Topical Bibliography of Selected Books on Buddhism
Reference Works
Fischer-Schreiber, Franz-Karl Ehrhard, and Michael S. Diener The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 1991.
Keown, Damien A Dictionary of Buddhism. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Powers, John A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Oxford, England: Oneworld Publications, 2000.
Snelling, John The Buddhist Handbook. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 1998.
Introductions
Batchelor, Stephen Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 1997.
Hagen, Steve Buddhism Plain and Simple. 1977. New York, NY: Broadway Books, 1999.
Keown, Damien Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Harvey, Peter An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Lopez, Donald S., Jr. The Story of Buddhism: A Concise Guide to its History and Teachings. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2001.
Mills, Laurence-Khantipalo Mills Buddhism Explained. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 1999.
Mitchell, Donald W. Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Pauling, Chris Introducing Buddhism. 1990. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse Publications, 1997
Renard, John Responses to 101 Questions on Buddhism. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999.
Smith, Huston, and Philip Novak Buddhism: A Concise Introduction. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2003.
Titmuss, Christopher An Awakened Life: Uncommon Wisdom from Everyday Experience. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2000.
History of Buddhism (including regions and traditions)
Reat, Noble Ross Buddhist: A History. Fremont, CA: Jain Publishing Company, 1994.
Skilton, Andrew. A Concise History of Buddhism. 1994. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse Publications, 1997.
Thomas, Edward J. The History of Buddhist Thought. 1959. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 2002.
The Buddha, Biographies and Context
Armstrong, Karen Buddha. New York, NY: Penguin, 2001.
Dharma Publishing. Holy Places of the Buddha. Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing Co., 1994.
Gadgil, Madhav, and Ramachandra Guha This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1992.
Ling, Trevor The Buddha: Buddhist Civilization in India and Ceylon. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973.
Nanamoli, Bhikkhu. The Life of the Buddha: According to the Pali Canon. 1978. Seattle, WA: Buddhist Publication Society Pariyatti Editions, 1992.
Nelson, Walter Henry Buddha: His Life and His Teaching. New York, NY: Penguin Putnam Inc., 1996.
Saddhaloka. Encounters with Enlightenment: Stories from the Life of the Buddha. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse Publications, 2001.
Saddhatissa, Hammalawa Before He Was Buddha: The Life of Siddhartha. Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press/Seastone, 1998.
Sangharakshita Who is the Buddha? Glasgow, Scotland: Windhorse Publications, 1994.
Strong, John S. The Buddha: A Short Biography. Oxford, UK: Oneworld, 2001.
Buddhist Scriptures
Bodhi, Bihikkhu The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1995.
Conze, Edward Buddhist Scriptures. New York, NY: Penguin, 1959.
Dhamma, Rewata The First Discourse of the Buddha. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1997.
Kornfield, Jack, Ed. Teachings of the Buddha. 1991. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1996.
Muller, F. Max, and Jack Maguire Dhammapada: Annotated and Explained. Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths Publishing, 2001.
Stryk, Lucien World of the Buddha: A Reader. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1968.
Walsche, Maurice The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1995.
Watson, Burton The Lotus Sutra. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1993.
Buddhism
Bahm, Archie J. Philosophy of the Buddha. 1959. Berkeley, CA: Asian Humanities Press, 1993.
Chah, Ajahn Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2001.
Conze, Edward Buddhism: Its Essence and Development. 1951. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse Publications, 2001.
Gowans, Christopher W. Philosophy of the Buddha. New York, NY:Routledge, 2003.
Harris, Elizabeth J. What Buddhists Believe. 1998. Boston, MA: Oneworld, 2000.
King, Sallie B. Buddha Nature. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1991.
Mizuno, Kogen Basic Buddhist Concepts. Tokyo, Japan: Kosei Publishing Co., 1987.
Sadakata, Akira Buddhist Cosmology: Philosophy and Origins. Tokyo, Japan: Kosei Publishing Co., 1997.
Sangharakshita What is the Dharma? Essential Teachings of the Buddha. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse Publications, 1998.
Williams, Paul Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition. New York, NY: Routledge, 2000.
Buddhist Ethics
Dalai Lama, His Holiness The Ethics for the New Millennium. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 1999.
Harvey, Peter An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Hsing, Yun Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life. New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1998.
Kalupahana, David J. Ethics in Early Buddhism. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai`i Press, 1995.
Keown, Damien, Ed. Contemporary Buddhist Ethics. Richmond, Surrey, UK: Curzon Press, 2000.
---. The Nature of Buddhist Ethics. 1992. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001.
---. Buddhism and Bioethics. 1995. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001.
Loori, John Daido. The Heart of Being: Moral and Ethical Teachings of Zen Buddhism. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1996.
Saddhatissa, Hammalawa. Buddhist Ethics. 1970. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1997.
Tachibana, Shundo Ethics of Buddhism. 1926. Richmond, Surrey, UK: Curzon Press Ltd., 1992.
Buddhists
Reynolds, Frank E., and Jason A. Carbine, Eds. The Life of Buddhism. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000.
Roscoe, Gerald. The Triple Gem: An Introduction to Buddhism. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 1994.
Sangharakshita Ritual and Devotion in Buddhism: An Introduction. 1995. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse Publications, 2000.
Strong, John S. The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Group, 2001.
Buddhism and Nature (Also see Buddhist Ecology and Environmentalism).
Badiner, Allan Hunt, ed. Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1990.
Batchelor, Martine, and Kerry Brown, Eds. Buddhism and Ecology. London, England: Cassell Publishers Limited, 1992.
Buddhist Institute Cry from the Forest: A Buddhism and Ecology Community Learning Tool. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Buddhist Institute, 1999.
Davies, Shann, Ed. Tree of Life: Buddhism and Protection of Nature. Geneva, Switzerland: Buddhist Perception of Nature, 1987.
Habito, Ruben L.F. Healing Breath: Zen Spirituality for a Wounded Earth. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1996.
Jones, Ken Beyond Optimism: A Buddhist Political Ecology. Oxford, UK: Jon Carpenter, 1993.
Kabilsingh, Chatsumarn A Cry from the Forest: Buddhist Perception of Nature, A New Perspective for Conservation Education. Bangkok, Thailand: Wildlife Fund Thailand, 1987.
---. Buddhism and Nature Conservation. Bangkok, Thailand: Thammasat University Press, 1998.
Kapleau, Philip To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian. San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row, 1982.
Kaza, Stephanie The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees. Boston, MA: Shambhala Press, 1996.
---, and Kenneth Kraft, Eds. Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2000.
Loori, John Daido Teachings of the Insentient: Zen and the Environment. Mt. Tremper, NY: Dharma Communications Press.
Macy, Joanna World As Lover, World As Self. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1991.
Martin, Julia, Ed. Ecological Responsibility: A Dialogue With Buddhism. Delhi, India: Tibet House, 1997.
Morgante, Amy Buddhist Perspectives on the Earth Charter. Boston, MA: Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, 1997. (http://www.brc21.org/bec-toc.html).
Nisker, Wes Buddha's Nature: A Practical Guide to Discovering Your Place in the Cosmos. New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1998.
Norberg-Hodge, Helena Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1991.
Nyanasobhano, Bhikkhu. Landscapes of Wonder: Discovering Buddhist Dhamma in the World Around Us. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1998.
----. Longing for Certainty: Reflections on the Buddhist Life. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2003.
Payutto, P.A. Buddhist Economics: A Middle Way for the Market Place. Bangkok, Thailand: Buddhadhamma Foundation, 1994.
Ryan, P.D. Buddhism and the Natural World. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse Publications, Inc., 1998.
Sandell, Klas, ed. Buddhist Perspectives on the Ecocrisis. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1987.
Schmithausen, Lambert Buddhism and Nature. Tokyo, Japan: International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1991.
Schmithausen, Lambert The Problem of the Sentience of Plants in Earliest Buddhism. Tokyo, Japan: The International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1991.
Silva, Padmasiri de Environmental Philosophy and Ethics in Buddhism. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Titmus, Christopher. The Green Budhha. London, England: Wisdom Publications, 1995.
Tucker, Mary Evelyn, and Duncan Ryuken Williams, Eds. Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
Buddhism and Animals
Chapple, Christopher Key Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996.
Cowell, E.B., Ed. Jataka Stories. London, England: Pali Text Society, volumes I-VI, 1895-1905.
Rhys Davids, Caroline A.F. The Stories of the Buddha: Being Selections from the Jataka. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1989.
Sangha
Buswell, Robert E., Jr. The Zen Monastic Experience. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992.
Farrer-Halls, Gill The Feminine Face of Buddhism. Wheaton, IL: The Theosophical Publishing House, 2002.
Larkin, Geri Stumbling Toward Enlightenment. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1997.
---. First You Shave Your Head. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 2001.
Nhat Hanh, Thich Friends on the Path: Living Spiritual Communities. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2002.
Nishiumra, Eshin Unsui: A Diary of Zen Monastic Life. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1973.
Piyananda, Bhante Walpola Saffron Days in L.A.: Tales of a Buddhist Monk in America. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2001.
Sangharakshita What is the Sangha: The Nature of Spiritual Community. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse Publications, 2000.
Sumedho, Ajahn The Mind and the Way: Buddhist Reflections on Life. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 1994.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu The Buddhist Monastic Code. Valley Center, CA: Metta Forest Monastery, 1994.
Ward, Tim What the Buddha Never Taught. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1993.
Wijayaratna, Mohan, Buddhist Monastic Life: According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Wu Yin Choosing Simplicity: Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications.
Forest Monks
Taylor, J.L. Forest Monks and the Nation-State: An Anthropological and Historical Study in Northeastern Thailand. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1993.
Tiyavanich, Kamala Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai`i Press, 1997.
---. The Buddha in the Jungle. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2003.
Engaged Buddhism
Chappell, David W., Ed. Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications.
Eppsteiner, Fred, Ed. The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1988.
Jones, Ken The New Social Face of Buddhism: A Call to Action. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2003.
Kotler, Arnold, Ed. Engaged Buddhist Reader. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1996.
Queen, Christopher S., Ed. Engaged Buddhism in the West. Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2000.
Queen, Christopher S., and Sallie B. King, Eds. Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996.
Buddhism in the West
Allen, Charles The Search for the Buddha: The Men Who Discovered India's Lost Religion. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003.
Batchelor, Stephen The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1994.
Clarke, J.J. Oriental Enlightenment: The Encounter Between Asian and Western Thought. New York, NY: Routledge, 1997.
Coleman, James William The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Fields, Rick How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 1992.
Lorie, Peter, and Julie Foakes The Buddhist Directory. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1997.
Mackenzie, Vicki Why Buddhism?: Westerners in Search of Wisdom. London, UK: Tjorsons, 2003.
Morreale, Don, Ed. The Complete Guide to Buddhist America. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 1998.
Prebish, Charles S. Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998.
___, and Martin Bauman, Eds. Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002.
---, and Kenneth K. Tanaka, Eds. The Faces of Buddhism in America. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998.
Seager, Richard Hughes Buddhism in America. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1999.
Suntree, Susan, Ed. Wisdom of the East: Stories of Compassion, Inspiration, and Love. New York, NY: Contemporary Books, 2002.
Toms, Michael Buddhism in the West: Spiritual Wisdom for the 21st Century. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc., 1998.
Tweed, Thomas A. The American Encounter with Buddhism 1844-1912: Victorian Culture and the Limits if Dissent. 1992. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.