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Selected Books on Buddhism


Below a list of recomended books in English and German which are either Sutra translations or reliable sources of information about Buddhism.
(This list is expanded regularly)



English:

Buddhist India
Rhys-Davids, T. W.
Motilal Banaridass 1903/1993
ISBN 81-208-0425-2

The Blue Annals
Goslo tsā-ba/ Roederich (tr.)
Motilal Banaridass 1949/1988
ISBN 81-208-0471-6

The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui Neng
Prince, A. F./ Mou-Lam, W. (tr.)
Shambhala 1969
ISBN 0-87773-005-9

The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines & Its Verse Summary
Edward Konze
Four Seasons Foundation
ISBN 0-87704-049-4

Buddha's Lions - The Lives of the Eighty-Four Siddhas
Tibetan Translation Series No. 8
Abhayadatta
Dharma Publishing, Berkeley 1979
ISBN 0-913546-61-5

Buddhist Wisdom Books - The Diamond and the Heart Sutra
Edward Konze
Unwin Paperbacks
ISBN 0-04-294090-7

Life of Krsnācārya/Kānha
Tāranātha
Tempelman, D. (tr.)
Library of Tibetan works and archives, Dharamsala 1989
ISBN 81-85102-70-8

The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism - It's Fundamentals & History
Dudjom Rinpoche
Wisdom Publications, Sommerville, MA 1991
ISBN0-86171-199-9

Light of Liberation - A history of Buddhism in India
Crystal Mirror Series No. 8
Tarthang Tulku (ed.)
Dharma Publishing, Berkeley 1992
ISBN 0-89800-242-7

Holy Places of thr Buddha
Crystal Mirror Series No. 9
Tarthang Tulku (ed.)
Dharma Publishing, Berkeley 1994
ISBN 0-89800-244-3

Machig Labdrön and the foundations of Chöd
Jérôme Edou
Snow Lion Pubrications 1996
ISBN: 1-55939-039-5

Zen's Chinese Hertiage
Crystal Mirror Series No. 9
Andy Ferguson
Wisdom Publications 2000
ISBN: 0-86171-163-7

Timeless Rapture
Inspired Verse of the Shangpa Masters
Jamgon Kongtrul
Tsadra Foundation 2003
ISBN: 1-55939-204-5


German:

Auf den Spuren des Buddha Gotama - Ein Pilgerfahrt zu den historischen Stätten
Schumann, H. W.
Walter Verlag 1992
ISBN 3-530-79989-0

Buddhistische Bilderwelt - Ein Ikonographisches Handbuch des Mahayana- und Tantrayana- Buddhismus
Schumann, H. W.
Eugen Dieterichs Verlag 1997
ISBN 3-424-00897-4

Der historische Buddha - Leben und Lehre des Gotama
Schumann, H. W.
Eugen Dieterichs Verlag 1999
ISBN 3-424-01472-9

Der Kostbare Schmuck der Befreiung
Dschetsün Gampopa
Theseus Verlag 2000
ISBN 3-89620-081-X

Lexikon des Buddhismus
Keown, Damien
Patmos Verlag 2003
ISBN 3-491-72488-0



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