Lambert Schmithausen (born 17 November 1939 in Cologne, Germany)[1] is a retired professor of Buddhist Studies, having served in positions at the University of Münster and the University of Hamburg (Germany). He is one of the leading academics in the field.
Schmithausen received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Vienna in 1963.[1] He was an associate professor of Indology at the University of Münster from 1970 to 1973, moving to the University of Hamburg from 1973 until his retirement in 2005.[1] His main fields of research are the Yogacara tradition of Indian Buddhism and Buddhist ethics, particularly the ethics of nature. He was elected a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1995.[2]
The following are publications by Lambert Schmithausen.[3]