LIST OF BOOKS RELATED TO BUDDHISM

The following is a 'list of books related to Buddhism':

Contents

Introductions and general texts

Nikaya Buddhism

Mahayana Buddhism (General)

Madhyamaka

Zen

Children's Books

Misc.

Buddhist publishers

Introductions and general texts

★ Bechert, H., & Gombrich, R. (Eds.). (1991). ''The world of Buddhism''. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27628-5

★ Gethin, R. (1998). ''The foundations of Buddhism''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-289223-1

★ Harvey, P. (1990). ''An introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, history and practices''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-31333-3

★ Sangharakshita (2001). ''A Survey of Buddhism'' (ninth edition). Windhorse Publications. ISBN 0-904766-93-4

★ Williams, P., & Tribe, A. (2000). ''Buddhist thought: A complete introduction to the Indian tradition''. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-20701-0

Nikaya Buddhism

★ Histories

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★ Early Indian Buddhism

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★ Warder, A. K. (2000). ''Indian Buddhism''. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 81-208-1741-9

Mahayana Buddhism (General)

★ Primary texts

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★ Santideva (2002), ''The Bodhicaryavatara'' (trans. Kate Crosby and Andrew Skilton), Windhorse Publications. ISBN 1-899579-49-4

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★ Prajñāparamitā literature

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★ Conze, Edward. ''Buddhist Wisdom : The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra''. ISBN 0-375-72600-4

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★ Early East Asian Buddhism

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★ . Muller, A. Charles. ''The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment: Korean Buddhism's Guide to Meditation.'' Albany: SUNY Press, 1999.

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★ Williams, P. (1989). ''Mahayana Buddhism: The doctrinal foundations''. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-02537-0

Madhyamaka

★ See Translations of Nagarjuna

Zen

★ Primary Texts

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★ Rinzai

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★ Watson, Burton, tr. (1999). ''The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi''. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-11485-0

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★ Soto

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★ Waddell and Abe, trs. (2002) ''The Heart of Dogen's Shobogenzo''. State Univ of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-5242-5

★ Histories

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★ Dumoulin, Heinrich. ''A History of Zen Buddhism''.

★ Western writings on Zen

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★ Merton, Thomas. ''Mystics and Zen Masters''.

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★ Janwillem van de Wetering

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★ (1971) ''The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery''. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-20774-3

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★ (1975) ''A glimpse of nothingness: Experiences in an American Zen Community''. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-20945-2

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★ (1999) ''Afterzen: Experiences of a Zen Student Out on His Ear, St. Martin's Press''. ISBN 0-312-27261-8

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★ Adam Genkaku Fisher

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★ (2007) ''Answer Your Love Letters: Footnotes to a Zen Practice''. AuthorHouse.

Children's Books

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★ Janwillem van de Wetering. (1978) ''Little Owl: An Eightfold Buddhist Admonition''. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-26456-1

Misc.

★ Books that mention Buddhism or Buddhist thinkers

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★ Michael H. Hart, ''The 100'', Carol Publishing Group, July 1992, paperback, 576 pages, ISBN 0-8065-1350-0

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★ " Revival of Buddhism in India and Role of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar" by Bhagwan Das and published by Dalit Today Prakashan, 18/455, Indira Nagar,Lucknow(U.P.) India.

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★ "Mirror Mind" - Written by a Singapore autistic, ISBN 981-05-4778-1

Buddhist publishers

Several publishers specialise in books on Buddhism

★ Dharma Publishing

★ Shambhala Publications

★ Snow Lion Publications

★ Tharpa Publications

★ Windhorse Publications

★ Wisdom Publications