English Buddhist Book List

Updated 3/26/00

1.     Author:       Venerable Ajahn Chah
        Title:           Food for the Heart
        Published:  Wat Pah Nanachat, Ubonrajathani, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year: 140 p. / 1 / 1992
        ISBN:          1-870205-12 X

2.     Author:       Venerable Ajahn Chah
        Title:           Living Dhamma
        Published:  Wat Pah Nanachat, Ubonrajathani, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year: 112 p. / 1 / 1992

3.     Author:       Venerable Ajahn Chah
        Title:           The Key to Liberation and the Path to Peace
        Published:  Yuenyong Press Co., Ltd., Bangkok
        Pages/Year:  116 p. /  1999
        ISBN:          974-7890-57-7
 

4-5.  Author:       Venerable Ajahn Sumedho
        Title:           Now is the Knowing
        Pages/Year: 44 p. / 1998

6.     Author:        Venerable Ajahn Sumedho
       Title:            The Four Noble Truths
        Published:    Amaravati Publications, Hertfordshire, England
        Pages/Year: 74 p. / 1992
        ISBN:           1-870205-10-3
 

7.     Author:        Venerable Ajahn Brahmavamso
        Title:           The Basic  Method of Meditation
        Published:   Buddhist Gem Fellowship, Selangor, Malaysia
        Pages/Edition/Year:   30 p. / 3 / 1999

8.     Author:        Paul Breiter
        Title:           Venerable Father: A Life with Ajahn Chah
        Published:   Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Year:  180 p. / 1994
        ISBN:           974-89072-8-7

9.     Author:        Phra Peter Pannapadipo
        Title:           One Step at a Time: Buddhist Meditation for Absolute Beginners
        Published:    Post Books, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  116 p. / 1 ( in Thailand ) / 1998
        ISBN:           974-202-030-2

10.   Author:        Ajahn Jagaro
        Title:           True Freedom
        Published:    Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:   104 p. / 3 / 1996

11.   Author:         Phra Acariya Thoon Khippapano
        Title:            Buddha's 16 Prophecies
        Published:    Aksornthai Printing Part., Bangkok
        Pages:           28 p.

12.   Author:         Phra Acariya Thoon Khippapano
        Title:            Beyond the Stream of the World
        Published:    Wat Pa Ban Kor, Udorn Thani, Thailand
        Pages/Year:  74 p. / 1989

13.   Author:        Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno
        Title:           A Life of Inner Quality: A Comprehensive  Guide to Buddhist Practice
        Published:   Wat Pa Baan Taad, Udornthani, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:   144 p. / 1 / 1998

14.   Author:         Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno
        Title:            Patipada or the Mode of Practice of Venerable Acharn Mun
        Published:    Forest Dhamma of Wat Pa Baan Taad
        Pages/Edition/Year:   578 p. / 1 ( in English ) / 1997

15.   Author:         Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:            Handbook for Mankind
        Published:    Dhammasapa, Bangkok
        Pages:           240 p.

16.   Author:          Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:             Heart-Wood From the Bo Tree
        Published:     Dhammasapa, Bangkok
        Pages/Year:   100 p. / 1984

17.   Author:          Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:             Buddha-Dhamma for Students
        Published:     Vuddhidhamma Fund ( The Dhamma Study & Practice Group ), Nonthaburi, Thailand
        Pages/Year:   88 p. / 1988

18.   Author:          Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:             Paticcasamuppada: Practical Dependent Origination
        Published:     Vuddhidhamma Fund ( The Dhamma Study & Practice Group ), Nonthaburi, Thailand
        Pages/Year:   118 p. / 1992

19.   Author:          Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:             The Buddha of Anatta
        Published:      Vuddhidhamma Fund ( The Dhamma Study & Practice Group ), Nonthaburi, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year:  100 p. / 1 / 1990
        ISBN:             974-7680-16-5

20.   Author:          Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:             Keys to Nature Truth
        Published:      Buddhadasa Foundation, Surat Thani, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year: 162 p. / 2 / 1999

21.   Author:          Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:             Mindfulness With Breathing: Unveiling the secrets of Life
        Published:     Buddhadasa Foundation, Surat Thani, Thailand
        Pages/Year:   116 p. / 1998

22-23. Author:      Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:             The A, B, C of Buddhism,
                                The Meditative Development of  Mindfulness of Breathing,
                                The Discourse on Mindfulness of Dhamma
        Published:      The Sublime Life Mission, Bangkok
        Pages/Year:   36 p. / 1982

24.   Author:           Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:              The 24 Dimensions of Dhamma
        Published:       Vuddhidhamma Fund, Nonthaburi, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year:  36 p. / 2 / 1991
        ISBN:              974-88661-8-1

25.   Author:          Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:             Happiness and Hunger
        Published:      Dhammasapa, Bangkok
        Pages:            14 p. ( in Thai ), 18 p. ( in English )

26.   Author:          Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:             India's Benevolence to Thailand
        Pages:            28 p.

27.   Author:         Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:            No Religion
        Published:    Bugghadharma Meditation Center, Illinois, USA
        Pages:           46 p.
        ISBN:            974-89647-3-6

28.   Author:         Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:            Christianity and Buddhism
        Published:    Sublime Life Mission, Bangkok
        Pages:           126 p.

29.   Author:         Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
        Title:            The First Ten Years of Suan Mokkh
        Published:     Vuddhidhamma Fund, Nonthaburi, Thailand
        Pages/Year:   70 p. / 1990

30.   Author:         Varut Thongcheuo and others
        Title:            Chaiya: Suan Mokkh
        Published:     Mental Heath Publishing, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year: 180 p. / 1 / 1998
        ISBN:             974-7363-52-6

31.   Author:         Venerable Vivekananda
        Title:            A Glimpse of the Life and Teaching of Buddhasasa Bhikkhu
        Pages:           40 p.

32.   Author:         Jonathan Watts, Alan Senauke and Santikaro Bhikkhu
        Title:            Entering the Realm of Reality: Towards Dhammic Societies
        Published:     International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB), Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:   294 p. / 2 / 1998
        ISBN:            974-260-139-9

33.   Author:         Phra Dhammapitaka (P.A. Payutto)
        Title:            A Constitution for Living
        Published:    Religious Affairs Printing Press, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  76 p. / 1 ( First Newly Revised ) / 1997
        ISBN:            974-8239-00-4

34.   Author:         P.A. Payutto
        Title:            Dependent Origination: The Buddhist Law of Conditionality
        Published:    Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Year:  138 p. / 1994
        ISBN:            974-89148-2-8
 

35.   Author:         P.A. Payutto
        Title:            Good, Evil and Beyond: Kamma in the Buddha's Teaching
        Published:    Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year: 126 p. / 5 / 1999
        ISBN:            974-575-262-2

36.   Author:         P.A. Payutto
        Title:            Toward Sustainable Science: A Buddhist Look at Trends in Scientific development
        Published:     Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year: 128 p. / 5 / 1998
        ISBN:             974-89135-3-8

37.   Author:         P.A. Payutto
        Title:            Buddhist Economics: A Middle Way for the Market Place
        Published:     Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year: 102 p. / 5 / 1998
        ISBN:             974-89070-3-1
 

38.   Author:         Phra Peter Pannapadipo
        Title:            Phra Farang: An English Monk in Thailand
        Published:    Post Books, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  242 p. / 2 ( in Thailand ) / 1998
        ISBN:            974-202-019-1

39.   Author:         Gerald Roscoe
        Title:            The Triple Gem: An Introduction to Buddhism
        Published:    Silkworm Books, Chiang Mia, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year:  186 p. / 1 / 1994
        ISBN:            974-7047-27-6

40.   Author:         Bhikkhu Yogavacara Rahula
        Title:            The Way to Peace and Happiness
        Published:     Douang Kamol, Bangkok
        Pages/Year:  276 p. / 1996
        ISBN:            974-210-642-8

41.    Author:        Yogavacara Rahula
        Title:           One Night's Shelter from Home to Homelessness
        Published:     Douang Kamol, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  333 p. / 1 ( in Thailand ) / 1996
        ISBN:           9742105847

42.    Author:        Venerable Dr, W. Rahula
        Title:           What the Buddha Taught
        Published:     Haw Trai Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Year:   152 p. / 1988
 

43.    Author:        Venerable U. Silananda
        Title:           Introduction to Vipassana Meditation
        Published:     Solar Printing, Inc., San Francisco, California
        Pages:           10 p.

44.   Author:        Dr. Phra Supromyana Thera (Thong Sirimamkalo)
        Title:           Answer to Questions on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
        Published:     Insight Meditation Center Wat Pradhard Sri Chomthong  Voravihara, Chiang Mia, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year:   148 p. / 1 / 1997
        Languages:    Thai  / English
        ISBN:           974-89447-4-3

45.    Author:        Venerable Mahasi Sayadow
        Title:           The Great Discourse on Not-Self (Anattalakkhana Sutta)
         Published:    Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  189 p. / 1 / 1996
        ISBN:           974-7890-52-6

46.    Author:        Venerable Mahasi Sayadow
        Title:           The Great Discourses on the Turning of the Wheel of Dhamma  (Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta)
        Published:     Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  262 p. / 1 / 1996
        ISBN:           974-7890-70-4

47.    Author:        Venerable Mahasi Sayadow
        Title:           Sallekha Sutta: A Discourse on the Refinement of Character
        Published:     Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  272 p. / 1 / 1996
        ISBN:           974-7891-08-5

48.    Author:         Phar Medhidhammaporn (Prayoon Mererk)
        Title:           Buddhist Morality
        Published:      Mahachulalongkornrajvidyalaya University, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  134 p. / 1 / 1994
        ISBN:            974-575-328-9

49.    Author:          Phra Medhidhamaporn (Prayoon Mererk)
        Title:           Sartre's Existentialism and Early Buddhism
        Published:       Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  213 p. / 1 / 1994
        ISBN:             974-7890-43-7

50.    Author:          Sunthorn Plamintr Ph.D.
        Title:           Getting to Know Buddhism
        Published:       Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  206 p. / 2 / 1995
        ISBN:             974-89086-3-1

51.    Author:          The National Identity Board, The Thai Government
        Title:           Buddhist Questions and Answers Book I
        Published:       The National Identity Board, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  216 p. / 3 / 1993
        Languages:      Thai / English
        ISBN:             974-7771-34-9

52.    Author:          Venerable Sucitto Bhikkhu
        Title:           The Dawn of the Dhamma
        Published:       Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Year:     182 p. / 1995
        ISBN:             974-7890-13-5

53.    Author:          Sunthorn Plamintr
        Title:           Basic Buddhism
        Published:       Buddhadhamma Foundation, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  142 p. / 1 / 1997
        ISBN:             974-7890-64-4

54.   Title: Ariyadhamma: The Noble Doctrine of the Buddha No. 2
        Published:       The Dhamma Study Group Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year:  70 p. / 1 / 1993

55.   Title: Ariyadhamma: The Noble Doctrine of the Buddha No. 3
        Published:       The Dhamma Study Group Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year:  96 p. / 1 / 1994

56.   Title: Ariyadhamma: The Noble Doctrine of the Buddha No. 4
        Published:        The Dhamma Study Group Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year:  96 p. / 1 / 1996

57.   Title: Ariyadhamma: The Noble Doctrine of the Buddha No. 5
        Published:        The Dhamma Study Group Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
        Pages/Edition/Year:  98 p. / 1 / 1998

58.    Author:           Bill Weir
        Title:             A Guide to Buddhist Monasteries and Meditation Centers in Thailand
        Published:         The World Fellowship of Buddhists, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year:  106 p. / 3 / 1991

59.    Author:           Hans Penthe
        Title:             History of Wat Umong
        Published:         Buddhanikom Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
        Pages:               36 p.

60.    Author:           Venerable Ajahn Sumedho
        Title:                Mindfulness: The Path to the Deathless
        Published:         Amaravati Publications, Hertfordshire, England
        Pages/Year:       76 p. / 1987
        ISBN:               1-870205-01-4

61.    Author:           Venerable Ajahn Chah
        Title:             A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Ajahn Chah
        Published:         The Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois
        Pages/Edition/Year:  200 p. / 4 / 1991

62.    Author:            Thanissaro Bhikkhu ( Geoffrey DeGraff )
        Title:                Refuge : An Introduction to the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha
        Published:         The Dhammayut Order in the United of America
        Pages/Edition/Year: 90 p. / 2 / 1998

63.    Author:            Thanissaro Bhikkhu ( Geoffrey DeGraff )
        Title:                Noble Strategy : Essays on the Buddhist Path
        Published:         The Dhammayut Order in the United of America
        Pages/Year:       78 p. / 1999

64.    Author:            Thanissaro Bhikkhu ( Geoffrey DeGraff )
        Title:                The Mind Like Fire Unbound
        Published:         Dhamma Dana Publications, Barre, Massachusetts
        Pages/Edition/Year: 130 p. / 3 / 1999

65.    Author:            Thanissaro Bhikkhu ( Geoffrey DeGraff )
        Title:                Dhammapada : A Translation
        Published:         Dhamma Dana Publications, Barre, Massachusetts
        Pages/Edition/Year: 170 p. / 2 / 1999

66.   Author:             Thanissaro Bhikkhu ( Geoffrey DeGraff )
        Title:                The wings to Awakening : An Anthology from the Pali Cannon
        Published:         Dhamma Dana Publications, Barre, Massachusetts
        Pages/Edition/Year: 352 p. / 3 / 1999

67.    Author:            Thanissaro Bhikkhu ( Geoffrey DeGraff )
        Title:                The Buddhist Monastic Code
        Published:         Metta Forest Monastery, Valley Center, California
        Pages/Edition/Year: 580 p. /2 / 1996

68.    Author:            Ajaan Lee Dhammaharo
        Title:                Frames of Reference
        Published:         P. Samphanpanich Ltd. Part, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year: 110 p. / 2 / 1987

69.    Author:            Ajaan Lee Dhammaharo
        Title:               The Craft of the Heart
        Published:         Natikul Press, Bangkok
        Pages/Edition/Year: 186 p. /  3 / 1994

70.    Author:            Ajaan Lee Dhammaharo
        Title:                Inner Strength & Parting Gifts
        Pages:               122 p.

71.    Author:            Ajaan Lee Dhammaharo
        Title:                The Skill of Release
        Pages/Year:       90 p. / 1995

72.    Author:            Ajaan Lee Dhammaharo
        Title:                Keeping the Breath in Mind & Listen in Samadhi
         Pages:              64 p.

73.    Author:            Phra Ajaan Mun
        Title:                A Heart Released
         Pages/Edition/Year: 42 p.

74.    Author:            Ajaan Fuang Jatiko
        Title:                Awareness Itself
        Published:         Metta Monastery, Valley Center, California
        Pages/Year:       78 p. / 1993

75.    Author:            Phra Ajaan Thate Desaransi
        Title:                Buddho
        Published:         New Creative Production House, Bangkok
        Pages:               30 p.

76.    Author:            Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno
        Title:                Things as They are
        Pages/Year:       218 p. / 1998

77.    Author:            Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno
        Title:                Straight from the Heart
        Published:         Wat Pa Baan Taad, Udorn Thani, Thailand
        Pages/Year:       214 p. / 1996

78.    Author:            K. Khao-suan-luang
        Title:                Looking Inward : Observation on the Art of Meditation
        Published:         P. Samphanpanich Ltd., Thailand
        Pages:               54 p.

79.    Author:            Upasika Kee Nanayon (K. Khao-suan-laung )
        Title:                An Unentangled Knowing
        Published:         Dhamma Dana Publications, Barre, Massachusetts
        Pages:               108 p.

80.    Author:            Phra Ajaan Suwat Suvaco
        Title:                Fistful of Sand
        Published:         Metta Forest Monastery, Valley Center, California
        Pages/Year:       88 p. / 1999

81-83. Author:          Phar Sunthorn Plamintr, PH.D.
        Title:                Fistful of Sand
        Published:        The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:      196 / 1999
        ISBN:              974-8358-83-6

84-86. Author:          Peter D. Santina
        Title:                Fundamentals of Buddhism
        Published:        The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:      146 / 1999

87.  Author:              Peter D. Santina
        Title:                The Tree of Enlightenment
        Published:        The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:      354 / 1998

88-90. Author:          Phra Lakshmi Narasu
        Title:                The Essence of Buddhism
        Published:        The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:      222 / 1999

91-93. Author:          Narada Thera
        Title:                The Dhammapada
        Published:        The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:     338 / 4 /1999

94-96. Author:          K. Sri Dhammananda
        Title:                Human Life and Problems
        Published:        The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:      226 / 1998

97-99. Author:          K. Sri Dhammananda
        Title:                How to Live Without Fear and Worry
        Published:        The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:      262 / 1999

100-102. Author:     Venerable Ajahn Chah
        Title:               Food for the Heart
        Published:       The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:     142 / 1999

103-105. Author:     Anthology
        Title:               Gems of Buddhist Wisdom
        Published:       The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      530 / 2 / 1998
        ISBN:                967-9920-67-4

106-108. Author:     Narada Thera
        Title:               The Buddha and His Teachings
        Published:       The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:     740 / 4 / 1998
        ISBN:                967-9920-44-5

109-111. Author:     Narada Thera
        Title:               The Way to Nibbana
        Published:       The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:     88 / 1998
        ISBN:             967-9920-32-1

112-114. Author:     K. Sri Dhammananda
        Title:               Food for the Thinking Mind
        Published:       The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      484 / 2 / 1999
        ISBN:             967-9920-78-x

115-117. Author:     Anthology
        Title:               The Wings to Awakening
       Published:       The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:     356 / 1999

501-503. Author:     Chin Kung
        Title:               To Understand Buddhism
        Published:       The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:     72 / 1999

504-506. Author:     Chin Kung
        Title:               Buddhism: The Wisdom of Compassion and Awakening
        Published:       The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:     218 / 1999

507-510. Translated:     Sutra Translation
        Title:                 Bkahma Net Sutra: Moral Code of the Bodhisattuas
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      126 / 2 /1999

511-513. Author:       Chin Kung
        Title:                 A Path to Happiness
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      68 / 3 / 1998

514-516. Author:       Chin Kung
        Title:                 The Art of Living
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      44 / 2 / 1998

517-519. Author:       Chin Kung
        Title:                 Buddhism As an Education
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      60 / 2 /1998

520-522. Translated:  J.C. Cleary
        Title:                 Pure Land Pure Mind
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:       258 / 1999

523-525. Translated:  Silent Voices
        Title:                 The Collected Works of Venerable Master Chin Kung
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:       600 / 1 / 1999

526-528. Translated:  J.C. Cleary
        Title:                 Mind-Seal of the Buddha's
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      202 / 2 / 1998

529-531. Author:      Grandmaster T'an Hsu
        Title:                On Amidism
        Published:        The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:      56 / 1998

532-534. Translated:  Master Lok To
        Title:                 The Prajna Paramita
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:       78 / 1998

535-537. Author:       Zen Master han-Shan Te-Ch'ing
        Title:                 Pure Land of the Patriarchs
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:       64 / 1998

538-540. Translated:  Master Thich Thien Tam
        Title:                 Pure-Land Zen/Zen Pure-Land
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      276 / 3 / 1997

541-543. Translated:  Sutra Translation
        Title:                 Buddhism of Wisdom and Faith
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      372 / 5 / 1999

544-546. Translated:  Sutra Translation
        Title:                 The Seakers Glossary: Buddhism
        Published:         The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Edition/Year:      804 / 2 / 1998

547-549. Author:     Shenphen Zangpo (Steve Powell); Francis Huang (Huang Pao-Ling)
        Title:               Sangha Talk
        Published:       The Corporate Body of  Buddha Educational Foundation
        Pages/Year:     86 / 1999
 
 


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