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Suggested Reading

Suggested readings for further study:

The Foundations of Buddhism, by Rupert Gethin

The Story of Buddhism: A Concise Guide to Its History & Teachings, by Donald S. Lopez Jr.

The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, by Robert E. Buswell et al.

The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism, by Donald S. Lopez Jr., ed.  

In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon, by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Access to Insight:  Free online authoritative translations and introductions to the Pali Canon of the Theravada Buddhist tradition

Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai – America: Free online, authoritative, translations of many major East Asian Mahayana Buddhist texts, including many texts essential for the study of Tendai Buddhism

Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism, by Brook A. Ziporyn

Foundations of Tʻien-Tʻai Philosophy: The Flowering of the Two Truths Theory in Chinese Buddhism, by Paul L. Swanson

Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight: T’ien-t’ai Chih-i’s Mo-ho chih-kuan, 3-volume set, by Paul L. Swanson

Saicho: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School, by Paul Groner

Genshin’s Ojōyōshū and the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian Japan, by Robert F. Rhodes

Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism, by Jacqueline I. Stone

Buddhism in America: Global Religion, Local Contexts, by Scott A. Mitchell

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