po - -
Phüntshog Wanggyel * 1922 phun tshogs dbang rgyal Goranangpa Founder of the Tibetan Communist Party
Thubten Jigme Norbu 1922-2008 thub bstan 'jigs med nor bu Taktser Rinpoche -
Tendzin Chodrag 1922-2001 bstan 'dzin chos grags - former personal physician of the 14th Dalai Lama
Gyatrül Rinpoche * 1924 rgya sprul rin po che - u. a. Contributions to the bardo
Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche * 1924 - Abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra -
Tendzin Namdag * 1926 bstan 'dzin rnam-dag Lopon see also Bon
Dungkar Lobsang Thrinle 1927-1997 dung dkar blo bzang 'phrin read Dungkar Rinpoche Historian, Buddhist scholar
Lobsang Gyatsho 1928-1997 just bzang rgya mtsho Geshe Author and founder of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics Dharmshala , murdered in 1997
Khensur Champa Tegchog * 1930 mkhan zur byams pa theg mchog - -
Chagdud Trulku 1930-2002 - Rinpoche -
Kelsang Gyatsho * 1931 bskal bzang rgya mtsho Geshe Founder of the NKT
Champa Gyatsho 1932-2007 byams pa rgya mtsho Geshe -
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche 1932-1999 - Nyoshul Khenpo -
Thubten Ngawang 1932-2003 thub bstan ngag dbang Geshe -
Ani Pachen 1933-2002 - - Autobiography
Thrangu Rinpoche * 1933 - Khenchen -
Pelden Gyatsho 1933-2018 dpal ldan rgya mtsho - Autobiography
Tarthang Trülku * 1934 - - -
Tarab Trulku 1934-2004 - - -
Tendzin Gyatsho * 1935 bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho 14th Dalai Lama, Geshe comprehensive works on Buddhism
Thubten Yeshe 1935-1984 thub bstan ye shes - Founder of the FPMT
Samten Gyeltshen Karmay * 1936 bsam gtan rgyal mtshan mkhar rme'u - President of the International Association of Tibetan Studies from 1996 to 2000
Trashi Tshering * 1937 bkra shis tshe ring Geshe -
Namkhe Norbu 1938-2018 nam mkha'i nor bu Chogyel Writings on Dzogchen , Tibetan culture, Tibetan calendar
Akong Rinpoche 1939-2013 - - -
Champa Lobsang Panglung * 1939 byams pa blo bzang spang lung Panglung Rinpoche -
Lobsang Tendzin * 1939 just bzang bstan 'dzin 5. Samdhong Rinpoche , Kalön Thripa of the 13th Kashag of the Tibetan government-in-exile
Trülku Döndrub * 1939 sprul sku don grub - -
Loden Sherab Dagyab * 1940 blo ldan shes rab brag g.yab Dagyab Rinpoche -
Bokar Rinpoche 1940-2004 - - u. a. Contributions to the bardo
Chogyam Drungpa 1940-1987 chos rgya drung pa 11. Drungpa Trülku from Surmang -
Khenchen Pelden Sherab * 1941 mkhan chen dpal ldan shes rab - -
Konchog Gyeltshen * 1946 dkon mchog rgyal mtshan Khenpo -
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche * 1946 - lama Founder of the FPMT
Sogyel Rinpoche 1947-2019 bsod rgyal rin po che - Author of the Tibetan Book of Life and Death
Dawa Norbu 1949-2006 zla ba nor bu - u. a. Author of Red Star over Tibet
Chokyi Nyima * 1951 chos kyi nyi ma - Son of Trülku Orgyen, u. a. Contributions to the bardo
Mipham Chokyi Lodro * 1952 mi pham chos kyi blo gross 14. Shamarpa -
Karma Tshälthrim Gyurme Thrinle * 1952 ka.rma tshul khrims' gyur med phrin las Ringu Trulku u. a. Contributions to the rime movement
Khenpo Namdrol * 1953 mkhan po rnam grol Rinpoche u. a. Practical comment on Vajrakilaya
Dondrub Gyel 1953-1985 don dig rgyal - is considered the founder of the new Tibetan literature
Ngawang Sangpo * 1954 ngag dbang bzang po - -
Gangteng Trulku * 1955 sgang steng sprul sku - Dzogchen
Pasang Yönten * 1955 pa sangs yon tan - Tibetan medicine
Trashi Tshering (London) * 1958 bkra shis tshe ring Geshe -
Alai (writer) * 1959 - - Tibetan / Chinese writer
Trashi Dawa * 1959 bkra shis zla ba - Author of Soul Tied to the Leather Straps
Tshering Shakya * 1959 tshe ring sha kya Tshering Wangdü Shakya contemporary author, historian
Khyentse Norbu * 1961 mkhyen brtse nor bu Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse -
Tendzin Wanggyel * 1961 bstan 'dzin dbang rgyal - u. a. Contributions to dream yoga , lucid dream , Bon
Sakyong Mipham * 1963 - - Son of Chögyam Drungpa
Karma Sungrab Ngedön Tenpe Gyeltshen * 1965 kar ma gsung rab nges don bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan 7. Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche , Abbot of Dzogchen Monastery -
Ngawang Tshognyi Gyatsho * 1966 ngag dbang tshogs gnyis rgya mtsho 3. Tshognyi Rinpoche Son of Trülku Orgyen
Tsering Woeser * 1966 tshe ring 'od zer - -
Khandro Rinpoche * 1967 mkha '' gro rin po che - Daughter of Gyurme Künsang Wanggyel
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa * 1969 - - -
Anyen Rinpoche * 1969 - - Dzogchen
Tendzin Tsundu * 1975 - - -
Trülku Lama Lobsang * 1975 sprul sku bla ma blo bzang - -
Yonge Migyur * 1975 yongs dge mi 'gyur Dorje Rinpoche youngest son of Trülku Orgyen

Writers with Tibetan names

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Erik Pema Künsang - Erik pad ma kun bzang Erik Hein Schmidt Translator and author, founder of Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo * 1939 - Alyce Zeoli Enthroned in 1988, Pelyül
Lama Chökyi Nyima - bla ma chos kyi nyi ma Richard Barron -
Pema Chödrön * 1936 pad ma chos sgron Deirdre Blomfield-Brown -
Ngagpa Chogyam * 1952 sngags pa chos rgya - -
Geshe Ngawang Wanggyel 1901-1983 ngag dbang dbang rgyal - -
Rigdzin Dorje Gönpo, Vajranatha - rig 'dzin rdo rje mgon po John Myrdhin Reynolds -
Rigdzin Shigpo - rig 'dzin zhig po Michael Hookham -
Sanggye Khandro - sangs rgyas mkha '' large Kathleen McDonald Light of Berotsana Translation Group
Sherab Chodzin * 1939 shes rab chos' dzin Michael H. Kohn -
Thubten Chödrön * 1950 thub bstan chos sgron Cherry Greene -
Tshälthrim Allione * 1947 tshul khrims allione - -

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