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).
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.