I. General (Introductory, Survey, Early History, Texts from the Pali Canon)

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Burtt, E.A. The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha. New York: New American Library, 1955.
Carrithers, Michael. The Buddha. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1983.
Carrithers, Michael. The Buddha: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Carter, John Ross and Malinda Palihawadana, trans. The Dhammapada. New York: Oxford Univerisity Press, 1987.
Chakravarti, Uma. The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1987.
Cheetham, Eric. Fundamentals of Mainstream Buddhism. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1994.
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Collins, Steven. Nirvana and Other Buddhist Felicities: Utopias of the Pali Imaginaire. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Conze, Edward. Buddhism: Its Essence and Development. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1965.
Conze, Edward. Buddhist Meditation. New York: Harper and Row, 1969.
Conze, Edward. Buddhist Thought in India. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1967.
Conze, Edward. A Short History of Buddhism. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1980.
Conze, Edward, ed. Buddhist Texts through the Ages. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
Coomaraswamy, Ananda. Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
de Silva, Padmasiri. An Introduction to Buddhist Psychology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 3rd ed. 2001.
Dharmasiri, Gunapala. Fundamentals of Buddhist Ethics. Antioch, CA: Golden Leaves, 1989.
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Dutt, Sukumar. Early Buddhist Monachism. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1984.
Easwaran, Eknath, trans. The Dhammapada. Tomales, CA: Nilgiri Press, 1986.
Garrett, John. Tales and Teachings of the Buddha: The Jataka Stories in Relation to the Pali Canon. London: Allen & Unwin, 1979.
Gethin, Rupert. The Foundations of Buddhism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Goddard, Dwight, ed. A Buddhist Bible. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1970.
Goldstein, Joseph. The Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1983.
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Harris, Elizabeth J. What Buddhists Believe. Oxford, England: Oneworld Publ., 1998.
Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues. Cambridge, UK:
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Heine, Steven and Charles S. Prebish, eds. Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Holt, John C. Discipline: The Canonical Buddhism of the Vinayapitaka. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1981.
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Humphreys, Christmas. Buddhism. London: Penguin Books, 1951.
Humphreys, Christmas. Studies in the Middle Way: Being Thoughts on Buddhism Applied. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1996.
Iyer, Raghavan, ed. The Dhammapada with The Udanavarga. Santa Barbara, CA: The Pythagorean Sangha & Concord Grove Press, 1986.
Jacobson, Nolan Pliny. Buddhism: The Religion of Analysis. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1974.
Jayatilleke, K.N. Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963.
Jayatilleke, K.N. The Message of the Buddha. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1975.
Jones, John Garrett. Tales and Teachings of the Buddha: The Jataka Stories in Relation to the Pali Canon. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979.
Kalupahana, David J. Buddhist Philosophy: A Historical Analysis. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1976.
Kalupahana, David J. A History of Buddhist Philosophy: Continuities and Discontinuities. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1992.
Kalupahana, David J. The Principles of Buddhist Psychology. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1987.
Karetsky, Patricia Eichenbaum. The Life of the Buddha: Ancient Scriptural and Pictorial Traditions. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1992.
Keown, Damien. Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press,
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Keown, Damien. Contemporary Buddhist Ethics. London: Curzon Press, 2000.
Keown, Damien. The Nature of Buddhist Ethics. London: Macmillan, 1992.
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Kloppenborg, Ria. The Paccekabuddha: A Buddhist Ascetic. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1974.
Kloppenborg, Ria. The Sutra on the Foundation of the Buddhist Order (Catusparisatsutra). Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1973.
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Kohn, Michael H. trans. The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 1991.
Kohn, Sherab Chodzin. Awakened One: A Life of the Buddha. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2000.
Kornfield, Jack, ed. Teachings of the Buddha. Boston, MA: Shambhala, revised ed., 1995.
Lamotte, Étienne (Sara Webb-Boin, trans.). History of Indian Buddhism. Louvain-Paris: Peeters Press, 1988.
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Radhakrishnan, S., trans. The Dhammapada. London: Oxford University Press, 1959.
Rahula, Walpola. What the Buddha Taught. New York: Grove Press, 1974.
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Rhys Davids, T.W., trans. The Questions of King Milinda. 2 Vols. New York: Dover, 1963.
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Saddhatissa, Hammalawa. Buddhist Ethics: The Path to Nirvana. London: Wisdom, 1987.
Saddhatissa, Hammalawa. The Buddha's Way. New York: Braziller, 1972.
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Sangharakshita, Maha Sthavira. The Eternal Legacy: An Introduction to the Canonical Literature of Buddhism. London: Tharpa, 1985.
Sangharakshita, Maha Sthavira. A Survey of Buddhism: Its Doctrines and Methods through the Ages. London: Tharpa Publ., revised ed., 1987.
Schumann, Hans Wolfgang. Buddhism: An Outline of Its Teachings and Schools. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973.
Sharma, Arvind. The Philosophy of Religion: A Buddhist Perspective. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Skilton, Andrew. A Concise History of Buddhism. Birmingham, England: Windhorse, 1994.
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Thanissaro, Bhikkhu. The Buddhist Monastic Code: The Patimokkha Training Rules Translated and Explained. Valley Center, CA: Metta Forest Monastery, 1994.
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Zürcher, Erik. Buddhism, Its Origin and Spread in Words, Maps, and Pictures. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1959.
Zysk, Kenneth G. Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India: Medicine in the Buddhist Monastery. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.