Kurt Schmidt

Born in Berlin, 1879 - 1975

He got introduced to Buddhism through a book by Oldenberg and the translations of Karl Eugen Neumann. When he noticed how different these two translated Pali texts, it forced him to learn Pali himself and he became a "master of Pali". In 1917, he was asked to give a lecture at the Munich to talk about Buddhism. The result of this was the first of his 15 books. Later, he translated the entire Middle collection (Majjhima Nikaya) in a new abbreviated form.

Important works:

Pali - Buddha's language.

The collection of Buddhist texts in the Middle Length Sayings.

Buddha and his disciples

Empty is the world. Buddhist studies.

Thus said the Buddha.

Buddha's teaching.

Introduction to Buddhism.

Buddhist dictionary.