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- Ariyadhamma Mahathera
- Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing (BPS BL 115; 1988)
- Ariyesako, Bhikkhu
- Ashby, Dr. Elizabeth
- Our Reactions to Dukkha (BPS BL 26; 1965)
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- Bischoff, Roger
- Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History (BPS WH 399; 1995)
- Bodhi, Bhikkhu
- Buddhist Publication Society Newsletter Essays:
- Aims of Buddhist Education (1997)
- Anicca Vata Sankhara (1999)
- Association with the Wise (1994)
- An Auspicious Month (1991)
- The Balanced Way (1987)
- Better Than a Hundred Years (1999)
- The Case for Study (1986)
- Dhamma and Non-duality (1994-95)
- Dhamma Without Rebirth? (1987)
- A Discipline of Sobriety (1997)
- Does Rebirth Make Sense? (2000)
- The Five Spiritual Faculties (1992-93)
- For the Welfare of Many (1994)
- From Views to Vision (1993-94)
- Giving Dignity to Life (1998)
- The Guardians of the World (1993)
- Laying Down the Rod (1991)
- Lifestyles and Spiritual Progress (1998)
- A Look at the Kalama Sutta (1988)
- Meeting the Divine Messengers (1996)
- Message for a Globalized World (1996)
- Navigating the New Millennium (2000)
- A New Undertaking (1985)
- The Nobility of the Truths (1991-92)
- A Note on Openness (1990-91)
- The Problem of Conflict (1989)
- Purification of Mind (1986)
- The Quest for Meaning (1989)
- Refuge in the Buddha (1992)
- A Remedy for Despair (1989)
- The Search for Security (1990)
- Self-transformation (1990)
- A Statement of Conscience (1988)
- Subrahma's Problem (1997)
- Taking Stock of Oneself (1987)
- Tolerance and Diversity (1993)
- Toward a Threshold of Understanding (1995)
- A Tribute to Two Monks (1998)
- Two Faces of the Dhamma (1985)
- Two Paths to Knowledge (1999)
- Two Styles of insight Meditation (2000)
- Vision and Routine (1985)
- The Vital Link (1988)
- Walking Even Amidst the Uneven (1996)
- A Buddhist Response to Contemporary Dilemmas of Human Existence (1994)
- A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (Introduction only) (Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.; BPS, 1993)
- Dana: The Practice of Giving (BPS WH 367; 1990)
- Discourses of the Ancient Nuns (BPS BL 143, 1997)
- Going for Refuge/Taking the Precepts (BPS WH 282; 1981)
- The Living Message of the Dhammapada (BPS BL 129; 1993)
- Maha Kaccana: Master of Doctrinal Exposition(BPS WH 405; 1995)
- The Noble Eigthfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering (BPS, 1994)
- Nourishing the Roots: Essays on Buddhist Ethics (BPS WH 259; 1990)
- The Taste of Freedom (BPS BL 71; 1976)
- A Treatise on the Paramis (by Acariya Dhammapala (6th c.), Bhikkhu Bodhi trans.; BPS WH 409/411; 1996)
- Transcendental Dependent Arising: A Translation and Exposition of the Upanisa Sutta (BPS WH 277; 1980)
- Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya: A Personal Appreciation (1998)
- Buddhist Publication Society Newsletter Essays:
- Bodhinandamuni, Phra
- Bogoda, Robert
- Buddhist Culture, the Cultured Buddhist (BPS BL 139; 1996)
- A Simple Guide to Life (BPS WH 397; 1994)
- Boowa, Phra Ajaan Maha
- Buddhaghosacariya, Somdet Phra (Ñanavara Thera)
- Buddharakkhita, Acharya
- The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom (BPS, 1985)
- Metta: The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love (BPS WH 365; 1989)
- Bullen, Leonard
- Buddhism: A Method of Mind Training (BPS BL 42; 1991)
- Burns, Douglas
- Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology (BPS WH 88; 1994)
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- Chah, Phra Ajaan
- Bodhinyana (1982)
- Food for the Heart (1992)
- Living Dhamma (1992)
- Our Real Home (BPS BL 111; 1987)
- A Taste of Freedom (1991)
- Conze, Edward
- The Way of Wisdom (BPS WH 65; 1993)
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- DeGraff, Geoffrey — see Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
- de Silva, Lily
- "The Buddhist Attitude Towards Nature" (from BPS WH 346; 1987)
- "Giving in the Pali Canon," in Dana: The Practice of Giving (BPS WH 367; 1990)
- Ministering to the Sick and Terminally Ill (BPS BL 132; 1994)
- Nibbana As Living Experience/The Buddha and The Arahant: Two Studies from the Pali Canon (BPS WH 407/408, 1996)
- One Foot in the World: Buddhist Approaches to Present-day Problems (BPS WH 337; 1986)
- Radical Therapy: Buddhist Precepts in the Modern World (BPS BL 123; 1991)
- The Self-made Private Prison (BPS BL 120; 1990)
- Dewaraja, Lorna Srimathie
- The Position of Women in Buddhism (BPS WH 280; 1981)
- Dhammananda, Ven. K. Sri
- Dhammayut Order in the United States of America
- Dhammika, Ven. Shravasti
- The Edicts of King Asoka (BPS WH 386; 1993)
- Gemstones of the Good Dhamma (Saddhamma-maniratana): An Anthology of Verses from the Pali Scriptures (BPS WH 342; 1987)
- Matrceta's Hymn to the Buddha: An English Rendering of the Satapancasatka (BPS WH 360; 1989)
- Dune, Phra Ajaan
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- Figen, Dorothy
- Beginning Insight Meditation, and Other Essays (BPS BL 85; 1988)
- Fuang, Phra Ajaan
- Awareness Itself (1999)
- Listen Well (2001)
- A Single Mind (1999)
- Timeless and True (1998)
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- Gunaratana, Henepola
- The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation (BPS WH 351; 1988)
- Gunaratna, V.F.
- Buddhist Reflections on Death (BPS WH 102; 1982)
- Guruge, Ananda W.P.
- The Buddha's Encounters With Mara (BPS WH 419; 1997)
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- Harris, Elizabeth J.
- Detachment and Compassion in Early Buddhism (BPS BL 141; 1997)
- A Journey into Buddhism (BPS BL 134; 1994)
- Violence and Disruption in Society: A Study of the Early Buddhist Texts (BPS WH 392; 1994)
- Hecker, Hellmuth
- Anathapindika: The Great Benefactor (BPS WH 334; 1986)
- Buddhist Women at the Time of the Buddha (BPS WH 292; 1982)
- Maha Kassapa: Father of the Sangha (BPS WH 345; 1987)
- Life of Maha-Moggallana (BPS WH 263; 1979)
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- Ireland, John D.
- The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipata (BPS WH 82; 1983)
- Itivuttaka: The Buddha's Sayings (excerpts) (BPS; 1997)
- Vangisa: An Early Buddhist Poet (BPS WH 417/418; 1997)
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- Jackson, Natasha
- "Unselfish Joy: A Neglected Virtue" (in BPS WH 170; 1983)
- Jones, Ken
- Buddhism & Social Action (BPS WH 285; 1981)
- Jootla, Susan Elbaum
- Inspiration from Enlightened Nuns (BPS WH 349; 1988)
- Investigation for Insight (BPS WH 301; 1983)
- "The Practice of Giving," in Dana: The Practice of Giving (BPS WH 367; 1990)
- A Taste of the Holy Life: An Account of an International Ordination in Myanmar (BPS BL 133; 1994)
- Teacher of the Devas (BPS WH 414; 1997)
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- Kariyawasam, A.G.S
- Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka (BPS WH 402-404; 1995)
- Suvimalee Karunaratna
- The Healing of the Bull: A Story (BPS BL 140; 1996)
- Prisoners of Karma: A Story (BPS BL 125; 1991)
- Kawasaki, Ken & Visakha
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha, Part I (BPS BL 135; 1995)
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha, Part II (BPS BL 138; 1996)
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha, Part III (BPS BL 142; 1997)
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha, Part IV (BPS BL 144; 1998)
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha, Part V (BPS BL 158; 2002)
- Kee Nanayon, Upasika (K. Khao-suan-luang)
- Breath Meditation Condensed (1998)
- Directions for Insight (1995)
- Going Against the Flow (1998)
- A Good Dose of Dhamma for Meditators When They Are Ill (1998)
- Looking Inward (1998)
- Pure & Simple (2003)
- Reading the Mind (1998)
- Stop, Look, and Let Go (1999)
- An Unentangled Knowing: The Teachings of a Thai Buddhist Lay Woman (1998)
- Kelly, John
- Khamdee, Phra Ajaan
- Making the Dhamma Your Own (1999)
- Khantipalo, Bhikkhu
- Forest Meditations: The Verses of the Arahant Talaputa (BPS WH 243; 1983)
- Lay Buddhist Practice (BPS WH 206; 1982)
- Practical Advice for Meditators (BPS WH 116; 1986)
- The Wheel of Birth and Death (BPS WH 147; 1970)
- With Robes and Bowl (BPS WH 83; 1986)
- Khema, Ayya
- All of Us (Beset by Birth, Decay and Death) (1988)
- (To be Seen) Here and Now (1989)
- Meditating on No-self (BPS BL 95; 1984)
- Khin, U Ba
- The Essentials of Buddha Dhamma in Meditative Practice (with an essay on U Ba Khin by Eric Lerner; BPS WH 231; 1981)
- Knight, C.F
- "Mudita" (in BPS WH 170; 1983)
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- Lee, Phra Ajaan
- The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee (1994)
- Basic Themes (1994)
- The Craft of the Heart (1994)
- Consciousnesses (1997)
- Crossing the Ocean of Life (1998)
- The Demons of Defilement (Kilesa Mara) (1998)
- Dhamma for Everyone (2003)
- Duties of the Sangha (1995)
- The Eye of Discernment: An Anthology from the Teachings of Phra Ajaan Lee Dhammadaro (1999)
- Food for Thought (1995)
- Frames of Reference (1994)
- A Handbook for the Relief of Suffering (1995)
- Inner Strength (1998)
- Keeping the Breath in Mind & Lessons in Samadhi (2000)
- Knowledge (1997)
- Lessons in Samadhi — see Keeping the Breath in Mind & Lessons in Samadhi
- Loyalty to Your Meditation (2001)
- The Path to Peace and Freedom for the Mind (1995)
- The Power of Good Will (2003)
- The Power of Goodness (2004)
- A Refuge in Awakening (1998)
- Shelter (2000)
- The Skill of Release (1995)
- Starting Out Small: A Collection of Talks for Beginning Meditators (2000)
- Starting Out Small: A Collection of Talks for Beginning Meditators (Portfolio 2) (2003)
- Starting Out Small: A Collection of Talks for Beginning Meditators (Portfolio 3) (2005)
- Visakha Puja (1998)
- What is the Triple Gem? (1994)
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- Mahasi Sayadaw
- The Progress of Insight (BPS, 1994)
- Satipatthana Vipassana: Insight Through Mindfulness (BPS WH 370; 1990)
- Thoughts on the Dhamma (BPS WH 298; 1983)
- Medhanandi, Ayya
- The Food of Kindness (2005)
- Mun, Phra Ajaan
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- Ñanananda, Bhikkhu
- Ideal Solitude: An Exposition of the Bhaddekaratta Sutta (BPS WH 188, 1973)
- Nanayon, Upasika Kee — see Kee Nanayon, Upasika
- Ñanamoli Thera
- The Buddha's Words on Kamma (BPS WH 248; 1993)
- The Discourse on Right View (Bhikkhu Ñanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi; BPS WH 377, 1991)
- The Lion's Roar: Two Discourses of Buddha (Bhikkhu Ñanamoli, trans.; Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.; BPS WH 390; 1993)
- The Practice of Loving-kindness (metta) (BPS WH 7; 1987)
- Three Cardinal Discourses of the Buddha (BPS WH 17; 1981)
- Ñanasamvara, Somdet Phra (Venerable Suvaddhano Bhikkhu, HH the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand)
- Ñanavara Thera (Somdet Phra Buddhaghosacariya)
- Narada Thera
- Buddhism in a Nutshell (BPS, 1982)
- Everyman's Ethics (BPS WH 14; 1985)
- Nararatana Rajamanit, Chao Khun (Tryk Dhammavitakko)
- An Iridescence on the Water (1997)
- Nyanaponika Thera
- Buddhism and the God-idea (1994)
- Contemplation of Feeling: The Discourse Grouping on the Feelings (BPS WH 303; 1983)
- Courageous Faith (1994)
- Devotion in Buddhism (1994)
- The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest (BPS WH 26; 1993)
- The Four Sublime States (BPS WH 6; 1993)
- "Is Unselfish Joy Practicable?" (in BPS WH 170; 1983)
- Kamma and its Fruit (1994)
- The Life of Sariputta (BPS WH 90; 1987)
- The Power of Mindfulness (BPS WH 121; 1986)
- Protection Through Satipatthana (BPS BL 34; 1990)
- Seeing Things as They Are (1994)
- The Simile of the Cloth and the Discourse on Effacement (BPS WH 61; 1988)
- Why End Suffering? (1994)
- The Worn-Out Skin (BPS WH 83; 1989)
- Nyanasatta Thera
- The Foundations of Mindfulness (BPS WH 19; 1993)
- Nyanatusita Thera
- Nyanasobhano, Bhikkhu — see Price, Leonard
- Nyanatiloka Mahathera
- Fundamentals of Buddhism: Four Lectures (BPS WH 394; 1994)
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- Oates, L.R.
- "The Nature and Implications of Mudita" (in BPS WH 170; 1983)
- Ontl, Petr Karel
- Of Mindsets and Monkeypots(BPS BL 131, 1993)
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- Phut Thaniyo, Phra Ajaan
- Piyadassi Thera
- The Book of Protection (Paritta) (BPS; 1999)
- The Book of Protection (Paritta) (BPS; 1999)
- Piyatissa Thera
- The Elimination of Anger (BPS BL 68; 1975)
- Price, Leonard (Nyanasobhano, Bhikkhu)
- Bhikkhu Tissa Dispels Some Doubts (BPS BL 102; 1985)
- Nothing Higher to Live For (BPS BL 124; 1991)
- Radical Buddhism (BPS BL 92; 1982)
- To the Cemetery and Back (BPS BL 96; 1983)
- Two Dialogues on Dhamma (BPS WH 363/364; 1989)
- Prince, T
- Renunciation (BPS BL 36; 1986)
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- Sao Kantasilo, Phra Ajaan
- See Ajaan Sao's Teaching: A Reminiscence of Phra Ajaan Sao Kantasilo (Ajaan Phut Thaniyo; 1997)
- Sayadaw, Mahasi — see Mahasi Sayadaw
- Sayadaw, Webu — see Webu Sayadaw
- Silacara, Bhikkhu
- Silananda, Sayadaw U
- The Benefits of Walking Meditation (BPS BL 137; 1995)
- Sim, Phra Ajaan
- Simply So (1995)
- Soma Thera
- Kalama Sutta: The Buddha's Charter of Free Inquiry (Soma Thera, tr; with an essay by Bhikkhu Bodhi; BPS WH 8; 1981)
- The Removal of Distracting Thoughts (BPS WH 21; 1981)
- The Way of Mindfulness: The Satipatthana Sutta and Its Commentary (BPS; 1999)
- Words Leading to Disenchantment: Two Essays (BPS BL 79; 1978)
- Story, Francis
- Buddhist Meditation (BPS BL 15; 1986)
- Sumana, Samanera
- Going Forth: A Call to Buddhist Monkhood (BPS WH 27; 1983)
- Suwat Suvaco, Phra Ajaan
- Blatantly Clear in the Heart (2001)
- To Comprehend Suffering (2002)
- Disenchantment (2001)
- A Fistful of Sand (1999)
- A Home for the Mind (2002)
- The Light of Discernment (2002)
- Right Attitude (2001)
- Right Concentration (2001)
- Straigthening Out Your Views (2002)
- The Strategy of a Peaceful Mind (2005)
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- Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
- Books and sutta anthologies:
- The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volume I: The Patimokkha Training Rules Translated and Explained (1996)
- The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volume II: The Khandhaka Rules Translated and Explained (2002)
- Dhammapada: A Translation (1997)
- An Introduction to the Patimokkha Training Rules (1994)
- Itivuttaka: This Was Said by the Buddha (1999)
- The Karma of Questions (2002)
- Meditations: Forty Dhamma Talks (2003)
- The Mind Like Fire Unbound: An Image in the Early Buddhist Discourses (Barre, MA: Dhamma Dana Publications, 1993)
- Noble Strategy (1999)
- Refuge: an Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha (1997)
- Study Guides
- That the True Dhamma Might Last a Long Time: Readings Selected by King Asoka (1996)
- The Wings to Awakening: an Anthology from the Pali Canon (1996)
- Essays and Dhamma talks:
- Affirming the Truths of the Heart: The Buddhist Teachings on Samvega & Pasada (1997)
- All About Change (2004)
- The Agendas of Mindfulness (2002)
- The Atthakavagga (The Octet Chapter): An Introduction (1997)
- The Customs of the Noble Ones (1999)
- De-perception (2002)
- The Economy of Gifts (1997)
- Emptiness (1997)
- Five Piles of Bricks: The Khandhas as Burden & Path (2002)
- Freedom from Fear (2002)
- The Healing Power of the Precepts (1997)
- Jhana not by the Numbers (2005)
- Karma (1997)
- Life Isn't Just Suffering (2000)
- The Meaning of the Buddha's Awakening (1997)
- Nibbana (1996)
- Noble Strategy: Essays on the Buddhist Path (1999)
- No-self or Not-self? (1996)
- The Not-self Strategy (1993)
- One Tool Among Many: The Place of Vipassana in Buddhist Practice (1998)
- Opening the Door to the Dhamma: Respect in Buddhist Thought & Practice (2001)
- The Parayanavagga (The Chapter on the Way to the Far Shore): An Introduction (1997)
- The Path of Concentration & Mindfulness (1997)
- The Practice in a Word (2004)
- Questions of Skill (2001)
- Right Speech (1999)
- The Road to Nirvana is Paved with Skillful Intentions (1999)
- Samsara (2002)
- Samsara Divided by Zero (2000)
- Trading Candy for Gold: Renunciation as a Skill (1999)
- Upasika Kee Nanayon and the Social Dynamic of Theravadin Buddhist Practice (1995)
- A Verb for Nirvana (2005)
- The Weight of Mountains (2001)
- "When you know for yourselves...": The Authenticity of the Pali Suttas (2002)
- Meditation:
- Basic Breath Meditation Instructions (1993)
- De-perception (2002)
- A Guided Meditation (2001)
- Using Meditation to Deal with Pain, Illness & Death (1993)
- See also Ven. Thanissaro's translations of books by Phra Ajaan Lee, Phra Ajaan Fuang, Upasika Kee Nanayon, Phra Ajaan Thate, and Phra Ajaan Maha Boowa.
- Books and sutta anthologies:
- Thate, Phra Ajaan
- The Autobiography of a Forest Monk (1996)
- Buddho (1994)
- Steps Along the Path (1994)
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- U Ba Khin — see Khin, U Ba
- U Silananda — see Silananda, Sayadaw U
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- van Gorkom, Nina
- "Generosity: The Inward Dimension," in Dana: The Practice of Giving (BPS WH 367; 1990)
- Various authors
- Dana: The Practice of Giving (Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed.; BPS WH 367; 1990)
- von Glasenapp, Helmuth
- Vedanta & Buddhism: A Comparative Study (BPS WH 2; 1978)
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- Walshe, Maurice O'Connell
- Buddhism and Death (BPS WH 261; 1978)
- "Giving from the Heart," in Dana: The Practice of Giving (BPS WH 367; 1990)
- Webu Sayadaw
- The Essential Practice: Dhamma Discourses of Venerable Webu Sayadaw (Part I) (BPS WH 375; 1991)
- The Essential Practice: Dhamma Discourses of Venerable Webu Sayadaw (Part II) (BPS WH 384; 1992)
- To Light a Fire (BPS BL 122; 1990)