REL202: Reading List.
Coursebook,
to buy: P.Harvey, An Introduction to
Buddhism, Cambridge University Press (a copy is also in temp. ref. in
Library). Please read the relevant sections before each class, so as to come
with a list of ideas and queries on this material.
Simple introductory works
Saddhatissa, The Buddha's Way (Theravada only)
W.Rahula, What the Buddha Taught (Theravada only)
D.Cush, Buddhism- A Student's Approach to World Religions.
C.Erricker Teach Yourself World Faiths: Buddhism
Useful survey books (in addition to P.Harvey An Introduction to Buddhism)
R.Robinson & W. Johnson, The Buddhist Religion: a good overall
survey, especially on the Mahayana in China, Korea and Japan. The library has both the second and third edition (marked (2) and (3) below). It also has the slimmer first edition, by Robinson only.
H.Schumann, Buddhism: good overall survey on the development of Buddhism in India.
C. Prebish (ed.) Buddhism, a Modern Perspective: concise details of most aspects of Buddhism.
A.K.Warder, Indian Buddhism: detailed, clear, in-depth treatment. References, below, are to pagination in first edition; second edition pagination may be different.
E.Conze, Buddhism: good on 'feel' of Buddhism, but less good on details.
E.Conze, A Short History of Buddhism- gives a fair overall historical framework.
P.Williams, Mahayana Buddhism- the Doctrinal Foundations: excellent survey of the
Mahayana
R.Gombrich, Theravada Buddhism- A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo
H.Bechert & R.Gombrich, The World of Buddhism: good illustrations; largely on the Sangha and Buddhist history.
Kitagawa, J.M. (ed.) Buddhism and Asian History: selected articles from the 16 volume Encyclopaedia of Religion, ed. by M.Eliade, 294.3 K38
Yoshinori, T., Buddhist Spirituality: Indian, Southeast Asian,
Tibetan and early Chinese, 294.3443 Y..
Holm.J & Bowker, J, eds. series of books in Themes in Religious Studies Series, all with chapters on Buddhism: Making Moral Decisions, Sacred Writings, Human Nature and Destiny, Picturing God (Buddhism chapter is on gods,
Nirva_a, heavenly Buddhas and Bodhisattvas), Sacred Place, Rites of Passage
C.Humphreys avoid books by him: out of date and not very reliable.
Selections of Texts
E.Conze, Buddhist Texts Through the Ages: a good overall selection; particularly good on the
Mahayana.
Strong, J., The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations, Very good selection of texts from all traditions, with intro. comments on them. 294.3 S87
K.Brown & J.O'Brian,The Essential teachings of Buddhism:selections from all traditions, with comments- very useful (Rider). References below are to the text number, not page number.
Lopez, D.S., Buddhism in Practice - contains some texts not otherwise easily available. 294.34 L56
Nyanatiloka, The Word of the Buddha: extracts from early Buddhist texts, plus comments.
H.C.Warren, Buddhism in Translations: from early texts- a good selection, though a little dated.
W.T.de Bary, The Buddhist Tradition in India, China and Japan: includes some useful explanatory material. Better than Conze on East Asian Buddhism. Material from this book can also be founds in W.T. de Bary, Sources of Indian Tradition, W. T. de Bary, Sources of Chinese Tradition, and R.Tsunoda, Sources of Japanese Tradition, all of which are two volume works.
T.Ling, The Buddha's Philosophy of Man: selected discourses from the Digha
Nikaya
Narada Dhammapada- popular collection of pithy verses
Berholz, S., Entering the Stream: An Introduction to the Buddha and his Teachings -produced to go with the film 'Little Buddha'. Variable quality.
Useful works in Library reference Section
M.Eliade (ed.) The Encyclopaedia of Religion: 16 volumes, containing many good articales on Buddhism.
Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary: covers Theravada Buddhist Pali terms.
T.Ling Dictionary of Buddhism
Brandon (ed.) Dictionary of Comparative Religion
Malalasekera, (ed.) Buddhist Encyclopaedia
Buddhist Society The Buddhist Directory: on UK Buddhist Centres and groups.
Jamieson, R.C., Keyguide to Information Sources on Buddhism
Topic by topic guide
The information below is to help you when it comes to reading up on topics and preparing essays. Obviously, you will not be expected to read all the material! - it is intended to give you a range to pick from.
Under each heading, the material is divided into:
i) sections of 'survey' works
ii) translations of original sources
iii) other 'secondary' sources.
Books listed above under 'useful surveys' and 'selections of texts' are cited by author only, except in the case of Conze, who is author of several works on the list.
For further bibliographical guidance, see Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism, pp.326-43. Note also the list of abbreviations in Harvey, pp.xiv-xix. Harvey's indexes can also be used to relate material spread through the book to specific topics.
Context and Background to the Buddha's Life
i) Prebish ch.1; Warder, p.28?43; Robinson and Johnson
(2), ch.1, (3), p.6?7.
ii) de Bary, p.3?6
W.T. Bary, Source of Indian Tradtion, Vol.I, p.35?42
T.W.Rhys Davids, Dialogues of the Buddha, Vol. I, p.69-76, 160-85, 298-321; Vol.II, p.78-112
I.B.Horner, Middle Length Sayings, Vol.I, p.203-20; Vol.II, p.284-92
iii) T. Ling, The Buddha, ch.5.
K. N. Jayatilleke, The Message of the Buddha, ch.1
A. Basham, The Wonder that was India, p.234?58, 289?300
N. Dutt, Early Monastic Buddhism, p.1?35
K.N. Upadhyaya, Early Buddhism and the Bhagavad Gita
p.62?63.
P. Dundas, The Jains (294.4 D85)
Umasvati That Which Is- Tattvartha Sutra, (of Jainism)
294.4 U40
The Life of the Buddha
i) Prebish, ch.2; Schumann, p.17?33; Robinson and Johnson
(2), p.19?29, 56?62, (3), p.5?15, 20?24, 33?7; Warder, p.46?81.
ii) Nyanatiloka, p.x and 89?90; de Bary, ch. 2 and p.28?
9; Brown & O'Brian text 105; Strong pp.3-44
Nanamoli, The Life of the Buddha, esp. p.1?70, 182?206,
275 ?337
F.L. Woodward, Some Sayings of the Buddha, p.223?38.
iii) F.E. Reynolds, The Many Lives of the Buddha', in F.E.
Reynolds and D. Capps (eds.), The Biographical Process (291.6, R.29).
H.W. Schumann, The Historical Buddha (294.363 S13)
T. Ling, The Buddha, ch.6
E. Thomas, The Life of a Buddha in Legend and History
M. Pye, The Buddha.
M. Carrithers, The Buddha ? also in Founders of Faith,
ed. Carrithers.
P.Karetzky, The Life of the Buddha- Anicient Scriptural and Pictoral Traditions
W. King, A Thousand Lives Away, ch. 5.
N. Dutt, Early Monastic Buddhism, p.77?132.
The Nature of the Buddha's Teachings
i) Robinson and Johnson (3), p.25?6.
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.17?23, 87?8, F.L. Woodward,
Some Sayings of the Buddha, p.186?92.
iii) K. N. Jayatilleke, The Buddhist Attitude to Other
Religions, 'Wheel' booklet no.216, in bound Wheel
volumes, no.XI.
Rebirth, Cosmology and gods
i) Prebish, ch.23; Schumann, p.50?5; Robinson and Johnson
(2), p.34?9, (3), p.15?16, 18?20; Warder, p. 152?156; Conze, Buddhism, p.48?52; Strong pp.26-31, 101-03.
ii) Brown & O'Brian text 52, 101, 157, 158, 161
U. Thittila, The Book of Analysis, p.442?7 in original
text (bold type)
Nyanaponika, Buddhism and the God Idea, 'Wheel' booklet
no.47
iii) F.Story, Rebirth as Doctrine and Experience
K.N. Jayatilleke, The Message of the Buddha, chs.7,10?12,
16,8.
Nyanatiloka, Karma and Rebirth, 'Wheel' booklet, no.9
V.F. Gunaratna, Rebirth Explained, 'Wheel' booklet
no.167?9, in bound Wheel volumes, no.IX
Ranasinghe C.P., The Buddha's Explanation of the
Universe, 294.3 R05
M. Willson, Rebirth and the Western Buddhist.
G.L. Tharchin, King Udrayana and the Wheel of Life
(294.3923 T30)
F. Story, Gods and the Universe in Buddhist Perspective,
'Wheel booklet no.180?1, in bound Wheel volumes, no.IX
R.Gombrich, Precept and Practice, ch.4, and see index under: gods, belief in; gods, Sinhalese; d_v_l_
The Samatha Trust, A Handbook of Devas
Ranasinghe C.P., The Buddha's Explanation of the Universe (294.3 R05)
T. Ling, The Buddha, Marx and God, ch.4
N. Smart, 'Some Problems of Application of Western
Terminology to Theravada Buddhism', in Religion, Vol.2,
p.37?42.
Nattier, J., Once Upon a Time a Future Time: Studies in a
Buddhist Prophecy of Decline 294.3 N08
Karma
i) Schumann, p.50?55.
ii) Brown & O'Brian text 72, 73, 75, 109; Nyanatiloka,
p.19?21, 44; de Bary, p.36;
Nanamoli, The Buddha's Words on Kamma, 'Wheel' pamphlet
no.248-49, in bound Wheel volumes no. XIII.
S.Z. Aung, Compendium of Philosphy, p.143?52.
iii) Nyanaponika, Karma and Rebirth, 'Wheel' pamphlet no.9
K.N.Jayatilleke, The Message of the Buddha, ch.11
Nanajivaka, Kamma and its Fruit, 'Wheel' pamphlet no.221-24, in bound 'Wheel' volumes, no.XII.
McDermott, J.P., Development of the Early Buddhist Doctrine of Karma/Kamma
Phenomena as impermanent, dukkha and not-Self
i) Prebish, p.29?33; Schumann, p.39?50; Robinson and Johnson
(3), p.23?4, 28.
ii) Nyanatiloka, p.1?16; de Bary, p.9?10.; Brown & O'Brian
text 58; Strong pp.87-103
ii) and iii) Various, The Three Basic Facts of Existence II:
Suffering and The Three Basic Facts of Exsistence I:
Impermanence, 'Wheel' booklets nos. 186-87 and 191-93 in bound Wheel volumes, no.X
Various, The Three Basic Facts of Existence III: Egolessness, 'Wheel' booklet no.202-04 in bound 'Wheel' volumes, no. XI.
iii) W. Rahula, What the Buddha Taught, chs. 2, 6
E. Conze, Buddhist Thought in India, p.34?46.
N. Dutt, Early Monastic Buddhism, ch. XI
A. Verdu, Early Buddhist Philosophy in the Light of the
Four Noble Truths
G.P. Malalsekera, The Truth of Anatta, 'Wheel' pamphlet
no.94, 294.34 M04
The origin of dukkha and Conditioned Arising/Dependent
Origination
i) Prebish p.33?4; Schumann, p.58?67; Warder, ch.5; Robinson
and Johnson (2), p.31?4, (3), p.16?18, 27?9; Strong pp.99-101.
ii) Nyanatiloka, p.16-17, 42?4, 46?74; de Bary, p.10?12;
Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.65?82
Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Great Discourse on Causation (294.34 B51)
T.W. Rhys Davids, Dialogues of the Buddha, Vol.II, pp.50-
71
C.A.F.Rhys Davids, Kindred Sayings Vol.II, section on the
Nidanas
iii) N. Dutt, Early Monastic Buddhism, p.215?28
K.N. Jayatilleke, The Message of the Buddha, ch.13
W.Rahula, What the Buddha Taught, ch.3
Nyanatiloka, The Significance of Dependent Origination,
'Wheel' pamphlet no.140, in bound Wheel volumes, no.VII.
E. Conze, Buddhist Thought in India, p.144?59.
Kalupahana, D.J., Causation, 181.043 K04
Nibbana
i) Prebish ch.25; Schumann, p.79?83; Robinson and Johnson
(3), p.29?30.
ii) Nyanatiloka, p.22?5, 44?5, 87?8; de Bary, p.30?2; Brown &
O'Brian text 104; Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.42?4, 92?102.
Nanamoli, The Path of Purification (transl. of the
Visuddhimagga), p.578?81; Strong pp.104-110
iii) P. Harvey in K. Werner (ed), The Yogi a the Mystic.
R. Johnansson, The Psychology of Nirvana
E. Conze, Buddhist Thought in India, p.56?79.
Nyanaponika, Anatta and Nibbana, 'Wheel' pamphlet no.11.
N. Katz, Buddhist Images of Human Perfection
R.Ray, Buddhist Saints in India
H.S. Sobti, Nibbana in Early Buddhism
Nibbana and The Enlightened Person beyond Death
i) Warder, p.135?52
ii) Nyanatolka, p.9?10, 31?4, 37?42; Conze, Buddhist Texts,
p.103?14.
I.B. Horner, Milinda's Questions, Vol.I, p.99?100.
I.B. Horner, Middle Length Sayings, Vol.II, p.162-67
iii) P. Harvey in K. Werner (ed), The Yogi and the Mystic.
291.42 W27
P.Harvey, The Selfless Mind, ch.13
K.N. Upadhyaya, Early Buddhism and the Bhagavad Gita,
p.282?300.
K.N. Jayatilleke, Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge,
Chs.6 and 7.
The Eight?fold Path
i) Schumann, p.67?75; Warder, p.132?5; Robinson and Johnson
(3), p.27.
ii) Nyanatiloka, p.26?32, 34?7, 43, 48?60, 83?7; Brown &
O'Brian text 9; Strong pp.11-26
I.B. Horner, Middle Length Sayings, Vol.III, p.113-21
iii) Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path, 'Wheel'
pamphlet no.308?11.
N. Dutt, Early Monatic Buddhism, p.252?71.
R.E. Buswell, R.M.. & Gimello, eds. Paths to Liberation,
(294.34 B87)
Theravada Samatha (Calm) Meditation
i) Prebish, ch.26; Schumann, p.72?9; Conze, Buddhism,
p.95?105; Robinson and Johnson (3), Appendix.
ii) Nyanatiloka, p.78?82, 61?8; Conze, Buddhist Texts,
p.60?4; Brown & O'Brian text 14, 15, 36-39, 113, 30, 93
E. Conze, Buddhist Meditation intro. and part III.
Nanamoli, The Path of Purification (The Visuddhimagga),
pp.84-478; on character-types and meditation, see pp.98?111, reproduced in Conze Buddhist Scriptures,
p.116?21; Strong pp.117-26.
iii) Bhikkhu Kantipalo, Calm and Insight
H. Saddhatissa, The Buddha's Way, p.61?85
D. Goleman,'The Buddha on Meditation and Higher States of
Consciousness', in C. Tart, Transpersonal Psychologies, and also as seperate 'Wheel' pamphlet, no.189?90, in bound Wheel volumes, no.X. Similar material is also given in D. Goleman, The Variety of Meditative States, chs. 1?2
Gunaratana, H. The Path of Serenity and Insight, 294.391
G85
N. Dutt, Early Monastic Buddhism, p.159?92.
L. Cousins, 'Buddhist Jhana' , in Religion, vol.3, p.115
ff.
Vajiranana Mahathera, Buddhist Meditation in Theory and
Practice, chs.1?5
Sumedho, A., Peace and Kindness
Theravada Vipassana (Insight) Meditation
i) Prebish, chs. 26 and 6; Robinson and Johnson (3),
Appendix
ii) Nyanatiloka, p.10?13, 68?77, Conze, Buddhist Texts,
p.56?9; Brown & O'Brian text 16-27
I. B. Horner, Middle Length Sayings, vol.I, p.70?85,
vol.III, p.121?39
iii) Bhikkhu Khantipalo, Calm and Insight
Vajiranana Mahathera, Buddhist Meditation in Theory and
Practice, chs. 25?8
Gunaratana, H. The Path of Serenity and Insight, 294.391
G85
Nyanaponika, The Heart of Buddhist Meditation
Soma Thera, The Way of Mindfulness
E.Conze, Buddhist Thought in India, p.34?46
D. Goleman, The Varieties of Meditative Experience, ch.3
Nyanaponika, The Power of Mindfulness , 'Wheel' pamphlet
no.121?2, in bound Wheel volumes, no.VII.
Kornfield, J., Living Buddhist Masters,
Kabat-Zinn, J. Mindfulness Meditation for Everyday Life ,
291.43 K01
Buddhist monasticism
i) Prebish, chs. 3 and 11; Conze, Buddhism, p.53?61;
Robinson and Johnson (2), ch.4 and p.50?6, and (3),
p.30?3, 49?57.
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.23?6 and 291?5; de Bary, p.32?6;
Strong pp.45-86, 113, 226-27, 242-50, 281-4, 322-35
iii) Khantipalo, The Banner of the Arahants
H. Bechert and R.Gobrich (eds), The World of
Buddhism, (good survey, on all traditions)
D.N. de L. Young, 'The Sangha in Buddhist History',
Religious Studies, vol.6, p.243 ff.
S.Putuwar, The Buddhist Sangha: Paradigm of the Ideal Human Society
The Mindful Way and The Roaring Silence, Open Univeristy
Video?tapes for Course AD208, 'Man's Religious Quest'.
T.Ling, The Buddha, chs.8 and 11
T.Ling, The Buddha Marx and God, ch.5.
Khantipalo, The Monk's Discipline, 'Wheel' pamphlet no.
130?31, in bound Wheel volumes, no. VII.
S. Dutt, Buddhist Monks and Monasteries in India
L.M. Joshi, Studies in the Buddhistic Culture of
India, p.83?114
N. Dutt, Early Monastic Buddhism, ch.7
J. Bunnag, Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman (on Thailand)
H.Welch The Practice of Chinese Buddhism (P.Harvey has)
J.Kennett, Zen is Eternal Life
R.B.Ekvall, Religious Observances in Tibet
G.Tucci, The Religions of Tibet
The Emperor Asoka
i) Prebish, chs. 5 and 10; Robinson and Johnson (3), 46? 8.
ii) de Bary, p.44?54; Strong pp.83-6
N.A. Nikam and R. McKeon, The Edicts of Ashoka.
iii) T.Ling, The Buddha, chs.9?10.
Mookerji, R., Asoka (P34 M55)
S. Tambiah, World Conqueror and World Renouncer, chs.4?5.
A.L. Basham, 'Asoka and Buddhism ? a Re?examination', in
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, vol.5, no.1, p.131?43.
H. Zimmer, The Philosophies of India, p.448?507.
Early Popular Buddhism and its Art
i) Robinson and Johnson (2), p.78?85, (3) p.57?64;
Warder, p.180?200, and 225?38; Conze, Buddhism, p.34? 8,
78?88;
ii) F.L. Woodward, Some Sayings of the Buddha, p.93?100 and
108?119
iii) P.Harvey, 'Venerated Objects and Symbols in Early Buddhism', in K.Werner, ed., Symbols in Art and Religion (294 W27). A shorter version of the paper, entitled, 'The Symbolism of the Early
Stupa', can be found in The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Vol.7, no.2
C. Moore, The Iconography of Buddism, (in the University
Art Library)
Ch'en, Buddhism, ch.11
D.Snellgrove (ed), The Image of the Buddha , (P. Harvey
has a copy)
M.Ridley, Buddhism (P.Harvey has a copy)
Devotion in Thervada Buddhism
i) Robinson and Johnson (2), p.138-42, (3), p.118?32
ii) Strong pp.111-12, 218-225, 231-36
iii) T. Ling, The Buddha, Marx and God, Ch.6.
R.C. Lester, Theravada Buddhism in South?East Asia, part
II.
R. Gombrich, Precept and Practice
M. Southwold, Buddhism in Life.
M.Spiro, Buddhism and Society, chs 8-11
Khantipalo, Lay Buddhist Practice, 'Wheel' booklet
no.206?7 in bound Wheel volumes, no.XI..
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Going for Refuge, Taking the Precepts, 'Wheel' booklet no.282-84
Soma Thera, Faith in the Buddha's teaching, 'Wheel' pamphlet no.262
T. Ling, 'Sihalese Buddhism in Recent Anthropological
Writings', in Religion, vol.I, p.49?60.
P.Harvey 'The Dynamics of Paritta Chanting in Southern Buddhism' in Werner, K. (ed.) Love Divine: Studies in Bhakti and Devotional Mysticism 294.543 W27
Early Schisms and Schools
i) Prebish, chs. 4 and 7?9; Schumann, p.84?90, and 180?3;
Robinson and Johnson (2), p.64?70, (3), p.41?6;
Warder, p.208?18, 239?42 272?78, 288?351; Strong pp.127-
31
ii) J. Jones, The Mahavastu
iii) Nattier and Prebish, 'Mahasanghika Origins', in History
of Religions, Vol.16, p.237?72
L.S.Cousins, 'The "Five Points" and the Origins of the Buddhist Schools", in The Buddhist Forum, Vol.II, ed. T.Skorupski
F.E Reynold, 'Several Bodies of the Buddha in Theravada',
in History of Religions, Vol.16, p.374 ff.
The Abhidhamma
ii) Aung, S.Z. (tr., with C.A.F.Rhys Davids), Compendium of Philosophy [trans. of Anuruddha's Abhidhammattha-Sangaha]
iii) N.Van Gorkom, Abhidhamma in Daily Life (294.3824 G57)
Nyanaponika Thera, Abhidhamma Studies
Guenther, H.V. Philosophy and Psychology in the Abhidharma
Van Gorkom, N., Abhidhamma in Daily Life, 294.3824 G57
The Rise and Nature of Mahayana Buddhism
i) Prebish, ch.14; Robinson and Johnson (2), p.86, (3),
p.65?9; Warder, p.352?55; Williams ch.1
ii) de Bary, P.73?81
iii) E.Conze, 'Mahayana Buddhism', in R.C. Zaehner, ed., The
Concise Enyclopaedia of Living Faiths, and in Conze's own
30 Years of Buddhist Studies
S.A. Kent, 'A Sectarian Interpretation of the Rise
of the Mahayana', in Religion, Vol.12, p.311?33
G. McQueen, 'Inspired Speech in Mahayana Buddhism',
in Religion vol.1,p.303?19 and vol.12, p.49?65
N. Dutt, Mahayana Buddhism, chs 1?3
E.Conze, Buddhist Thought in India, p.195?238
H. Zimmer, The Philosophies of India, p.507?34
Skilful means- a key Mahayana concept
i) Williams 141-54
ii) de Bary p.85?90; Strong pp.133-37
B. Kato, The Threefold Lotus Sutra, chs. 2 and 3
Kern, The Saddharma Pundaraka Sutra, chs. 2 and 3
E.A. Burtt, Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha,
p.141?6
iii) M. Pye, Skilful Means
Buddhist ethics
i) Conze, Buddhism, pp.61-6.
ii) Strong pp.111-12
Narada, The Dhammapada
A.Buddharakkhita, The Dhammapada
E.Conze, Buddhist Scriptures, pp.69-97
E.A.Burtt, Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha, pp.39-43, 47-8, 58-60, 64-5, 108-11.
iii) L. Cousins, 'Buddist Ethics', in Expostitory Times,
Vol.85, p.100?105.
H. Saddhatissa, The Buddha's Way, p.27?34.
H. Saddhatissa, Buddhist Ethics.
D.Keown, The Nature of Buddhist Ethics
G.Dharmasiri, Fundamentals of Buddhist Ethics,
A.Wayman, The Ethics of Tibet
The Perfection of Wisdom Literature
i) Prebish, ch.15 and 20; Schumann, p.121?7 and 138?40;
Robinson and Johnson (2), p.88?92. (3), p.69?70;
Warder, p.362?72; Williams ch.2; Strong pp.138-42
ii) E.Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.146?84; de Bary, p.103?4; Brown & O'Brian text 125, 234-239
E.Conze, Selected Sayings from the Perfection of
Wisdom
E.Conze, Buddhist Wisdom Books: the Diamond and Heart
Sutras (translated text plus commentary)
E.Conze, Buddhist Scriptures, p.162?70
iii) E.Conze, 'The Development of Prajñáparamita Thought', in
his 30 Years of Buddhist Studies
D.S.Lopez, The Heart Sutra Explained -Indian and Tibetan
Commentaries (294.382 L56)
The Madhyamaka School
i) Prebish, ch.17; Schumann, p.142?9; Robinson and Johnson
(2), p.91?2, (3), p.70?1; Warder, p.352?413; Conze, Buddhism, p.130?43; Williams ch.3
ii) de Bary, p.100?101; Strong pp.143-50
ii) and iii) F.J.Streng, Emptiness (includes a translation of
the Mula?Madhyamaka?K_rik_)
C.Lindtner, Nargarjuniana- Studies in the Writings and
Philosophy of Nagarjuna.
iii) Conze, Buddhist Thought in India, p.238?49
T.R.V. Murti, The Central Philosophy of Buddhism
N. Dutt, Mahayana Buddhism, ch.7
R. Robinson, Early Madhyamika in India and China
G.M. Nagao, Madhyamika and Yogacara
G.Nagao, The Foundational Standpoint of Madhyamika
Philosophy
C.W. Huntington, C.W. & G.N. Wangchen, The Emptiness of Emptiness- An Introduction to Early Indian
Mahayana 294.34 H85
The Yogacara School
i) Prebish, ch.18 and 21; Schumann, p.149?56; Robinson
and Johnson (2), p.92?5, (3), p.71?3 Warder, p.423?
43; Conze, Buddhism, p.161?73; Williams ch.4 & 5;
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.205?20; de Bary, p.99?
100,101; Strong pp.151-53
D.T. Suzuki, The Lankavatara Sutra
iii) Conze, Buddhist Thought in India, p.250?60
T.A.Kochumuttom, A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience
S. Dasgupta, India Idealism, p.76?148
G.C.C.C. Chang, The Buddhist Doctrine of Totality,
p.172?85
G.M. Nagao, Madyamika and Yogacara
B.E. Brown, The Buddha Nature- A Study of the Tathagatagarbha and Alayavijnana
T.E.Wood, Mind Only - A Philosophical and Doctrinal Analysis of the Vijñanavada.
D.T. Suzuki, Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra
J.P. Keenan, 'Original Purity in early Yogacara', in
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist
Studies, vol.5, p.7?18
The Avatamsaka Satra
i) Williams ch.6
ii) Cleary, T. (tr.), The Flower Ornament Scripture, vol. III; Strong pp.156-7
iii) Chang, G.C.C., The Buddhist Teaching of Totality: the Philosophy of Hwa-yen Buddhism
Cook, F.H., Hua-yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra
Cleary, T., Entry into the Inconceivable- An Introduction to Hua-yen Buddhism, (short intro. plus translations of texts)
The Bodhisattva Path
i) Prebish, chs.16 and 27; Schumann, p.109?18, 130?2;
Robinson and Johnson (2), p.96?107, (3), p.74?8;
Robinson, p.54?63; Conze, Buddhism, p.125?30; Williams
ch.9
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.119 and 127?39; de Bary,
p.81?5, 91, 93?4; Brown & O'Brian text 189-90, 208-18,
332; Strong pp.158-78
S. Batchelor, A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life
(of __ntideva)
C. Bendall and W.H.D. Rouse, Siksa Samuccaya
iii) N. Dutt, Mahayana Buddhism, ch.4
L.S. Kawamura (ed), The Bodisattva Doctrine in Buddhism
H.Dayal, The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature
D.T. Suzuki, Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism, p.227?311
R.Ray, Buddhist Saints in India
H. Zimmer, Philosophies of India, p.534?52
G.K. Gyatso, The Bodhisattva Vow
Gyatso, Geshe Kelsang, The Joyful Path of Good Fortune 294.34
G90
The Cult of the Bodhisattva Avalokite_vara
i) Prebish, ch 27; Schumann, p.113?15; Robinson and Johnson
(3), p.78?83; Conze, Buddhism, p.146?7, 151?2, 183 and
205; Williams pp.231-46
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.194?6; Strong pp.182
B. Kato, The Threefold Lotus Sutra, p.319?28
H.Kern, The Saddharma Pundaraka Sutra, p.406?18
iii) C.N. Tay, 'Kuan?yin, the Cult of Half Asia', in History
Religions, vol.16. p.147?78
J. Blofeld, Compassion Yoga
J. Blofeld, The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet, p.66, 135 and
195
J. Kennett, Zen is Eternal Life, ch.5
Piyasilo Bhikkhu, Avalokiteshvara: Origin, Manifestations and Meaning, 294.34 P39
The Mahayana view of Buddhas
i) Prebish, ch.19; Robinson and Johnson (2), p.107?15,
(3), p.83?90; Schumann, p.97?107; Warder, p.395 ff.;
Williams ch.8 and pp.243ff.
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.120?7; de Bary, p.94?5, 102?
3, 85?90; Brown & O'Brian text 258, 289-92; Strong
pp.154, 179-80, 187-96
E.Conze, Buddhist Scriptures, p.197?211
B.Kato, The Threefold Lotus Sutra, ch.16
H.Kern, The Saddharma Pundaraka Sutra, ch.15
E.B.Cowell, Buddhist Mahayana Texts, Part II, p.87?109
iii) N. Dutt, Mahayana Buddhism, ch.5.
D.T.Suzuki, Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism, p.217-77.
E.Conze, Buddhist Thought in India, p.226, 232 ff.
Keenan, J.P., The Meaning of Christ- A Mahayana Theology,
294.3372 K22
Cobb, J.B. & C.Ives, The Emptying God: A Buddhist-Jewish-
Christian Conversation with Masao Abe, 291.211 C51
Chinese Pure Land School
i) Prebish, chs. 22,27 and 35; Schumann, p.133?37;
Robinson and Johnson (2), p.155?57, (3), p.172?76;
Williams pp.256-264
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.202?7; de Bary. p.197?206;
iii) R. Corless, 'Monothestic Elements in Early Pure Land
Buddhism', in Religion, vol.6, p.176?90.
J. Bolfeld, Beyond the Gods, Ch.4
J.Blofeld, Compassion Yoga, p.85?6
J.Takakusu, The Essentials of Buddhist Philosophy,
p.166-76
Robinson article on Chinese Buddhism in R.C. Zaehner,
ed., The Concise Encyclopaedia of Living Faiths
Japenese Pure Land Schools
i) Prebish, chs. 41 and 42; Robinson and Johnson (2),
p.176?8, (3), p.203?5; Williams pp.264-276
ii) de Bary, ch.11; Brown & O'Brian text 308-319; Strong
pp.307-08
E.A. Burtt, Teachings of Commpassionate Buddha, p.213?222
iii) J. Kitagawa, Religion in Japenses History, p.109 ff.
A.A. Andrews, 'World Rejection and Pure Land Buddhism in
Japan', in Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, vol.4, p.251 ff.
The Nichiren school and the Soka Gakkai
i) Prebish, chs, 41?3; Robinson and Johnson (2), p.178?
9, (3), p.205?6; Williams pp.159-66ii) de Bary, ch.12
iii) J.Kitagawa, Religion in Japenese History, ch.3
Causton, R. Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism- An Introduction,
294.382 C08
Metraux, D.M., The History and Theology of Soka Gakkai
T.J. Kodena, 'Nichiren and his Nationalistic Eschatolgy',
in Religious Studies, vol.15, p.41 ff.
Yampolsky, P.B., Selected Writings of Nichiren 294.39 Y04
Tantric Buddhism
i) Schumann, pp.157?68; Robinson and Johnson (2) ch.7, (3) ch.6; Conze, Buddhism, p.174?99; Warder, p.463?502;
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.221?55; de Bary, ch.4; Strong pp.196-213
iii) S.B.Dasgupta, An Introduction to Tantric Buddhism
L.M.Joshi, Studies in the Buddhistic Culture of India, p.302?78;
J. Hopkins, The Tantric Distinction
Snellgrove, D., Indo-Tibetan Buddhism- Indian Buddhists and their Tibetan Successors,
A.Wayman The Buddhist Tantras 294.3923 W09
Tibetan Buddhism
i) Prebish, chs.44 and 27; Robinson and Johnson, (2) ch.10, (3) ch.9; Willaims pp.187-197
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.257?68; Strong pp.256-94
iii) J. Blofeld, The Way of Power (also published as The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet)
J. Blofeld, Mantras;
Ekvall, Religious Observances in Tibet'
Powers, J. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, 294.3923 P59
G.C.C. Chang, Teaching of Tibetan Yoga
G. Tucci, Theory and Practice of the Mandala
G. Tucci, The Religions of Tibet
Lama Anagarika Govinda, The Foundations of Tibetan
Mysticism
Coleman, G., ed., A Handbook of Tibetan Culture, 294.3923
C54
Bell, C., Tibet: Past and Present 294.3923 B24
Tsogyal, Yeshe Lotus Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava 294.3923 T75
Video ? Lord of the Dance, Destroyer of Illusion (294.3657 L57)
Video: The Last Place on Earth I and II,
Chinese Ch'an School
i) Prebish chs.34 and 27; Robinson and Johnson (2),
p.157?68, (3), p.176?84
ii) Conze, Buddhist Texts, p.295?302; de Bary, p.207?39;
Brown & O'Brian text 227
P.B.Yampolsky, The Platform Sutra
iii) H. Dumoulin, A History of Zen Buddhism
G.C.C. Chang, The Practice Zen
A. Watts, The Way of Zen
Japanese Zen Schools
i) Prebish, ch.42; Robinson and Johnson (2), 179?80,
(3), p.206?10; Williams pp.113-15
ii) de Bary, ch.13; Brown & O'Brian text 320-365
iii) H. Dumoulin, A History of Zen Buddhism, chs.9 ff.
J. Takakusu, The Essentials of Buddhist Philosophy,
p.153?66
D. T. Suzuki, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
Masunaga, R. A Primer in Soto Zen 294.3927 M07
Buddhism in Modern Asia
See Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism bibliography, pp.341-42. Of these, items not in the University Library: Chan, Niwano, Swearer. Items not in our Library, but P,Harvey has a copy of: Bechert, Gombrich, Welch, 1968.
See also:
H.Bechert and R.Gombrich, The World of Buddhism ch.11
H.Dumoulin, Buddhism in the Modern World
I.Reader, Religion in Contemporary Japan (299.56 R20)
D.K.Swearer, Me and Mine- Selected Essays of Bhikkhu
Buddhadasa
G.D.Bond, The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka
Swearer, D.K., The Budhist World of Southeast Asia, 294.391 S92
Buddhism in the West
See Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism bibliography, pp.342-43. Of these, items not in the University Library: de Jong, O'Neil, Schumann,. Items not in our Library, but P.Harvey has a copy of: Hung Ju, The Middle Way, Oliver, Trungpa, World Fellowship of Buddhists Review
See also:
Strong pp.343-52
H.Bechert and R.Gombrich, The World of Buddhism ch.11
H.Dumoulin, Buddhism in the Modern World, ch...
Disciples of Ajahn Chah, Seeing the Way
Cush, D., Buddhists in Britain Today
Buddhist Society, The Buddhist Directory, 1994 edition, 294.3 B81
Clarke, P.B. & Somers, J., Japanese New Religions in the West, 299.56 C40
