Buddhology
A History of Indian Buddhism: From Śākyamuni to Early Mahāyāna, by Hirakawa Akira
An Introduction to Buddhism, by Peter Harvey
Ascetic Figures Before and in Early Buddhism: The Emergence of Gautama as the Buddha, by Martin G. Wiltshire
Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India, by Gregory Schopen
Buddhism: Its History and Literature, by T.W. Rhys Davids LL.D., PhD – 1907 (American Lectures on the History of Religions – First Series 1894-1895)
Buddhist India, by T.W. Rhys Davids
Buddhist Monastic Life: According to the Texts of the Theravāda Tradition, by Mohan Wijayaratna
Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations, by Ray A. Reginald
Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism, by Bibhuti Baruah
Buddhist Thought: A complete introduction to the Indian tradition, by Paul Williams
Early Buddhist Monachism (600 B.C. – 100 B.C.), by Sukumar Dutt
History of Buddhism in Ceylon: The Anurādhapura Period, 3rd Century BC – 10th Century AC, by Walpola Rahula
History of Indian Buddhism: From the Origins to the Śaka Era, by Étienne Lamotte
How Buddhism Began, by Richard F.Gombrich
Indian Buddhism, by A. K. Warder
Mahāyāna Buddhism – The doctrinal foundations, by Paul Williams (Second Edition) 1989 – 2009
Studies in the Origins of Buddhism, by Govind Chandra Pande
Tāranātha’s History of Buddhism in India
The Buddhist Conquest of China: The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China, E. Zürcher: (Series) Sinica Leidensia; Vol. XI; by Barend J. Ter Haar (Editor)
The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction, by Richard H. Robinson
The Earliest Vinaya and the Beginnings of Buddhist Literature, by E. Frauwallner
The Foundations of Buddhism, by Rupert Gethin
The History of Buddhist Thought, by Edward J. Thomas
The Message of the Buddha, by K.N. Jayatilleke
The Pāli Literature of Ceylon, by G.P. Malalasekera
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo: (Second Edition), by Richard F. Gombrich
The Fundamental Teachings of Early Buddhism, by Choong Mun-keat (Wei-keat)
The Sociology of Early Buddhism, by Greg Bailey and Ian Mabbett
The Spread of Buddhism, by Ann Heirman and Stephan Peter Bumbacher (Editors) – Handbook of Oriental Studies (Handbuch der Orientalistik) Section Eight: Central Asia, Vol. 16
What the Buddha Taught, by Walpola Rahula
What the Buddha Thought, by Richard Gombrich
Yasodharā, the Wife of the Bōdhisattva: The Sinhala Yasodharāvata (The Story of Yasodharā) And the Sinhala Yasodharāpadānaya (The Sacred Biography of Yasodharā), by Ranjini Obeyesekere (Translation & Notes)
Studies in Early Buddhist Meditation
Buddhist Meditation: An anthology from the Pali canon, by Sarah Shaw
Clarification on Feelings in Buddhist Dhyāna/Jhāna Meditation, by Tse-fu Kuan
Mindfulness in Early Buddhism, by Tse-fu Kuan
On Being Mindless: Buddhist Meditation and the Mind-Body Problem, by Paul J. Griffiths
Samatha-yāna and Vipassanā-yāna, by L.S. Cousins
Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, by Anālayo
Secrets of the Lotus: Studies in Buddhist Meditation, by Donald. K. Swearer
Buddhist Path to Awakening, by Rupert Gethin
The Ideas and Meditative Practices of Early Buddhism, by Tilmann Vetter
The Origin of Buddhist Meditation, by Alexande Wynne
The Origin of Insight Meditation, by L.S. Cousins
Meditation Theory and Practice
A Honed and Heavy Axe, by Chandako
Absorption: Two Studies of Human Nature, by Johannes Bronkhorst
Mindfulness in Plain English, by Henepola Gunaratana
The Experience of Samādhi, by Richard Shankman
The Progress of Insight (Visuddhi Ñāṇa Kathā), Complete with pāḷi version, by Mahāsi Sayādaw
To One That Feels, by Luangpor Teean Juttasubho
Early Buddhist Epistemology
A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, by Steven M. Emmanuel (editor)
A Philological Approach to Buddhism, The Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Lectures 1994, by K.R. Norman
An Introduction to the Standards of Scriptural Authenticity in Indian Buddhism, by Ronald M. Davidson
Buddha-nature, Mind and the Problem of Gradualism in a Comparative Perspective: On the Transmission and Reception of Buddhism in India and Tibet, by David Seyfort Ruegg
Buddhism: A Non-Theistic Religion, by Helmuth Von Glasenapp
Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies Series, by Paul Williams (Editor)
Collected Papers on Buddhist Studies, by Padmanabh S. Jaini
Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought: An Essay on Papañca and Papañca-Saññā-Saṅkhā, by Bhikkhu Kaṭukurunde Ñāṇananda
Cross Currents in Early Buddhism, by S.N. Dube
Earliest Buddhism and Madhyamaka; (Series) Panels of the VIIth World Sanskrit Conference – Kern Institute, Leiden: August 23-29, 1987 Vol. II, by David Seyfort Ruegg & Lambert Schmithausen (Editors)
Early Buddhist Metaphysics: The Making of a Philosophical Tradition, by Noa Ronkin
Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge, by K.N. Jayatilleke
Haunting the Buddha: Indian Popular Religions and the Formation of Buddhism, by Robert DeCaroli
Identity and Experience: The Consitiution of the Human Being According to Early Buddhism, by Sue Hamilton
Imagining Karma: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek Rebirth, by Gananath Obeyesekere
Knowledge as Salvation: A Study in Early Buddhism, by Donald Swearer
Linguistic Approach to Buddhist Thought, by Genjun H. Sasaki
Literary Evidence for Early Buddhist Art in China, by Alexander Coburn Soper
Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism: The Doctrinal History of Nirvana, by Soonil Hwang
Methods of Spiritual Praxis in the Sarvāstivāda: A Study Primarily Based on the Abhidharma-mahāvibhāṣā, by Stephen Suen (Dissertation Dr.Phil.)
Nibbāna-The Mind Stilled, (Sermon Series I-VII) by Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda
Nirvana and other Buddhist Felicities, by Steven Collins
Principles of Buddhist Psychology, by David J. Kalupahana
Pudgalavāda Buddhism: The Reality of the Indeterminate Self, by Leonard C.D.C. Peiestley
Rationality and the Mind in Early Buddhism, by Frank J. Hoffman
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism: A SocialPsychological Exploration of the Origins of A World Religion, by Torkel Brekke
Scriptural Authenticity and the Śrāvaka Schools: An Essay towards an Indian Perspective, by Peter Skilling (The Estern Buddhist Vol. 41. No. 2 – 2010)
Selfless persons: Imagery and thought in Theravada Buddhism, by Steven Collins
Skilful Means: A Concept in Mahayana Buddhism (Second Edition), by Michael Pye
Text as Father: Paternal Seductions in Early Mahāyāna Buddhist Literature, by Alan Cole
The Boundaries of Knowledge in Buddhism, Christianity and Science, by Paul D. Numrich
The Buddha’s Philosophy of Language, by David J. Kalupahana
The Buddhist Philosophy of Thought, by Alexander Piatigorsky
The Concept of the Mind in Early Buddhism, by Dickwela Piyananda
The Five Aggregates: Understanding Theravāda Psychology and Soteriology, by Mathieu Boisvert
The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal, by Anālayo
The Literature of the Personalists of Early Buddhism, by Bhikshu Thích Thién Châu
The Notion of Diṭṭhi in Theravāda Buddhism: The Point of View, by Paul Fuller
The Notion of ‘Self’ In Buddhism: Communication & Cognition, by Bart Dessein (Editor)
The Psychology of Nirvana, by Rune E.A. Johansson
The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirvāṇa in Early Buddhism, by Peter Harvey
Thirty Years of Buddhist Studies: Selected Essays, by Edward Conze
What Buddhism Taught Cognitive Science about Self, Mind and Brain, by Asaf Federman
Texts &Translations
Early Buddhist Discourses, by John J. Holder
Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga), by Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa; Translated from the Pāli by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli
Sutta-Nipāta, Anderson and Smith (Editors) – PTS 1913
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, by Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Group of Discourses (Sutta Nipāta) Second Edition, Translated with Introduction and Notes by K.R. Norman (PTS No. 45, 1991/2001)
The Literature of the Mādhyamaka School of Philosophy in India, by David Seyfort Ruegg
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Aṅguttara Nikāya, by Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Path of Freedom (Vimuttimagga), by Arahant Upatissa. Translated into Chinese as Cié-to-tāo-lun by Tipiṭaka Sanghapāla of Funan; Translated from Chinese by Rev. N.R.M. Ehara, Soma Thera, and Kheminda
Traces of Gandhāran Buddhism: An Exhibition of Ancient Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection, by Jens Braarvig and Fredrik Liland (Editors) – Hermes Publishing ◦ Oslo (2010)
Indology
A History Of India: Fourth Edition, by Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund
Dharmasūtras: The Law Codes of Āpastamba, Gautama, Baudhāyana and Vasiṣṭha – Translated from the Original Sanskrit and Edited by Patrick Olivelle
Gandhāran Buddhism: Archaeology, Art, Texts – Pia Brancaccio and Kurt Behrendt (Editors) – Asian Religions and Society Series IV
Greater Magadha: Studies in the Culture of Early India, by Johannes Bronkhorst
Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Other Indo-Aryan Languages, by Richard Salomon
Indian Insights: Buddhism, Brahmanism and Bhakti, by Peter Connolly & Sue Hamilton (Editors)
Language and Reality: On an Episode in Indian Thought, by Johannes Bronkhorst
Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation, by Patrick Olivelle
The Āśrama System: The History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution, by Patrick Olivelle
The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad: Transformations in Art and Religion, by Piaa Brancaccio
The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad: The Impact of the Laity, by Pia Brancaccio
The Character of Self in Ancient India: Priests, Kings and Women in the Early Upaniṣads, by Brian Black
The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation, by Patrick Olivelle
The Origin and Development of Early Indian Contemplative Practices, by Edward Fitzpatrick Crangle
The Origin of the Indo-Iranians, by Elena E. Kuz’mina
The Penguin History of Early India From the Origins to AD 1300, by Romila Thapar
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads – Vol. 1, by Arthur B. Keith
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads – Vol. 2, by Arthur B. Keith
The Two Sources of Indian Asceticism (Second Edition), by Johannes Bronkhorst
The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India, by Johannes Bronkhorst
Indigenous Buddhism
American Buddhism As a Way of Life, by Gary Storhoff & John Whalen-Bridge (Editors)
British Buddhism: Teachings, Practice and Development, by Robert Bluck
Buddha in Sri Lanka : Remembered Yesterdays, by Swarna Wickremeratne
Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka, by Mahinda Deegalle (Editor)
Buddhism in America, by Richard Hughes Seager
Buddhism in Canada, by Bruce Matthews
Buddhism Observed: Travelers, Exiles and Tibetan Dharma in Kathmandu, by Peter Moran
Buddhism, Power and Political Order, by Ian Harris (Editor)
Buddhist Monk, Buddhist Layman: A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand, by Jane Bunnag
Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth Contemporary Sri Lankan Practice and its Origins, by Rita Langer
Cambodian Buddhism, History And Practice, by Ian Harris
Forest Recolections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand, by Kamala Tiyavanich
Healing Deconstruction: Postmodern Thought in Buddhism and Christianity, by David Loy (Editor)
History of Theravāda Buddhism in South-East Asia, by Kanai Lal Hazra
Meditation En Masse: How Colonialism Sparked the Global Vipassana Movement, by Erik Braun
Meditation in Modern Buddhism: Renunciation and Change in Thai Monastic Life, by Joanna Cook
New Buddhist Movements In Thailand: Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakāya and Santi Asoke, by Rory Mackenzie
Spreading the Dhamma: Writing, Orality, And Textual Transmission in Buddhist Northern Thailand, by Daniel M. Veidlinger
Strong Roots: Liberation Teachings of Mindfulness in North America, by Jake H. Davis
The American Encounter With Buddhism, 1844-1912: Victorian Culture & the Limits of Dissent, by Thomas A. Tweed
The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses, Representations, by Bryan J. Cuevas and Jacqueline I. Stone (Editors)
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia (Second Edition), by Donald K. Swearer
The Emergence of Buddhist American Literature, by John Whalen-Bridge & Gary Storhoff (Editors)
The Mindful Revolution: The science of finding focus in a stressed-out, multitasking culture, by Kate Pickert
The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition, by James William Coleman
The Science Delusion: An interview with cultural critic Curtis White, by Linda Heuman
Theravada Buddhism And The British Encounter, by Elizabeth J. Harris
Women’s Buddhism Buddhism’s Women: Tradition, Revision, Renewal, by Ellison Banks Findly (Editor)
Language, Dictionaries & Reference Materials
A Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary, by Akira Hirakawa
A Handbook of Pāli Literature, by Oskar von Hinüber
A History of Pāli Literature, by Bimala Churn Law
Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Grammar and Dictionary (Vol. II – Dictionary)
Concise Pāli-English Dictionary, by Aggamahāpaṇḍita Buddhadatta Mahāthera
Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Vols. One and Two), Robert E. Buswell Jr. (Editor)
Indo-Aryan: From the Vedas to Modern Times, by Jules Bloch
Introduction to Pali, by A.K. Warder
Pāli Literature: Including the Canonical Literature in Prakrit and Sanskrit of All the Hīnayāna Schools of Buddhism – K.R. Norman; Jan Gonda (Editors) History of Indian Literature. Vol. VII. Facs. 2
The Indo-Aryan Languages, by Colin P. Masica
The Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary – Pali Text Society (1921 – 1952) – T.W. Rhys Davids & William Stede (Editors)
The Sanskrit Language, by Thomas Burrow
Miscellaneous, Inspirational & Personal
Being and Nothingness, by Jean-Paul Sartre
Bright and Shining Mind in a Disabled Body, by Kampol Thongbunnum (2007)
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening, by Stephen Batchelor
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, by Stephen Batchelor
Islamic Imperialism: A History, by Efraim Karsh
No Ajahn Chah – Rreflections (From the Teachings of Ajahn Chah)
Normality, by Luangpor Teean Juttasubho
The God Part of the Brain, Matthew Alper
The Word of the Buddha: An Outline of the teaching of the Buddha in the words of the Pali Canon, by Nyanatiloka (editor)
Turtle Feet: The Making and Unmaking of a Buddhist Monk, by Nikolai Grozni
Unexpected Way: On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism, by Paul Williams
What the Buddha Never Taught, by Tim Ward
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