Resources list

Chinese & Tibetan Interest

Branner, D. (2018). The Chinese Dhammapada.

Rouzer, P. (2007). A New Practical Primer of Literary Chinese. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center.

Skilling, P. (1993). ‘Theravādin literature in Tibetan translation’, Journal of the Pali Text Society, XIX, pp. 69-202.

Soothill, W. and Hodous, L. (2004). A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms. London and New York: Routledge.

Zürcher, E. (1959). The Buddhist Conquest of China: the spread and adaptation of Buddhism in early medieval China. Leiden: Brill.

Early Buddhism & Comparative Studies

Anālayo, B. (2004). Satipaṭṭhāna. The Direct Path to Realization. Birmingham: Windhorse Publications.

Anālayo, B. (2011). A Comparative Study of the Majjhima-Nikāya; Volume 1. Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation.

Anālayo, B. (2011). A Comparative Study of the Majjhima-Nikāya; Volume 2. Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation.

Anālayo, B. (2012). Excursions into the Thought-World of the Pāli Discourses. Onalaska: Pariyatti Press.

Anālayo, B. (2013). Perspectives on Satipaṭṭhāna. Cambridge: Windhorse Publications.

Bucknell, R. (2011), Foreword. In: Anālayo, B. (2011a). A Comparative Study of the Majjhima-Nikāya; Volume 1. Taipei: Dharma Drum Publishing Corporation.

Dhamma videos. (2018). Rebirth in Early Buddhism and Current Research: An Evening with Bhikkhu Anālayo.

Fronsdal, G. (2016). The Buddha before Buddhism: Wisdom from the Early Teachings. Boulder: Shambala Publications.

Jayawickrama, N.A. (1976) ‘A Critical Analysis of the Sutta-nipāta’. Pali Buddhist Review, 1(2), pp. 75-90.

Norman, K. (2015). The Group of Discourses (Sutta-Nipāta), 2nd edition. Bristol: Pāli Text Society.

Pande, G. (2015)(1957) Studies in the Origin of Buddhism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

Sujato, B. and Brahmali, B. (2015) ‘The Authenticity of the Early Buddhist Texts’. Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, vol. 5 supplement.

General Buddhism

Bodhi, B. (2006). ‘The Challenge to the Sangha in the 21st Century’, Bodhi Bulletin, 4(5), pp. 1-4. 

Bodhi, B. (2016). The Buddha’s Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pāli Canon. Boston: Wisdom Publications.

Gunaratana, B. (2011) Mindfulness in Plain English.

Harvey, P. (2000). An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues, 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Harvey, P. (2013). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, history, and practices. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Strong, J. (2008). The experience of Buddhism. Belmont: Thomson/Wadsworth.

Tan, P. (2012). The Notion of Diṭṭhi.

Meditation

Anālayo, B. (2016). Mindfully Facing Death and Dying Cambridge: Windhorse Publications.

Brasington, L. (2015). Right Concentration. Boston: Shambala

Shaw, S. (2006). Buddhist Meditation:  an anthology of texts from the Pāli Canon. Abingdon and New York: Routeledge.

 

Mahā-Maṅgala Sutta

Anandajoti, B. (2006). Mahāmaṅgalasuttaṁ.

Bodhi, B. (2005). Sn 2.4 Mahāmaṅgala Sutta — The Auspicious Performance (Part 1) [Sound recording].

Bodhi, B. (2005). The Ground Plan of the Mangala Sutta with its Thirty-Eight Blessings.

Bodhi, B. (2017). Life’s Highest Blessings: A Study of the Maha-Mangala Sutta, Friday Evening.

Piyadassa, T. (2008). The Book of Protection.

Soni, R. (rev. Khantipālo, B.) (2018)(1956). Life’s Highest Blessings: The Mahā Maṅgala Sutta. USA: Buddhist Publication Society. 

 

Pāli Language

Cone, M. (2001).  A Dictionary of Pali, Part II (A-Kh) e, M. (2010).

Cone, M. (2010). A Dictionary of Pali, Part II (G-N) 

Cone, M. (2010). A Dictionary of Pali, Part II (P-Bh)

Geiger, W. (1943). Pāli Language and Literature. Translated from German by B. Ghosh. Ballygunge: Calcutta University Press.

Pāli Text Society (2004). The Pāli Text Society’s Pāli-English Dictionary. Oxford: The Pāli Text Society.

Pāli Literature & Oral Transmission Anandajoti, B. (2013). An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon (version 3.6, September 2013).

Cousins, L. (2005). ‘Pali Oral Literature’, in Williams, P. (ed.) Buddhism: Critical concepts in religious studies, Vol I. New York: Routledge, pp. 96-104.

Hinuber, O. (2000). A Handbook of Pāli literature. Berlin: De Gruyter & Co.

Norman, K. (1983). Pāli Literature: Including the Canonical Literature in Prakrit and Sanskrit of all Hinayana Schools of Buddhism. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.

Norman, K. (2008). Collected Papers: Volume IV. Oxford: Pāli Text Society.

Rhys-Davids, T. (1999)(1896). The history and Literature of Buddhism. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal.

Saddhātissa, H. (2004). Pāli Literature of South-East Asia. Dehiwela: Global Graphics and Printing.
Warder, A. (2016)(1967). Pali Metre: a Contribution to the History of Indian Literature. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited.
Wynne, A. (2004). ‘The Oral Transmission of Early Buddhist Literature’, Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 27(1), pp. 97-128.

Research & Hermeneutics

Schaps, D. (2011). Handbook for Classical Research. New York: Routledge.

Thurman, R. (1978). ‘Buddhist Hermeneutics’, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, XLVI(1), pp. 19-39.

Urquhart, C. (2013). Grounded theory for qualitative research. London: Sage Publications.

Vanhoozer, K., Smith, J., and Benson, B. (eds.) (2006) Hermeneutics at the Crossroads. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.