Chapter 5 Suggested Readings, Weblinks, and Other Media

Readings

Buswekk, Robert E. Jr., ed. Encyclopedia of Buddhism. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.

Byrom, Thomas. The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha. New York: Vintage, 1976.

Prebish, Charles and Keown, Damien. Introducing Buddhism. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2010.

Lopez, Donald. Buddhist Scriptures. London: Penguin, 2004.

Skilton, Andrew. A Concise History of Buddhism. Birmingham, England: Windhorse, 1994.

Snelling, John. The Buddhist Handbook: The Complete Guide to Buddhist Schools, Teaching, Practice and History. Rochester: Inner Traditions, 1998.

Strong, John S. The Buddha: A Short Biography. Oxford: Oneworld, 2001.

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. New York: Weatherhill, 1997.

Williams, Paul. Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2008.

Weblinks

Wikipedia Buddhism Portal—en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Buddhism 

BuddhaNet—buddhanet.net/pdf_file/deep_ecology.pdf—Buddhist and the environment

Access to Insight: Readings in Theravada Buddhism—www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/index.html 

The Berzin Archives (Mahayana and Vajrayana Texts from Tibet—www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/index.html

Other Media

The Life of the Buddha (2003), 50 min., www.insight-media.com (also available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbjDcz_CbU)

The Buddha (2010), 120 min., www.pbs.org/thebuddha/

The Robert A. F. Thurman Collection (On Tibet/On Buddhism) (1999), 460 min.

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