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The Buddhist Society est. 1924 has a 5000 volume book and audio library and this is a list of the educational books it published, co published and licensed over the last hundred years.

 

The ** indicates suggestions for a basic GENERAL understanding of the subject.

  • Buddhayana: Living Buddhism by Anil Goonewardene, with Abe Books
  • Buddhism for Schools and Colleges Papers 1-15, by Anil Goonewardene ONLY AVAILABLE ON REQUEST)
  • The Selected Writings of DT Suzuki in five volumes, with University of California Press, used as the main textbooks, Ed. by Prof. Richard Jaffe, Duke University
  • The Awakening of Zen, by DT Suzuki edited by Christmas Humphreys with Shambhala Press
  • Essays in Zen Buddhism, in three series, DT Suzuki with Rider Press
  • The Essential Suzuki
  • The Field of Zen, by DT Suzuki with Harper & Row
  • An Introduction To Zen Buddhism By DT Suzuki, ed. Christmas Humphreys with Random House Group (Rider), Grove Press, N.Y., forward by Carl Jung
  • Manual of Zen Buddhism, by DT Suzuki ed Christmas Humphreys with Random House
  • Mysticism; Christian and Buddhist, by DT Suzuki with Random House, Grove Press, Routledge Classics
  • Zen and Japanese Culture, by DT Suzuki with Princeton University Press
  • Zen Buddhism selected Writings, with Random House, Double Day, Anchor, Harmony
  • The Zen Doctrine of No Mind, Ed. Christmas Humphreys with Random House
  • **Both Sides of The Circle, by Christmas Humphreys with Routledge Revivals
  • **Exploring Buddhism, by Christmas Humphreys with Routledge Revivals
  • **Karma and Rebirth, by Christmas Humphreys with Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Cursor
  • **A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism, by Christmas Humphreys with Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Curzon
  • **Studies In The Middle Way, by Christmas Humphries, with Taylor & Francis Routledge, Curzon
  • **The Wisdom of Buddhism, by Christmas Humphreys with Taylor &Francis, Routledge Curzon
  • Zen Comes West, by Christmas Humphreys with Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Curzon Buddhism, by Christmas Humphreys with Penguin Books
  • Living by Zen, by Christmas Humphreys with Random House
  • Studies In Zen, Ed. Christmas Humphreys with Random House
  • The Buddhist Schools of the Small Vehicle, by Andre Bareau Ed. Andrew Skilton with University of Hawaii Press
  • **The Ceasing of Notions, by Soko Morinaga, with Wisdom Publications
  • The Suramgamsamadhisutra, with the University of Hawaii Press
  • The Zen Teaching of Huang Po On The Transmission of the Mind, with Random House
  • Mahayana Buddhism, by Beatrice Lane Suzuki
  • The Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of Zen, with Charles Tuttle
  • **Fundamentals of Mainstream Buddhism, by Eric Cheetham with Charles Tuttle
  • Haiku of Issa, by Prof Taira Sato and Prof John White, pub. by The Buddhist Society Trust
  • Haiku of Buson, by Prof Taira Sato and Prof John White, Pub. by The Buddhist Society Trust
  • Haiku of Basho, by Prof Taira Sato and Prof John White, Pub. by The Buddhist Society Trust
  • The Zen Way, by Ven. Myokyo-ni
  • Living with Thanks, by Prof Taira Sato
  • Daily Devotional Chants
  • A First Zen Reader, by Trevor Leggett
  • **Towards Wholeness, by Ven Myokyo-ni
  • Look and See, by Ven Myokyo-ni
  • Yoka Daishi’s Realizing The Way, Ed by Ven. Myokyo-ni
  • The Three Ages of Zen, by Trevor Leggett
  • Zen and The Ways, by Trevor Leggett
  • First Zen Reader, by Trevor Leggett
  • Second Zen Reader, by Trevor Leggett
  • Chapter of The Self, by Ven Myokyo-ni
  • Further Stories from the Old Silk Road, by Roberta Mansell
  • Living in Nembutsu (Spring 2021), by Prof Taira Sato
  • Buddhism and Women (Spring 2021)
  • The Buddhist Dictionary (e-version 2021)
  • **The Dhammapada, edited by Jack Austin
  • **The Practice of Recollection, by Bhikkhu Mangalo
  • **How to Meditate, free version online
  • **Emotional exercises for Children, free online
  • **SACRE READING LIST for KEY STAGES, free online
  • **A Guided Meditation for older children, free online
  • **Buddhism/Buddhadharma Classroom presentation, by Mariano Marcigaglia, author of Buddhist content for Royal Borough of Greenwich Syllabus
  • ** The Middle Way, Journal of The Buddhist Society