Alexandra David-Neel (1868–1969)

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1. Alexandra David-Neel

   Author of Magic and Mystery in Tibet, My Journey to Lhasa, Initiations and Initiates in Tibet

2. Chogyam Trungpa

   Author of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Born in Tibet, Journey Without Goal: The Tantric Wisdom of the Buddha

3. John Blofeld

   Author of The Zen Teaching of Huang-Po: On the Transmission of Mind, Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin (Shambhala Dragon Editions), The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet: A Practical Guide to the Theory, Purpose, and Techniques of Tantric Meditation

4. W. Y. Evans-Wentz

   Author of Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines, The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan being the Jetsun-Kahbum or Biographical History of Jetsun-Mila

5. Herbert V. Guenther

   Author of The Dawn of Tantra, Kindly Bent to Ease Us, Part One: Mind (v. 1), Buddhist Philosophy in Theory and Practice

6. Anagarika Govinda

   Author of The Way of the White Clouds, Creative Meditation and Multi-Dimensional Consciousness (Quest Book), Psycho-Cosmic Symbolism of the Buddhist Stupa

7. Namkhai Norbu

   Author of Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light, The Crystal and the Way of Light: Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen (Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy), Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State

8. Jamgon Kongtrul

   Author of The Torch of Certainty, Creation and Completion: Essential Points of Tantric Meditation, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book 1: Book One: Myriad Worlds

9. Mircea Eliade

   Author of Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, Yoga : Immortality and Freedom, The Two and the One (A Phoenix book)

10. Edward Conze

    Author of Buddhist Texts Through the Ages, The Perfection of Wisdom (Wheel Series, 1), Buddhist Meditation

11. Dilgo Khyentse

    Author of Enlightened Courage, New Edition: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training, The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, The Excellent Path to Enlightenment: Oral Teachings on the Root Text of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

12. John Myrdhin Reynolds

    Author of Self-Liberation Through Seeing With Naked Awareness, The Golden Letters

13. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

    Author of The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep, Wonders of the Natural Mind, New Edition: The Essence of Dzogchen in the Native Bon Tradition of Tibet

14. Peter Matthiessen

    Author of The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982 (Shambhala Dragon Editions)

15. J.C. Cleary

    Author of Zen Dawn, Buddha from Korea: The Zen Teachings of T'aego

16. Keith Dowman

    Author of Sky Dancer: The Secret Life & Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel, Masters of Mahamudra: Songs and Histories of the Eighty-Four Buddhist Siddhas (Suny Series in Buddhist Studies)

17. Alexander Berzin

    Author of Taking the Kalachakra Initiation, Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building A Healthy Relationship

18. Vicki Mackenzie

    Author of Cave in the Snow: Tenzin Palmo's Quest for Enlightenment, Reincarnation: The Boy Lama

19. Heinrich Harrer

    Author of Seven Years in Tibet

20. Peter Hopkirk

    Author of Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia, Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet (Kodansha Globe)