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.

Armstrong, Karen. The Buddha. New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001.

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 and
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, 2003.

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.

Kalupahana, David J. and Indrani Kalupahana. The Way of Siddhartha: A Life of the Buddha.
Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 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: HarperSanFrancisco, 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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II – The Theravada Tradition

Anderson, Carol S. Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist
Canon. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999.

Aronson, Harvey B. Love and Sympathy in Theravada Buddhism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass,
1980.

Bond, George D. The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka—Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and
Response. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1988.

Boisvert, Mathieu. The Five Aggregates: Understanding Theravada Psychology and Soteriology. Delhi:
Sri Satguru, 1997.

Bunnag, J. Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman: A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central
Thailand. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1973.

Burford, Grace G. Desire, Death, and Goodness: The Conflict of Ultimate Values in Theravada
Buddhism. New York: Peter Lang Publ., 1990.

Carrithers, Michael. The Forest Monks of Sri Lanka: An Anthropological and Historical Study.
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Carter, John Ross, ed. The Threefold Refuge in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition. Chambersburg,
PA: Anima Books, 1982.

Collins, Steven. Selfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism. Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press, 1982.

de Silva, K.M., et al., eds. Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1988.

Dhamma, Rewata. The First Discourse of the Buddha. Boston, MA: Wisdom, 1997.

Dharmasena Thera (Ranjini Obeyesekere, trans.). Jewels of the Doctrine. Albany, NY: State
University of New York Press, 1991.

Frauwallner, Erich. Studies in Abhidharma Literature and the Origins of Buddhist Philosophical
Systems. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995.

Gethin, Rupert. The Buddhist Path to Awakening: A Study of the Bodhi-Pakkhiya Dhamma.
Oxford, UK: Oneworld, 2nd ed., 2001.

Gombrich, Richard F. Precept and Practice: Traditional Buddhism in the Rural Highlands of Ceylon.
Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1971.

Gombrich, Richard F. Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern
Colombo. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1988.

Gombrich, Richard F. and Gananath Obeyesekere. Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in
Sri Lanka. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988.

Gorkom, Nina van. Abhidhamma in Daily Life. London: Triple Gem Press, 1997.

Govinda, Lama Anagarika. The Psychological Attitude of Early Buddhist Philosophy and
its Systematic Representation according to Abhiddhamma Tradition. Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidass, 1992.

Gunaratana, Henepola Venerable. Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Path
of the Buddha. Boston, MA: Wisdom, 2001.

Gunaratana, Henepola Venerable. Mindfulness in Plain English. Boston, MA: Wisdom,
1992.

Hamilton, Sue. Identity and Experience: The Constitution of the Human Being According to Early
Buddhism. London: Luzac, 1996.

Harvey, Peter. The Selfless Mind—Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism.
London: Curzon Press, 1995.

Hoffman, Frank J. Rationality and Mind in Early Buddhism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1992.

Hoffman, Frank J. and Deegalle Mahinda, eds. Pali Buddhism. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon,
1996.

Holt, John Clifford, Jacob N. Kinnard and Jonathan S. Walters, eds. Constituting
Communities: Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia.
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003.

Ishii, Yoneo. Sangha, State, and Society: Thai Buddhism in History. Honolulu, HI: University of
Hawaii Press, 1986.

Kalupahana, David J. Ethics in Early Buddhism. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press,
1995.

Katz, Nathan. Buddhist Images of Human Perfection: The Arahant of the Sutta Pitaka Compared
with the Bodhisattva and the Mahasiddha. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2nd ed., 1990.

Khema, Ayya. Being Nobody, Going Nowhere. London: Wisdom, 1987.

King, Winston L. In the Hope of Nibbana: An Essay on Theravada Buddhist Ethics. La Salle, IL:
Open Court, 1964.

King, Winston L. Theravada Meditation: The Buddhist Transformation of Yoga. University Park,
PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980.

Kornfield, Jack and Paul Breiter. A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah.
Wheaton, IL: Quest Books/Theosophical Publ. House, 1985.

Lester, R.C. Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan
Press, 1973.

Ling, Trevor O. Buddhism, Imperialism and War: Burma and Thailand in Modern History. London:
George Allen & Unwin, 1979.

Ling, Trevor O. Buddhism and the Mythology of Evil: A Study in Theravada Buddhism. Oxford,
England: Oneworld Publ., 1997.

Malalgoda, Kitsiri. Buddhism in Sinhalese Society, 1760-1900. Berkeley, CA: University of
California Press, 1976.

Ñanananda, Bhikkhu. The Magic of the Mind: An Exposition of the Kalakarama Sutta. Seattle,
WA: Pariyatti Press, 1997.

Obeyesekere, Gananath, Frank Reynolds and Bardwell L. Smith, eds. The Two Wheels of
Dhamma; Essays on the Theravada Tradition in India and Ceylon. Chambersburg, PA:
American Academy of Religion, 1972.

Pérez-Ramón, Joacquin. Self and Non-Self in Early Buddhism. The Hague: Mouton, 1980.

Rahula, Walpola. History of Buddhism in Ceylon. Colombo: Gunasena, 1956.

Smith, Bardwell, ed. Religion and Legitimation of Power in Sri Lanka. Chambersburg, PA: Anima
Books, 1978.

Smith, Bardwell, ed. The Two Wheels of Dhamma: Essays on the Theravada Tradition in India and
Ceylon. Chambersburg, PA: American Academy of Religion, 1972,

Spiro, Melford E. Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press, 2nd ed., 1982.

Swearer, Donald K. The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia. Albany, NY: State University of New
York Press, 1995.

Swearer, Donald K., ed. Me and Mine: Selected Essays of Bhikkhu Buddhadasa. Albany, NY: State
University of New York Press, 1989.

Tambiah, Stanley J. Buddhism Betrayed? Religion, Politics and Violence in Sri Lanka. Chicago, IL:
University of Chicago Press, 1992.

Tambiah, Stanley J. Buddhism and the Spirit-Cults in North-East Thailand. Cambridge,
UK: Cambridge University Press, 1970.

Tambiah, Stanley J. World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in
Thailand. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1976.

Thanissaro, Bhikkhu. The Mind Like Fire Unbound. Barre, MA: Dhamma Dana Publ., 1993.

Thera, Nyanaponika (Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.). Abhidhamma Studies: Buddhist Explorations of
Consciousness and Time. Boston, MA: Wisdom/Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society,
1998.

Trainor, Kevin. Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan
Theravada Tradition. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Wijayaratna, Mohan. Buddhist Monastic Life According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition.
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

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