| Recommended Book List by Ven. Sona Thera |
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BEGINNERS Meditation -Calm and Insight: A Buddhist Manual for Meditators. Bhikkhu Khantipalo, Curzon Press, London; ISBN 0-7007-0141-9 Buddhist Teachinqs and Practice -The Power of Mindfulness. Ven. Nyanaponika; The Wheel Publication No.121/122; Buddhist Publication Society (BPS), IBSN 955-9219-22-7. -The Word of the Buddha. Nyanatiloka Thera, BPS (BP 201S), Kandy Sri Lanka -Going for Refuge: Taking the Precepts. Bhikkhu Bodhi. The Wheel Publication (WH), No.282/283/284. -The Noble Eightfold Path. Bhikkhu Bodhi, BPS (BP 105S). -The Buddha and His Teachings. Narada Mahathera. BPS (BP 102S). -Metta: The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love. Acariya Buddharakkhita. BPS (WH 365/366). -Loving-Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Sharon Salzberg, Shambala, Boston (1995). -Mudita: The Buddha’s Teaching on Unselfish Joy. Nyanaponika Thera (Ed.), BPS (WH 170). -Dana: The Practice of Giving. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Ed., BPS (WH 367/369). -Kamma and Its Fruit. Nyanaponika Thera, BPS (BP 413S). -The Questions of King Milinda. N. Mendis (Trans.), BPS; ISBN 955-24-0067-8.
Suttas -Everyman’s Ethics. Narada Mahathera, BPS (WH 14). -The Scale of Good Deeds. Susan Elbaum Jootla, BPS (WH 372). -The Buddha’s Teaching In His Own Words. Bhikkhu Ñanamoli, BPS (WH 428/430).
INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED Meditation -Mindfulness in Plain English. Ven. Henepola Gunaratana. Wisdom Publ., Boston, MA., (1993) ISBN 0-86171-064-9. -The Four Foundations of Mindfulness. Ven. U. Silananda. Wisdom Publ., (1990) -The Jhanas (in Theravada Buddhist Meditation). Ven. Henepola Gunaratana. BPS (WH 351/353) ISBN 955-24-0035X. -The Path of Serenity and Insight. Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. -The Seven Contemplations of Insight: A Treatise on Insight Meditation. Ven. Matara Sri ?anarama Mahathera. BPS. -In This Very Life. Sayadaw U. Pandita, Wisdom Publications, Boston; ISBN 0-86171-0940. -Who is My Self? A Guide to Buddhist Meditation. Ayya Khema, Wisdom Publishing, Boston; ISBN 0-86171-127-0. Buddhist Teachinqs & Practice
-The Noble Eightfold Path. Bhikkhu Bodhi. BPS (BP105S). -Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness. Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Wisdom Publications, Boston; ISBN 0-86171-176-9. -The Vision of Dhamma. Nyanaponika. BPS (BP 414S); also from Rider, ISBN 0-7126-9537-0. -Path to Deliverance. Nyanatiloka, BPS. (BP 202S). -The Road to Inner Freedom. Nyanaponika (Ed.) BPS. -What the Buddha Taught. Walpola Rahula. Grove Weidenfeld, NY (1959). ISBN 0-8021-3031-3. -The Buddha and His Teachings. Narada. BPS (BP 102S); ISBN 955-24-0025-2. -The Buddha’s Ancient Path. Piyadassi. BPS (BP 103S). -A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah. Jack Kornfield and Paul Breiter (Eds.), Quest Books, ISBN 0-8356-0597-3. -Being Nobody, Going Nowhere. Ayya Khema. Wisdom Publishing, Boston (1987) -Be an Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace. Ayya Khema, Wisdom Publishing, Boston; ISBN 0-86171-147-5. -When the Iron Eagle Flies: Buddhism for the West. Ayya Khema, Wisdom Publishing, Boston; ISBN 0-86171-169-6. -Questions From the City – Answers From the Forest. Ajahn Sumano Bhikkhu, Quest Books, ISBN 0-8356-0774-7. -Landscapes of Wonder. Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano; Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA; ISBN 0-86171-142-4. -The Word of the Buddha. Nyanatiloka. BPS (BP 201S). -The Life of the Buddha According to the Pali Canon. ?amamoli. BPS (BP 101S). -Great Disciples of the Buddha. Nyanaponika Thera, Hellmuth Hecker, and Bhikkhu Bodhi. BPS (BP 417S); also available from Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA; ISBN 0-86171-128-9.
-The Wings to Awakening. Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Dhamma Dana Publications, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, MA (for free distribution).
-Buddhadhamma. Natural Laws and Values for Life. Phra Prayudh Payutto, State University of New York Press, Albany (1995); ISBN:0-7914-2632-7 Pali Canon & Commentaries -The Long Discourses of the Buddha. Maurice Walshe (Transl.) BPS (BP 219H); Wisdom Publ. Boston, MA., London (1987); ISBN 0-86171-030-4. -The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha. Bhikkhu ?anamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi (Transl.) BPS (BP 218H); also available from Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA (1995). ISBN 0-86171-072X. -The Connected Discourses of the Buddha. Bhikkhu Bodhi (Transl.); 2 Vol., Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA (2000); ISBN 0-86171-168-8. -Numerical Discourses of the Buddha. Nyanaponika Thera and Bhikkhu Bodhi (transl.); Altamira Press, ISBN 0-7425-0405-0. -The Itivuttaka: The Buddha’s Sayings. John D. Ireland (Transl.), BPS. -The Udana: Inspired Utterances of the Buddha. John D. Ireland (Transl.), BPS. -A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. Acariya Anuruddha, Bhikkhu Bodhi (Ed.), BPS. -The Path of Discrimination (Patisambhidamagga). Bhikkhu Ñanamoli (Transl.), The Pali Text Society, Oxford (1997); ISBN 0-86013-349-4. -The Path of Freedom (Vimuttimagga). Arahant Upatissa; Rev. N.R.M. Ehara, Soma Thera, & Kheminda Thera, BPS. -The Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga). Acariya Buddhaghosa; Bhikkhu ?anamoli (Transl.), 5th Ed., BPS.
Reference -Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Terms and Doctrines. Nyanatiloka, BPS. (BP 201S).
-Rebirth as Doctrine and Experience. Francis Story, BPS.
-Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation. Ian Stevenson, M.D., University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville; ISBN 0-8139-0872-8.
-Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect, Ian Stevenson, M.D, Praeger Publishers; ISBN 0-275-95188-8.
-Buddhist Monastic Life. Mohan Wijayaratna. Cambridge University Press (1990); ISBN 0-521-36708-5. BOOK SERVICES -Pariyatti Books (USA): http://www.pariyatti.com/frontpage.htm -Buddhist Publication Society (BPS) (Sri Lanka): http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bps/index.html; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it -Banyen Books (Vancouver): http://www.banyen.com; Books: (604) 732-7912; Mail order: 1-800-663-8442; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
