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by Paul Carus · 1909
A modern retelling of the Buddha's work and life.
by Paul Carus
by Henry S. Olcott · 1908
A unity platform for Buddhists, drawn up by Buddhism's first modern western convert.
by Edmond Holmes · 1919
A Pantheist looks at contemporary Western views of Buddhism.
by Andre Ferdinand Herold & Paul C. Blum · 1922
A good introduction to the life and works of Buddha.
by Dwight Goddard · 1932
An edited (but not watered-down) collection of key Zen documents, a favorite of Jack Kerouac.
by Gary Snyder
A much beloved short poem about the relationship between Buddhism and ecology
The Jataka is a huge collection of fables framed as previous incarnations of the Buddha, many of which either have parallels or derivatives in western folklore and literature. Although the Jataka is not considered part of the canonical Buddhist scripture, it is very popular. Each tale usually has a concise moral, and the entire collection is a browsers' delight.
by Max Müller & V. Fausböll · 1881
by T.W. Rhys Davids · 1881
by T.W. Rhys Davids & Herman Oldenberg · 1881
The Pâtimokkha and The Mahâvagga, I-IV.
by T.W. Rhys Davids & Herman Oldenberg · 1882
The Mahâvagga, V-X, and The Kullavagga, I-III.
by Henry Clarke Warren · 1896
A often-cited scholarly anthology of translations of key Theravada Buddhist documents.
by Dawsonne Melanchthon Strong · 1902
by W.D.C. Wagiswara & K.J. Saunders · 1920
A translation of the Dhammapada, one of the central Buddhist .
by Robert Chalmers & E.B. Cowell · 1895
The first of six volumes of the complete Cowell translation of the Jataka.
by W. H. D. Rouse & E.B. Cowell · 1895
The second of six volumes of the complete Cowell translation of the Jataka.
by H.T. Francis & E.B. Cowell · 1897
The third of six volumes of the complete Cowell translation of the Jataka.
by W.H.D. Rouse & E.B. Cowell · 1901
The fourth of six volumes of the complete Cowell translation of the Jataka.
by H.T. Francis & E.B. Cowell · 1905
The fifth of six volumes of the complete Cowell translation of the Jataka.
by E.B. Cowell & W.H.D. Rouse · 1907
The sixth and final volume of the complete Cowell translation of the Jataka.
by Joseph Jacobs · 1912
A collection of Indian folklore, retold for younger readers 'of all ages', includes many stories from the Jataka, a Buddhist compilation of fables.
by Ellen C. Babbit · 1912
A collection of Jataka stories, fables about previous incarnations of the Buddha, usually as an animal, retold for younger readers.
by E. J. Thomas · 1913
A short collection of Buddhist scripture, from the Wisdom of the East series.
by Asvaghosha Bodhisattva & Dharmaraksha & Samuel Beal · 1883
by H. Kern · 1884
by C.A. Musés · 1961
Includes Seven Initation Rituals of the Tibetan Tantra, the Six Yogas of Naropa, plus the Vow of Mahamudra.
by Teitaro Suzuki · 1900
by Timothy Richard · 1907
by L.D. Barnett · 1909
A translation of the Bodhicharyavatara of Santideva, a key Mahayana Buddhist text.
by Ekai & Huikai & Mu-mon & Nyogen Senzaki & Paul Reps · 1934
One of the classic collections of Zen Buddhist Koans.
by Emil Schlaginteweit · 1863
One of the few 19th century books about Tibetan Buddhism.
by Kaiten Nukariya · 1913
This book focuses on Northern (Mahayana) Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism in particular. It includes a wealth of detail as well as very lucid explanations of Zen Buddhist concepts.
by Arthur Lloyd · 1910
A Christian scholar explores Shinshu Buddhism. Includes text and translation of the Shoshinge of Shinran Shonen, with extended commentary.
by Arthur Lloyd · 1911
A comprehensive history of Mahayana Buddhism, particularly in Japan, and possible ties to Gnosticism and early Christianity. Includes two translated texts from the Nichiren school.
by Yejitsu Okusa · 1915
The history and practice of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan.
by S. Yamabe & L. Adams Beck · 1921
A key Pure Land text, by the founder of the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan.
by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki · 1957
Suzuki compares and contrasts Buddhism with Meister Eckhart's mystical outlook.
by Lafcadio Hearn · 1897
by Arthur Waley · 1921
Translations of a selection of Nō dramas, which have deep connections with Japanese Buddhism, Shinto, and Japanese folklore.
by William Sturgis Bigelow · 1908
A essay on Karma and Nirvana in the light of Darwin and Emerson.
by Arthur Lillie · 1909
What are the links between Buddhism and early Christianity?
by L. de la Vallée Poussin · 1917
Investigating Buddhist thought on rebirth and transcendence.
by Kakuzo Okakura · 1906
The aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and its connection to the Japanese world-view as a whole.
by Kakuzo Okakura · 1904
The evolution of Japanese art and its relationship to Buddhism.
A collection of academic journal articles about Buddhism from the 19th Century.
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