Index by Author

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A

• Ariyadhamma Mahathera
  • Anapana Sati: Meditation on Breathing (BPS BL 115; 1988)
• Ariyesako, Bhikkhu
  • The Bhikkhus' Rules — A Guide for Laypeople: The Theravadin Buddhist Monk's Rules Compiled and Explained (1999)
• Ashby, Dr. Elizabeth
  • Our Reactions to Dukkha (BPS BL 26; 1965)

B

• Bischoff, Roger
  • Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History (BPS WH 399; 1995)
• Bodhi, Bhikkhu
  • Buddhist Publication Society Newsletter Essays:
    • Aims of Buddhist Education (1997)
    • Association with the Wise (1994)
    • An Auspicious Month (1991)
    • The Balanced Way (1987)
    • The Case for Study (1986)
    • Dhamma and Non-duality (1994-95)
    • Dhamma Without Rebirth? (1987)
    • A Discipline of Sobriety (1997)
    • 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)
    • A Look at the Kalama Sutta (1988)
    • Meeting the Divine Messengers (1996)
    • Message for a Globalized World (1996)
    • 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)
    • Towards a Threshold of Understanding (1995)
    • Two Faces of the Dhamma (1985)
    • 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)
  • Transcendental Dependent Arising: A Translation and Exposition of the Upanisa Sutta (BPS WH 277; 1980)
  • Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya: A Personal Appreciation (1998)
• Bodhinandamuni, Phra
  • Gifts He Left Behind: The Dhamma Legacy of Ajaan Dune Atulo (2005)
• Bogoda, Robert
  • Buddhist Culture, the Cultured Buddhist (BPS BL 139; 1996)
  • A Simple Guide to Life (BPS WH 397; 1994)
• Boowa, Phra Ajaan Maha
  • The Dhamma Teaching of Acariya Maha Boowa in London (1980)
  • Straight from the Heart (1996)
  • Things as They Are (1996)
  • To the Last Breath: Dhamma Talks on Living and Dying (1992)
• Buddhaghosacariya, Somdet Phra (Ñanavara Thera)
  • Uposatha Sila: The Eight-Precept Observance (1993)
• 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)

C

• 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)

D

• 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)
• Dewaraja, Lorna Srimathie
  • The Position of Women in Buddhism (BPS WH 280; 1981)
• Dhammananda, Ven. K. Sri
  • A Happy Married Life: A Buddhist Perspective (1987)
• Dhammayut Order in the United States of America
  • A Chanting Guide: Pali Passages with English Translations (1998)
• 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
  • Gifts He Left Behind: The Dhamma Legacy of Ajaan Dune Atulo (2005)

E

F

• 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)
    

G

• Gunaratana, Henepola
  • The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation (BPS WH 351; 1988)
• Gunaratna, V.F.
  • Buddhist Reflections on Death (BPS WH 102; 1982)

H

• Harris, Elizabeth J.
  • 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)

I

• Ireland, John D.
  • The Discourse Collection: Selected Texts from the Sutta Nipata (BPS WH 82; 1983)
  • Itivuttaka: The Buddha's Sayings (excerpts) (BPS; 1997)

J

• 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)

K

• Kariyawasam, A.G.S
  • Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka (BPS WH 402-404; 1995)
• 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)
• 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
  • Answer Key to Warder's Introduction to Pali (2003)
• 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)

L

• 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)

M

• 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
  • The Ballad of Liberation from the Khandhas (1995)
  • The Ever-present Truth: Teachings of Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatta Mahathera (1995)
  • A Heart Released (1995)

N

• 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)
  • A Guide to Awareness: Dhamma Talks on the Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipatthana Sutta) (1997)
• Ñanavara Thera (Somdet Phra Buddhaghosacariya)
  • Uposatha Sila: The Eight-Precept Observance (1993)
• 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)
• Nyanasobhano, Bhikkhu — see Price, Leonard
• Nyanatiloka Mahathera
  • Fundamentals of Buddhism: Four Lectures (BPS WH 394; 1994)

O

• Oates, L.R.
  • "The Nature and Implications of Mudita" (in BPS WH 170; 1983)

P

• Phut Thaniyo, Phra Ajaan
  • Ajaan Sao's Teaching: A Reminiscence of Phra Ajaan Sao Kantasilo (1997)
• Piyadassi Thera
  • 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)
  • Radical Buddhism (BPS BL 92; 1982)
  • To the Cemetery and Back (BPS BL 96; 1983)
• Prince, T
  • Renunciation (BPS BL 36; 1986)

Q

R

S

• 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
• 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)

T

• 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 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 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.
• Thate, Phra Ajaan
  • The Autobiography of a Forest Monk (1996)
  • Buddho (1994)
  • Steps Along the Path (1994)

U

• U Ba Khin — see Khin, U Ba
• U Silananda — see Silananda, Sayadaw U

V

• 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)

W

• Walshe, Maurice O'Connell
  • "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)

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