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Buddhism: A Select Bibliography

I. General (Introductory, Survey, Early History, Texts from the Pali Canon)

Akira, Hirakawa. A History of Indian Buddhism: From Sakyamuni to Early Mahayana. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1990.
Allen, George Francis. The Buddha's Philosophy. New York: Macmillan, 1959.
Arnold, Sir Edwin. The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation…. Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1890.
Bahm, A.J. Philosophy of the Buddha. New York: Harper & Row, 1958.
Bays, Gwendolyn. The Voice of the Buddha: The Beauty of Compassion (translation of the Lalitavistara Sutra), 2 Vols. Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publ., 1983.
Bechert, Heinz and Richard Gombrich, eds. The World of Buddhism: Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture. London: Thames and Hudson, 1984.
Beyer, Stephan B. The Buddhist Experience: Sources and Interpretations. Encino, CA: Dickensen, 1974.
Blackstone, Kathryn R. Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha: Struggles for Liberation in the Therigatha. London: Curzon, 1998.
Bodhi, Bhikkhu. The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2000.
Bucknell, R.S. and Martin Stuart-Fox. The Twilight Language: Explorations in Buddhist Meditation and Symbolism. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1986.
Buddhadasa Bikkhu (Phra Thepwisutthimethi). Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree: The Buddha's Teaching on Voidness. Boston, MA: Wisdom, 1994.
Burtt, E.A. The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha. New York: New American Library, 1955.
Carrithers, Michael. The Buddha. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1983.
Carrithers, Michael. The Buddha: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Carter, John Ross and Malinda Palihawadana, trans. The Dhammapada. New York: Oxford Univerisity Press, 1987.
Chakravarti, Uma. The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1987.
Cheetham, Eric. Fundamentals of Mainstream Buddhism. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1994.
Cleary, Thomas. Buddhist Yoga: A Comprehensive Course. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 1995.
Coleman, James William. The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Collins, Steven. Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities: Utopias of the Pali Imaginaire. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Conze, Edward. Buddhism: Its Essence and Development. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1965.
Conze, Edward. Buddhist Meditation. New York: Harper and Row, 1969.
Conze, Edward. Buddhist Thought in India. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1967.
Conze, Edward. A Short History of Buddhism. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1980.
Conze, Edward, ed. Buddhist Texts through the Ages. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
Coomaraswamy, Ananda. Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
de Silva, Padmasiri. An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 3rd ed. 2001.
Dharmasiri, Gunapala. Fundamentals of Buddhist Ethics. Antioch, CA: Golden Leaves, 1989.
Dutt, Sukumar. Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1962.
Dutt, Sukumar. Early Buddhist Monachism. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1984.
Easwaran, Eknath, trans. The Dhammapada. Tomales, CA: Nilgiri Press, 1986.
Garrett, John. Tales and Teachings of the Buddha: The Jataka Stories in Relation to the Pali Canon. London: Allen & Unwin, 1979.
Gethin, Rupert. The Foundations of Buddhism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Goddard, Dwight, ed. A Buddhist Bible. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1970.
Goldstein, Joseph. The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1983.
Gombrich, Richard F. How Buddhism Began: The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings. London: Athlone, 1996.
Griffiths, Paul J. On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1994.
Grimm, George. The Doctrine of the Buddha: The Religion of Reason and Meditation. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 3rd ed., 1982.
Guenther, Herbert V. Philosophy and Psychology in the Abhidharma. Berkeley, CA: Shambhala, 1976.
Harris, Elizabeth J. What Buddhists Believe. Oxford, England: Oneworld Publ., 1998.
Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues. Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Heine, Steven and Charles S. Prebish, eds. Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Holt, John C. Discipline: The Canonical Buddhism of the Vinayapitaka. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1981.
Horner, Isaline B. Women Under Primitive Buddhism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1930.
Humphreys, Christmas. Buddhism. London: Penguin Books, 1951.
Humphreys, Christmas. Studies in the Middle Way: Being Thoughts on Buddhism Applied. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1996.
Iyer, Raghavan, ed. The Dhammapada with The Udanavarga. Santa Barbara, CA: The Pythagorean Sangha & Concord Grove Press, 1986.
Jacobson, Nolan Pliny. Buddhism: The Religion of Analysis. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1974.
Jayatilleke, K.N. Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963.
Jayatilleke, K.N. The Message of the Buddha. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1975.
Jones, John Garrett. Tales and Teachings of the Buddha: The Jataka Stories in Relation to the Pali Canon. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979.
Kalupahana, David J. Buddhist Philosophy: A Historical Analysis. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1976.
Kalupahana, David J. A History of Buddhist Philosophy: Continuities and Discontinuities. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1992.
Kalupahana, David J. The Principles of Buddhist Psychology. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1987.
Karetsky, Patricia Eichenbaum. The Life of the Buddha: Ancient Scriptural and Pictorial Traditions. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1992.
Keown, Damien. Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press,
2000.
Keown, Damien. Contemporary Buddhist Ethics. London: Curzon Press, 2000.
Keown, Damien. The Nature of Buddhist Ethics. London: Macmillan, 1992.
Kitagawa, Joseph M. and Mark D. Cummings, eds. Buddhism and Asian History. New York: Macmillan, 1987.
Kloppenborg, Ria. The Paccekabuddha: A Buddhist Ascetic. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1974.
Kloppenborg, Ria. The Sutra on the Foundation of the Buddhist Order (Catusparisatsutra). Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1973.
Klostermaier, Klaus K. Buddhism: A Short Introduction. Oxford, England: Oneworld, 2000.
Kohn, Michael H. trans. The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 1991.
Kohn, Sherab Chodzin. Awakened One: A Life of the Buddha. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2000.
Kornfield, Jack, ed. Teachings of the Buddha. Boston, MA: Shambhala, revised ed., 1995.
Lamotte, Étienne (Sara Webb-Boin, trans.). History of Indian Buddhism. Louvain-Paris: Peeters Press, 1988.
Ling, Trevor O. The Buddha: Buddhist Civilization in India and Ceylon. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1973.
Lopez, Donald S., Jr., ed. Buddhism in Practice. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995.
Lopez, Donald S., Jr. The Story of Buddhism: A Concise Guide to Its History and Teachings. New York: Harper SanFrancisco, 2001.
Mitchell, Donald W. Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Mizuno, Kogen (Richard L. Gage and Charles S. Terry, trans.). Basic Buddhist Concepts. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1987.
Murcott, Susan. The First Buddhist Women. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1991.
Nakamura, Hajime. Gotama Buddha: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts. Tokyo:Kosei Publ., 2001.
Nakamura, Hajime. Indian Buddhism: A Survey with Bibliographical Notes. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1996.
Ñanamoli, Bhikkhu and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans. The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1995.
Nyanaponika, Mahathera. Pathways of Buddhist Thought. London: Allen & Unwin, 1971.
Potter, Karl H., ed. Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Vol. VII: Abhidharma Buddhism to 150 A.D. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1997.
Potter, Karl H., ed. Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Vol. VIII: Buddhist Philosophy from 100 to 350 A.D. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1999.
Powers, John. A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Oxford, England: Oneworld Publ., 2000.
Prebish, Charles S. The A to Z of Buddhism. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001.
Prebish, Charles S., ed. Buddhism: A Modern Perspective. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania
State University Press, 1975.
Prebish, Charles S., ed. Buddhist Monastic Discipline: The Sanskrit Pratimoksa Sutras of the Mahasamghikas and Mulasarvastivadins. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State
University Press, 1975.
Pye, Michael. The Buddha. London: Duckworth, 1979.
Radhakrishnan, S., trans. The Dhammapada. London: Oxford University Press, 1959.
Rahula, Walpola. What the Buddha Taught. New York: Grove Press, 1974.
Ray, Reginald A. Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Reat, Noble Ross. Buddhism: A History. Berkeley, CA: Asian Humanities Press, 1994.
Rewatadhamma, Bhadanta. The First Discourse of the Buddha: Turning the Wheel of Dhamma, Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1997.
Reynolds, Frank E. Guide to Buddhist Religion. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1981.
Rhys Davids, T.W., trans. The Questions of King Milinda. 2 Vols. New York: Dover, 1963.
Robinson, Richard H. and Willard Johnson. The Buddhist Religion. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1982.
Sadakata, Akira. Buddhist Cosmology, Philosophy and Origins. Tokyo: Kosei, 1997.
Saddhatissa, Hammalawa. Buddhist Ethics: The Path to Nirvana. London: Wisdom, 1987.
Saddhatissa, Hammalawa. The Buddha's Way. New York: Braziller, 1972.
Saddhatissa, Hammalawa. The Life of the Buddha. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
Sangharakshita, Maha Sthavira. The Eternal Legacy: An Introduction to the Canonical Literature of Buddhism. London: Tharpa, 1985.
Sangharakshita, Maha Sthavira. A Survey of Buddhism: Its Doctrines and Methods through the Ages. London: Tharpa Publ., revised ed., 1987.
Schumann, Hans Wolfgang. Buddhism: An Outline of Its Teachings and Schools. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973.
Sharma, Arvind. The Philosophy of Religion: A Buddhist Perspective. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Skilton, Andrew. A Concise History of Buddhism. Birmingham, England: Windhorse, 1994.
Strong, John S. The Buddha: A Short Biography. Oxford, England: Oneworld Publ., 2001.
Strong, John S. The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretation. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2nd ed., 2001.
Swearer, Donald K. Buddhism and Society in Southeast Asia. Chambersburg, PA: Anima Books, 1981.
Thanissaro, Bhikkhu. The Buddhist Monastic Code: The Patimokkha Training Rules Translated and Explained. Valley Center, CA: Metta Forest Monastery, 1994.
Thera, Nyanaponika. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation. New York: Samuel Weiser, 1973.
Thera, Nyanaponika and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans. and ed. Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: An Anthology of Suttas from Anguttara Nikaya. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2000.
Thera, Nyanaponika and Hellmuth Hecker (Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.). Great Disciples of the Buddha: Their Lives, Their Work, Their Legacy. Boston, MA: Wisdom, 1997.
Thomas, Edward J. The Life of Buddha as Legend and History. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 3rd ed., 1949.
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996.
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe, ed. Sakyadita: Daughters of the Buddha. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1989.
Vetter, Tillman. The Ideas and Meditative Practices of Early Buddhism. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1988.
Walshe, Maurice, trans. The Long Discourse of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1995.
Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 3rd ed., 2000.
Warren, Henry Clarke. Buddhism in Translations. New York: Atheneum, 1977.
Watanabe, Fumimoro. Philosophy and Its Development in the Nikayas and Abhidhamma. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1983.
Williams, Paul (with Anthony Tribe). Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition. London: Routledge, 2000.
Zürcher, Erik. Buddhism, Its Origin and Spread in Words, Maps, and Pictures. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1959.
Zysk, Kenneth G. Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India: Medicine in the Buddhist Monastery. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.

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