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- Bischoff, Roger
- Buddhism in Myanmar: A Short History (1996)
- Essential Practice, The: Part I (1995)
- Essential Practice, The: Part II (1995)
- Bodhi, Bhikkhu
- Essays from the BPS Newsletter:
- Aims of Buddhist Education (1998)
- Anicca Vata Sankhara (2005)
- Association with the Wise (1998)
- Auspicious Month, An (1998)
- Balanced Way, The (1998)
- Better Than a Hundred Years (2005)
- Case for Study, The (1998)
- Dhamma and Non-duality (1998)
- Dhamma Without Rebirth? (1998)
- Discipline of Sobriety, A (1998)
- Does Rebirth Make Sense? (2005)
- Five Spiritual Faculties, The (1998)
- For the Welfare of Many (1998)
- From Views to Vision (1998)
- Giving Dignity to Life (1998)
- Guardians of the World, The (1998)
- Laying Down the Rod (1998)
- Lifestyles and Spiritual Progress (2005)
- Look at the Kalama Sutta, A (1998)
- Meeting the Divine Messengers (1998)
- Message for a Globalized World (1998)
- Navigating the New Millennium (2005)
- New Undertaking, A (1998)
- Nobility of the Truths, The (1998)
- Note on Openness, A (1998)
- Problem of Conflict, The (1998)
- Purification of Mind (1998)
- Quest for Meaning, The (1998)
- Refuge in the Buddha (1998)
- Remedy for Despair, A (1998)
- Search for Security, The (1998)
- Self-transformation (1998)
- Statement of Conscience, A (1998)
- Subrahma's Problem (1998)
- Taking Stock of Oneself (1998)
- Tolerance and Diversity (1998)
- Toward a Threshold of Understanding (1998)
- Tribute to Two Monks, A (2005)
- Two Faces of the Dhamma (1998)
- Two Paths to Knowledge (2005)
- Two Styles of Insight Meditation (2005)
- Vision and Routine (1998)
- Vital Link, The (1998)
- Walking Even Amidst the Uneven (1998)
- Articles and books:
- Arahants, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas (2010)
- Buddha and His Dhamma, The (2006)
- Buddhist Response to Contemporary Dilemmas of Human Existence, A (1994)
- Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, A: The Abhidhammattha Sangaha of Acariya Anuruddha (1995)
- Dana: The Practice of Giving (1995)
- Discourses of the Ancient Nuns: (Bhikkhuni-samyutta) (1997)
- Going for Refuge & Taking the Precepts (1994)
- Living Message of the Dhammapada, The (1993)
- Maha Kaccana: Master of Doctrinal Exposition (1996)
- Noble Eightfold Path, The: The Way to the End of Suffering (1999)
- Nourishing The Roots: Essays on Buddhist Ethics (1995)
- Taste of Freedom, The (1994)
- Treatise on the Paramis, A: From the Commentary to the Cariyapitaka (2005)
- Transcendental Dependent Arising: A Translation and Exposition of the Upanisa Sutta (1995)
- Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya: A Personal Appreciation (1999)
- Bodhinandamuni, Phra
- Gifts He Left Behind: The Dhamma Legacy of Ajaan Dune Atulo (2005)
- Bogoda, Robert
- Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist (2005)
- "Principles of Lay Buddhism" in Buddhist Layman, The (BPS WH 294; 1982)
- Simple Guide to Life, A (1996)
- Boowa, Phra Ajaan Maha
- Dhamma Teaching of Acariya Maha Boowa in London, The (1995)
- Straight from the Heart: Thirteen Talks on the Practice of Meditation (1994)
- Things as They Are: A Collection of Talks on the Training of the Mind (1996)
- To the Last Breath: Dhamma Talks on Living and Dying (1996)
- Brahmali Bhikkhu
- Brahmali Bhikkhu (2006)
- Buddhaghosacariya, Somdet Phra (Ñanavara Thera)
- Uposatha Sila: The Eight-Precept Observance (1996)
- Buddharakkhita, Acharya
- Dhammapada, The: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom (1996)
- Metta: The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love (1995)
- Positive Response: How to Meet Evil With Good (2006)
- Bullen, Leonard
- Buddhism: A Method of Mind Training (1994)
- Burlingame, E.W.
- Buddhist Stories from the Dhammapada Commentary: Part II (2006)
- Burns, Douglas
- Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology (1994)
- DeGraff, Geoffrey — see Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
- de Silva, Lily
- "Buddhist Attitude Towards Nature, The" (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 the Terminally Ill (1995)
- Nibbana as Living Experience / The Buddha and The Arahant: Two Studies from the Pali Canon (2005)
- One Foot in the World: Buddhist Approaches to Present-day Problems (1994)
- Radical Therapy: Buddhist Precepts in the Modern World (2005)
- Self-made Private Prison, The (2005)
- de Silva, Dr. M.W. Padmasiri
- Psychology of Emotions in Buddhist Perspective, The: Sir D. B. Jayatilleke Commemoration Lecture, Colombo, 1976 (2007)
- "Spell of Narcissism and the Anatta Doctrine, The" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 3, Egolessness (BPS WH 202; 1984)
- Dewaraja, Lorna Srimathie
- Position of Women in Buddhism, The (1994)
- Dhammananda, Ven. K. Sri
- Happy Married Life, A: A Buddhist Perspective (2005)
- Dhammayut Order in the United States of America
- Chanting Guide, A (2013)
- Dhammika, Ven. Shravasti
- Edicts of King Asoka, The (1994)
- Gemstones of the Good Dhamma: Saddhamma-maniratana (1995)
- Matrceta's Hymn to the Buddha: An English Rendering of the Satapañcasatka (1995)
- Dune, Phra Ajaan
- Gifts He Left Behind: The Dhamma Legacy of Ajaan Dune Atulo (2005)
- Gilbert, William
- "Soul and Substance" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 3, Egolessness (BPS WH 202; 1984)
- Greenly, Edward
- "Physical and Biological Aspects of Anatta" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 3, Egolessness (BPS WH 202; 1984)
- Gunaratana, Henepola
- Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation, The (1995)
- Gunaratna, V.F.
- Buddhist Reflections on Death (1994)
- Guruge, Ananda W.P.
- Buddha's Encounters with Mara the Tempter, The: Their Representation in Literature and Art (2005)
- Kariyawasam, A.G.S
- Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka (1996)
- Karunadasa, Y.
- "Aniccam: The Buddhist Doctrine of Anicca (Impermanence)" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 1, Impermanence (BPS WH 186; 1981)
- Suvimalee Karunaratna
- Healing of the Bull, The: A Story (2005)
- Prisoners of Karma: A Story (2005)
- Kawasaki, Ken & Visakha
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha: Part I (1995)
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha: Part II (1998)
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha: Part III (1998)
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha: Part IV (2005)
- Jataka Tales of the Buddha: Part V (2005)
- Kee Nanayon, Upasika (K. Khao-suan-luang)
- Breath Meditation Condensed (1995)
- Directions for Insight: Six Dhamma Talks on Centering the Mind in Non-attachment (1996)
- Going Against the Flow (1996)
- Good Dose of Dhamma, A: For Meditators When They Are Ill (1995)
- Looking Inward (1995)
- Pure & Simple (2003)
- Reading the Mind (1995)
- Stop, Look, and Let Go: July 28, 1965 (1999)
- Unentangled Knowing, An: The Teachings of a Thai Buddhist Lay Woman (1998)
- Kelly, John
- Answer Key to Warder's 'Introduction to Pali': Exercises 1-21 (2005)
- Khamdee, Phra Ajaan
- Making the Dhamma Your Own: Teachings of Phra Ajaan Khamdee Pabhaso (1999)
- Khantipalo, Bhikkhu
- Bag of Bones: A Miscellany on the Body (2006)
- Blessings of Pindapata, The (2006)
- Buddhist Monk's Discipline, The: Some Points Explained for Laypeople (2006)
- Forest Meditations: The Verses of the Arahant Talaputa Thera (1996)
- Lay Buddhist Practice: The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, Rains Residence (1995)
- Practical Advice for Meditators (1995)
- "Walk in the Woods, A" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 1, Impermanence (BPS WH 186; 1981)
- Wheel of Birth and Death, The (1995)
- With Robes and Bowl: Glimpses of the Thudong Bhikkhu Life (1994)
- Khema, Ayya
- All of Us: Beset by birth, decay, and death (1994)
- (To Be Seen) Here and Now: Ten Dhamma Talks (1994)
- Meditating on No-Self: A Dhamma Talk (Edited for Bodhi Leaves) (1994)
- Khin, U Ba
- Essentials of Buddha Dhamma in Meditative Practice, The (1995)
- Knight, C.F
- "Mudita" (in BPS WH 170; 1983)
- "Search for a Self or Soul, The" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 3, Egolessness (BPS WH 202; 1984)
- Kusalasaya, Karuna
- Buddhism in Thailand: Its Past and Its Present (2006)
- Ledi Sayadaw
- "The Advantages of Realizing the Doctrine of Anatta" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 3, Egolessness (BPS WH 202; 1984)
- Lee, Phra Ajaan
- Books:
- Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee, The (2012)
- Basic Themes (1995)
- Craft of the Heart, The (2012)
- Divine Mantra, The (2006)
- Duties of the Sangha (1995)
- Eye of Discernment, The: An Anthology from the Teachings (1999)
- Frames of Reference (2011)
- Handbook for the Relief of Suffering: Three Essays (1995)
- Keeping the Breath in Mind: and Lessons in Samadhi (2000)
- Path to Peace and Freedom for the Mind, The (1995)
- Refuge in Awakening, A (1998)
- What is the Triple Gem? (1994)
- Talks:
- Consciousnesses (1997)
- Crossing the Ocean of Life: May 19, 1960 (1998)
- Demons of Defilement, The: (Kilesa Mara) (1998)
- Dhamma for Everyone: October 5, 1960 (2003)
- Food for Thought (1995)
- Inner Strength: Sixteen Talks (1998)
- Knowledge (1997)
- Lessons in Samadhi — see Keeping the Breath in Mind & Lessons in Samadhi
- Loyalty to Your Meditation: October 22, 1958 (2001)
- Power of Good Will, The: October 21, 1958 (2003)
- Power of Goodness, The: Wat Asokaram, October 4, 1960 (2004)
- Shelter: September 28, 1958 (2000)
- Skill of Release, The (1999)
- 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)
- Lewis, G.N.
- "Self" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 3, Egolessness (BPS WH 202; 1984)
- Ñanananda, Bhikkhu
- Ideal Solitude: An Exposition on the Bhaddekaratta Sutta (2005)
- Samyutta Nikaya: An Anthology (2007)
- Nanayon, Upasika Kee — see Kee Nanayon, Upasika
- Ñanamoli Thera
- "Anatta According to Theravada" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 3, Egolessness (BPS WH 202; 1984)
- "Anicca (Impermanence) According to Theravada" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 1, Impermanence (BPS WH 186; 1981)
- Buddha's Words on Kamma, The: Four Discourses of the Buddha from the Majjhima Nikaya (1994)
- Discourse on Right View, The: The Sammaditthi Sutta and its Commentary (1994)
- Lion's Roar, The: Two Discourses of the Buddha (1994)
- Practice of Loving-Kindness (Metta), The: As Taught by the Buddha in the Pali Canon (1994)
- Three Cardinal Discourses of the Buddha (1995)
- Visuddhimagga — The Path of Purification: The Classic Manual of Buddhist Doctrine and Meditation (Third revised online edition) (2011)
- Ñanasamvara, Somdet Phra (Venerable Suvaddhano Bhikkhu, HH the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand)
- Guide to Awareness, A: Dhamma Talks on the Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipatthana Sutta) (1997)
- Ñanajivako, Bhikkhu
- "Aniccam: The Buddhist Theory of Impermanence" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 1, Impermanence (BPS WH 186; 1981)
- Ñanavara Thera (Somdet Phra Buddhaghosacariya)
- Uposatha Sila: The Eight-Precept Observance (1996)
- Narada Thera
- Buddhism in a Nutshell (1995)
- Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses of the Buddha (1995)
- Nararatana Rajamanit, Chao Khun (Tryk Dhammavitakko)
- Iridescence on the Water, An (1997)
- Nyanaponika Thera
- Anguttara Nikaya: The Discourse Collection in Numerical Order (2007)
- Buddhism and the God-idea (2004. BuddhaNet edition © 1996.)
- Contemplation of Feeling: The Discourse-Grouping on the Feelings (1995)
- Courageous Faith (2004. BuddhaNet edition © 1996.)
- Devotion in Buddhism (2004)
- Discourse on the Snake Simile, The: Alagaddupama Sutta (MN 22) (2006)
- Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest, The: Selected Texts from the Pali Canon and the Commentaries (1994)
- Four Nutriments of Life, The: An Anthology of Buddhist Texts (2006)
- Four Sublime States, The: Contemplations on Love, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy and Equanimity (1994)
- "Is Unselfish Joy Practicable?" (in BPS WH 170; 1983)
- Kamma and its Fruit (2004. BuddhaNet edition © 1996.)
- Life of Sariputta, The (1994)
- Power of Mindfulness, The: An Inquiry into the Scope of Bare Attention and the Principal Sources of its Strength (1994)
- Protection Through Satipatthana (1994)
- Seeing Things as They Are (2004. BuddhaNet edition © 1996.)
- Simile of the Cloth & The Discourse on Effacement, The: Two Discourses of the Buddha (1994)
- Threefold Refuge, The (2006)
- Why End Suffering? (2004. BuddhaNet edition © 1996.)
- Worn-out Skin, The: Reflections on the Uraga Sutta (1994)
- Nyanasatta Thera
- Foundations of Mindfulness, The: Satipatthana Sutta (1994)
- Nyanatusita Thera
- Pali Verb Conjugation and Noun/Pronoun Declension Tables (2005)
- Nyanasobhano, Bhikkhu — see Price, Leonard
- Nyanatiloka Mahathera
- "Egolessness" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 3, Egolessness (BPS WH 202; 1984)
- Fundamentals of Buddhism: Four Lectures (2005)
- Perera, H.R.
- "Buddhism in Lanka Sri: A Short History" (WH 100; 1988)
- Phut Thaniyo, Phra Ajaan
- Ajaan Sao's Teaching: A Reminiscence of Phra Ajaan Sao Kantasilo (1997)
- Piyadassi Thera
- Book of Protection, The: Paritta (1999)
- "Fact of Impermanence, The" in Three Basic Facts of Existence, The: Volume 1, Impermanence (BPS WH 186; 1981)
- Seven Factors of Enlightenment, The (2006)
- Piyatissa Thera
- Elimination of Anger, The: With two stories retold from the Buddhist texts (1994)
- Price, Leonard (Nyanasobhano, Bhikkhu)
- Bhikkhu Tissa Dispels Some Doubts (2005)
- Nothing Higher to Live For: A Buddhist View of Romantic Love (2005)
- Radical Buddhism (1995)
- To the Cemetery and Back (1994)
- Two Dialogues on Dhamma (2005)
- Prince, T
- Renunciation (1996)
- 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
- Young People's Life of the Buddha, A (2005)
- Silananda, Sayadaw U
- Benefits of Walking Meditation, The (1996)
- Sim, Phra Ajaan
- Dhamma Teachings of Looang Boo Sim Buddhacaro (1995)
- Siriwardhana, Eileen
- Heart Awakened, The (1995)
- Soma Thera
- Kalama Sutta: The Buddha's Charter of Free Inquiry (1994)
- Removal of Distracting Thoughts, The: (Vitakka-Santhana Sutta) (1994)
- Way of Mindfulness, The: The Satipatthana Sutta and Its Commentary (1998)
- Words Leading to Disenchantment: and Samsara (2005)
- Soni, Dr. R.L.
- Life's Highest Blessings: The Maha Mangala Sutta (2006)
- Story, Francis
- Buddhist Meditation (1995)
- Sumana, Samanera
- Going Forth: A Call to Buddhist Monkhood (1995)
- Suwat Suvaco, Phra Ajaan
- Blatantly Clear in the Heart (2001)
- To Comprehend Suffering (2002)
- Disenchantment (2001)
- Fistful of Sand, A (1999)
- Home for the Mind, A (2002)
- Light of Discernment, The: Meditation Instructions (2002)
- Right Attitude (2001)
- Right Concentration (2001)
- Straightening Out Your Views (2002)
- Strategy of a Peaceful Mind, The (2005)
- Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
- Books and sutta anthologies:
- Buddhist Monastic Code I, The: The Patimokkha Training Rules Translated and Explained (2013)
- Buddhist Monastic Code II, The: The Khandhaka Rules Translated and Explained (2013)
- Dhammapada: The Path of Dhamma (2005)
- Introduction to the Patimokkha Rules (1994)
- Head & Heart Together: Essays on the Buddhist Path (2011)
- Itivuttaka: This Was Said by the Buddha (2001)
- Karma of Questions, The (2002)
- Meditations 1: Forty Dhamma Talks (2003)
- Meditations 2: Dhamma Talks (2006)
- Meditations 3: Dhamma Talks (2006)
- Meditations 4: Dhamma Talks (2010)
- Meditations 5: Dhamma Talks (2011)
- Mind Like Fire Unbound: An Image in the Early Buddhist Discourses (Fourth Edition) (1999)
- Noble Strategy: Essays on the Buddhist Path (2011)
- Paradox of Becoming, The (2013)
- Refuge: An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma, & Sangha (2001)
- Shape of Suffering, The: A Study of Dependent Co-arising (2011)
- Skill in Questions: How the Buddha Taught (2013)
- Study Guides (1999)
- That the True Dhamma Might Last a Long Time: Readings Selected by King Asoka (1993)
- Truth of Rebirth, The: And Why it Matters for Buddhist Practice (2012)
- Udana: Exclamations (2012)
- Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon (2011)
- Essays and Dhamma talks:
- Affirming the Truths of the Heart: The Buddhist Teachings on Samvega & Pasada (1997)
- All About Change (2004)
- Agendas of Mindfulness, The (2002)
- Atthaka Vagga, The: The Octet Chapter (1997)
- Customs of the Noble Ones, The (1999)
- De-perception (2002)
- Economy of Gifts, The (1997)
- Educating Compassion (2006)
- Emptiness (1997)
- ePublished Dhamma Talks (1) (2011)
- ePublished Dhamma Talks (2) (2011)
- ePublished Dhamma Talks (3) (2011)
- Faith In Awakening (2006)
- Five Piles of Bricks: The Khandhas as Burden & Path (2002)
- Food for Awakening: The Role of Appropriate Attention (2010)
- Freedom From Buddha Nature (2010)
- Freedom From Fear (2002)
- Getting the Message (2006)
- Head & Heart Together: Bringing Wisdom to the Brahma-viharas (2009)
- Healing Power of the Precepts, The (1997)
- Ignorance (2008)
- Integrity of Emptiness, The (2006)
- Jhana Not by the Numbers (2005)
- Joy of Effort, The (2010)
- Karma (2000)
- Legends of Somdet Toh (2006)
- Lessons of Gratitude, The (2010)
- Life Isn't Just Suffering (2000)
- Lost in Quotation (2012)
- Meaning of the Buddha's Awakening, The (1997)
- Metta Means Goodwill (2011)
- Mindfulness Defined (2008)
- Nibbana (1996)
- No-self or Not-self? (1996)
- Not-self Strategy, The (2013)
- No Strings Attached: The Buddha's Culture of Generosity (2009)
- One Tool Among Many: The Place of Vipassana in Buddhist Practice (1997)
- Opening the Door to the Dhamma: Respect in Buddhist Thought & Practice (2001)
- Parayana Vagga, The: The Chapter on the Way to the Far Shore (1997)
- Path of Concentration & Mindfulness, The (1997)
- Power of Judgment, The (2011)
- Practice in a Word, The (1999)
- Purity of Heart (2006)
- Pushing the Limits: Desire & Imagination in the Buddhist Path (2006)
- Questions of Skill (2001)
- Reconciliation, Right & Wrong (2004)
- Right Mindfulness: Memory & Ardency on the Buddhist Path (2012)
- Right Speech (1999)
- Roots of Buddhist Romanticism, The (2012)
- Road to Nirvana Is Paved with Skillful Intentions, The (1999)
- Samsara (2002)
- Samsara Divided by Zero (2000)
- Selves & Not-self: The Buddhist Teaching on Anatta (2011)
- Strength Training for the Mind (2007)
- Think Like a Thief (2011)
- Trading Candy for Gold: Renunciation as a Skill (1999)
- Untangling the Present: The Role of Appropriate Attention (2006)
- Upasika Kee Nanayon and the Social Dynamic of Theravadin Buddhist Practice (1995)
- Verb for Nirvana, A (2005)
- Weight of Mountains, The (2001)
- ‘When you know for yourselves...’: The Authenticity of the Pali Suttas (2002)
- Meditation:
- Basic Breath Meditation Instructions (1993)
- De-perception (2002)
- Guided Meditation, A (1999)
- 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
- Autobiography of a Forest Monk, The: Venerable Ajahn Thate of Wat Hin Mark Peng
Nongkhai Province (1996)
- Buddho (1994)
- Steps Along the Path (1994)