Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Dharma Book List

This is a partial list, in random order. I have a couple of them, the rest are on a wish list. All of these have either been recommended by highly trusted sources, or I have had some direct experience; such as reading quotations on line.

The Path of Purification: Visuddhimagga

Meditation: The Buddhist Way of Tranquility and Insight

Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience

The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic

Threefold Lotus Sutra

Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism (Studies in East Asian Buddhism, 12)

In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (Teachings of the Buddha)

The Life of the Buddha : According to the Pali Canon

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya (Teachings of the Buddha)

What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching

The Dhammapada: Verses on the Way (Modern Library Classics)

The Bodhicaryavatara (Oxford World's Classics)

The Awakening of Faith (Translations from the Asian Classics)

Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin (Shambhala Dragon Editions)

Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dogen and the Lotus Sutra

Primer of Soto Zen: A Translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo Zuimonki (East West Center Book)

Master Dogen's Shobogenzo

The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti

Buddhist Wisdom: The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra

The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra

Modern Buddhist Healing: A Spiritual Strategy for Transforming Pain, Dis-Ease, and Death

Riding The Wheel To Wellness: A Buddhist Perspective On Life's Healing Gifts, Meditation, Prayer & Visualization

Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living (Shambhala Classics)

Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression

It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness

Buddhism without Beliefs

2 comments:

AikiPenguin said...

This is an excellent list. I've read a few.

I've read some negative reviews on "What the Buddha Taught" specifically in regards to the way the anātman doctrine is presented. Haven't read it myself, yet.

In regards to "The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic" and "Threefold Lotus Sutra," any recommendation as to which is better first?

Mr. Robin Beck said...

I read What the Buddha Taught many years ago. I could guess the objection on the anatta doctrine. From what I read recently, the author tended more toward an affirmative awakening to 'purified Citta.' That is just a guess,

I read the Threefold Lotus Sutra years ago. I have not read Gene Reeve's book yet; but based on comments I have seen, I would go for it first. Someone told me it the text is 'chantable' in English.