Works Cited and Suggested Readings

TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA

The Discourses

DN: Digha Nikaya: Walshe, Maurice, trans. Thus Have I Heard: The Long Discourses of the Buddha (Digha Nikaya). Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1987.

MN: Majjhima Nikaya: Nanamoli, Bhikkhu, and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans. The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Majjhima Nikaya). Boston : Wisdom Publications, 1995.

The Dhammapada

Buddharakkhita, Acharya, trans. The Dhammapada. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1985.

Byrom, Thomas, trans. The Dhammapada, Sacred Teachings ed. New York: Bell Tower, 2001.

Mascaro, Juan, trans. The Dhammapada. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1973.

Thanissaro Bhikkhu, trans. Dhammapada. Barre, MA: Dhamma Dana Publications, 1998.

GENERAL REFERENCE AND
BACKGROUND

 

Batchelor, Stephen. The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1994.

Bodhi, Bhikkhu. The Noble Eightfold Path. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1994.

Boucher, Sandy. Opening the Lotus: A Woman’s Guide to Buddhism. Boston: Beacon, 1997.

Cleary, Thomas, trans. The Flower Ornament Scripture. Boston: Shambhala, 1993.

Gunaratana, Venerable Henepola. Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001.

Hanh, Thich Nhat. Old Path White Clouds. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1991.

Kohn, Michel H., trans. The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen. Boston: Shambhala, 1991.

Lorie, Peter, and Julie Foakes, comps. The Buddhist Directory. Boston: Tuttle, 1997.

Morreale, Don, ed. The Complete Guide to Buddhist America. Boston: Shambhala, 1998.

Murcott, Susan. The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentary on the Therigatha. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1991.

Rahula, Walpola. What the Buddha Taught. New York: Grove Press, 1959.

Saddhatissa, Hammalawa. Buddhist Ethics. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1987.

Sangharakshita. Vision and Transformation: An Introduction to the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. Birmingham, England: Windhorse Publications, 1990.

Smith, Jean, ed. Radiant Mind: Essential Buddhist Teachings and Texts. New York: Riverhead, 1999.

Snelling, John. The Buddhist Handbook: A Complete Guide to Buddhist Schools, Teaching, Practice, and History. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 1991.

———. The Elements of Buddhism. Dorset, England: Element Books, 1990.

Wheeler, Kate. In Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, vol. 4, no. 2, p. 61. Whitmyer, Claude, ed. Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1994.