Accidental Buddhist by Dinty W. Moore - available in audio cassette - In this succinct reading by Jack Hawkins, author Moore relates how persistent dissatisfaction and a hollowness in his life led him, a college writing professor, to investigate the resurgence of Buddhism (Algonquin, 1997). His self-styled American Buddhism Project led him to visit several diverse monasteries and retreats and delve into the wealth of contemporary literature. His insouciant account of these experiences makes the oftentimes impenetrable concepts of Buddhism accessible to the reader and contains striking, and important, parallels and contrasts between his own Catholic upbringing and ancient Buddhist traditions. Highly recommended.Linda Bredengerd, Univ. of Pittsburgh Lib., Bradford, Pa.--Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Alone With Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor - book - Alone with Others is a uniquely contemporary guide to understanding the timeless message of Buddhism, and in particular its relevance in actual human relations. It was inspired by Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattava’s Way of Life, the oral instructions of living Buddhist masters, Martin Heidegger’s classic Being and Time, and the writings of the Christian theologians Paul Tillich and John MacQuarrie.

Another View on Whether Tibetan Buddhism is Working in the West by Tara Carreon
http://www.american-buddha.com/tib.bud.working.htm#ANOTHER VIEW ON WHETHER TIBETAN BUDDHISM IS WORKING IN THE WEST

Anti-Gurus by John Horgan
http://www.american-buddha.com/anti-guru.htm#THE ANTI-GURUS

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Beyond Belief by John Horgan
http://www.american-buddha.com/beyond.bel.htm#BEYOND BELIEF

Boy probably not reincarnated Buddha
http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/11/boy_probably_no.html

Buddha's Not Smiling: Uncovering Corruption at the Heart of Tibetan Buddhism Today by Erik D Curren - In 1981, the 16th Karmapa—leading lama of the Karma Kagyu branch of Tibetan Buddhism—died. In a highly biased but fascinating account, first-time author Curren describes the controversy over the Karmapa's succession that still rages today. After the 16th Karmapa's death, two different factions arose, each naming a different boy the 17th Karmapa: Ogyen Trinley, supported by several Karma Kagyu leaders and the Dalai Lama, and Trinley Thaye, whom the second-ranking Kama Kagyu lama, Shamar Rinpoche, believes to be the true Karmapa. While most previous accounts of the controversy have favored Ogyen Trinley, Curren—who acknowledges early on that he is a student of Shamar Rinpoche—believes Ogyen Trinley to be a fraud. Curren is quite critical of the Dalai Lama, suggesting that His Holiness should never have gotten involved in the dispute to begin with. The bulk of the book lays out the power struggles and court battles that have marked the succession controversy. Unfortunately, Curren's journalistic account is not only highly partial but often badly written, filled with melodrama and purple prose. It will please Trinley Thaye and Shamar Rinpoche's partisans, but it is too one-sided to truly illuminate the Karmapa controversy. (Dec.) --Copyright © Reed Business Information

 

Buddhahood Embodied: Sources of Controversy in India and Tibet by John J. Makransky - book - To enter the Mahayana Buddhist path to enlightenment is to seek both to become free from our dualistic, deluded world and to remain actively engaged in that world until all others are free. How are these two apparently contradictory qualities to be embodied in the attainment of buddhahood (dharmakaya)? How can one's present practice accomplish that? These questions underlie a millennium-old controversy over buddhahood in India and Tibet that centers around a cherished text, the Abhisamayalamkara. Makransky shows how the Abhisamayalamkara's composite redaction, from Abhidharma, Prajnaparamita, and Yogacara traditions, permitted its interpreters to perceive different aspects of those traditions as central in its teaching of buddhahood. This enabled Indians and Tibetans to read very different perspectives on enlightenment into the Abhisamayalamkara, through which they responded to the questions in startlingly different ways.

Buddhism and Science by B Alan Wallace - "My brief remarks cannot do justice to the wide-ranging sweep of these papers and their thoughtful treatment of often difficult concepts. Wallace's volume is an important contribution to the emerging dialogue between Buddhism and science, and to the larger rapprochement between science and spirituality." -- Arthur Zajonc, Professor of Physics, Amherst College, Buddhadharma

 

Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion, the Edited Transcripts (Alan Watts Love of Wisdom Library) by Alan W. Watts - The taped lectures of Alan Watts have inspired a generation. Now, in handsomely designed little volumes, of which this is the first, they are appearing in print form. Few people in the middle of the century spoke as eloquently as Watts about Zen. Here, five of his justly famous lectures?three of the so-called "Japan Lectures" and two, delivered on his Sausalito house boat, on Tibetan Buddhism?are now transcribed and compiled. Especially welcome is the transcription of the renowned "Religion of No Religion" lecture in which some of the most difficult Buddhist concepts are presented with such lucidity as to make us gasp. Watts, an Episcopal priest who became a Zen scholar, was an accomplished stylist; and although his famous voice and happy laughter are missing now, his penetrating vision of Buddhism remains, and his lectures become brilliant prose in book form. This series, and this volume in particular, will be important to any new student of the East's religions. --Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Buddhism as a Bridge by Jonathan Harvey
http://www.uucpa.org/stories/reflection020901.html

Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah - This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka—given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy—are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils.

Buddhism, Ethics and Society: The Conflicts and Dilemmas of Our Times by Padmasiri De silva - book

Buddhism for Humanists
http://www.accampbell.uklinux.net/essays/skeptic/buddhism.html

Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict: The Political Functions of Urban Thai Buddhism by Peter A. Jackson - book

Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening by Stephen Batchelor - Those with an interest in Buddhism will welcome this new book by Stephen Batchelor, former monk and author of Alone With Others and The Awakening of the West. But those who are just discovering this increasingly popular practice will have much to gain as well-for Buddhism Without Beliefs serves as a solid, straightforward introduction that demystifies Buddhism and explains simply and plainly how its practice can enrich our lives. Avoiding jargon and theory, Batchelor concentrates on the concrete, making Buddhism accessible and compelling and showing how anyone can embark on this path-regardless of their religious background.

Buddhism Without Beliefs Critiqued -by Bhikkhu Punnadhammo
http://www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/ebdha107.htm

Buddhism Without Beliefs? by Urgyen Sangharakshita
http://www.westernbuddhistreview.com/vol2/buddhism_without_beliefs.html

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Call For A New Buddhism - Christopher Calder
http://home.att.net/~meditation/Buddhism.html

Conflict, Culture, Change: Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World by Sulak Sivaraksa - From Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sulak Sivaraksa comes this look at Buddhism's innate ability to help us change our world. Conflict, Culture, Change explores the cultural and environmental impacts of consumerism, nonviolence, and compassion in the post-9/11 world. Special attention is given to such ideas as the integration of mindfulness and social activism, the use of Buddhist ethics to confront structural violence; globalization's threat to traditional identity; and the example of the recent transformation of Thailand.

Conflict Mediation Across Cultures: Pathways and Patterns by David W. Augsberger - Believing not only that conflict is inevitable in human life but that it is essential and can be quite constructive, Augsburger proposes a shift to an "international" approach in resolving conflict. Augsburger focuses on interpersonal and group conflicts and provides a comparison of conflict patterns within and among various cultures.

 

Cult of Nothingness: The Philosophers and the Buddha by Roger-Pol Droit, David Streight, Pamela Vohnson - Droit traces the history of the Western understanding of Buddhism following the late 18th-century beginnings of the translation of the Buddhist canon. He reveals how major 19th-century Western philosophers such as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Schlegel, Hegel, and others in fact misinterpreted the Buddha's teaching of nirvana as a life-detesting and negative annihilation of the the individual.

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Deep Agnosticism, A Secular Vision of Dharma Practice by Stephen Batchelor
http://www.american-buddha.com/deep.agnostic.htm#DEEP AGNOSTICISM, A SECULAR VISION OF DHARMA PRACTICE

Desire, Death, and Goodness: The Conflict of Ultimate Values in Theravada Buddhism by Grace G. Burford - book

Divisions and Direction of Buddhism in America Today by Carl Bielefeldt
http://www.american-buddha.com/carl.bielefeldt.stanford.htm#DIVISIONS AND DIRECTION OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA TODAY

Double Mirror: A Skeptical Journey into Buddhist Tantra by Stephen T. Butterfield - In The Double Mirror, the author's personal history-- as a student of the late Tibetan master Chogyam Trungpa, known for his unconventional lifestyle and "crazy wisdom" teaching style-- is the framework for an incisive and eloquent examination of a profound spiritual journey. Writing both from a critical perspective and from his direct experience of Vajrayana practice, the author look at Buddhist tantric teachings and practices and their expressions in Vajradhatu, Trungpa's organization. While discussing how the institution may sometimes function like a "cult," Butterfield nonetheless experiences Buddhist tantra as an authentic system of profound spiritual transformation.

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Ethical and Energetic Unbalances due to the Magic Structures Underlying Tantric Tibetan Buddhism by Frank Pedersen
http://www.american-buddha.com/ethic.energ.htm#ETHICAL AND ENERGETIC UNBALANCES DUE TO THE MAGIC STRUCTURES UNDERLYING TANTRIC TIBETAN BUDDHISM

Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies: Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Burma by K.M. De Silva - book

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Faith and Reason by Stephen Batchelor
http://www.american-buddha.com/faith.reason.htm#FAITH AND REASON

Faith to Doubt: Glimpses of Buddhist Uncertainty by Stephen Batchelor - This is a spiritual autobiography and meditative journal of the author's three-year stay in a Korean Zen monastery. What makes the account even more interesting is that this Englishman had previously had eight years of training in Tibetan Buddhism and was an ordained monk who then came, as a result of a retreat in the Burmese meditation tradition, to doubt the Tibetan claims. Batchelor's experiences of mindfulness and of mystical illumination become the basis for doubt, for questioning, and for reflection on Buddhist text and traditional teachings, as well as on technique, on cultural forms, and on self. While a personal account, this book also contains real scholarship: those studying Buddhism academically as well as personally will find it of interest.--Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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If You Meet the Buddha on the Web by Arch Stanton
http://www.american-buddha.com/if.meet.buddha.htm

In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka by Barthologmeusz - This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In a study that is textual, historical and anthropological, it is argued that the ongoing Sinhala-Tamil conflict is in actual practice often justified by a resort to religious stories that allow for war when Buddhism is in peril. Though Buddhism is commonly assumed to be a religion that never allows for war, this study suggests otherwise, thereby bringing Buddhism into the ethical dialogue on religion and war. Without a realistic consideration of just-war thinking in contemporary Sri Lanka, it will remain impossible to understand the power of religion there to create both peace and war.

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New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition by James William Coleman - The newcomer to Buddhism is often confused at the variety of forms it takes, from spare and strict Zen to flamboyant Tibetan Buddhism. Sociologist James William Coleman's The New Buddhism does us all a favor by breaking down Buddhism as practiced in the West. He begins with a concise but inclusive history of Buddhism's many faces in Asia. A summary of Buddhism's transplant to the West and subsequent growth there brings us right up to present-day teachers and movements. He then combines his 15 years of personal experience with wide reading, personal interviews, and hundreds of questionnaires to show us who Western Buddhists are--where they come from, why they are attracted to Buddhism, and what they do in their practice. Coleman also focuses his magnifying lens on specific groups, noting the dynamics of the different organizations as well as the pressures that they have faced, from succession controversies to sex scandals. Anyone interested in Buddhism should pick up a few titles on the how-tos of meditation and the wherefores of Buddhist philosophy, and at the same time, they should pick up The New Buddhism for a clear picture of the contemporary reality behind the ancient teachings. --Brian Bruya

Noble Truth - saying what needs to be said
http://www.nobletruth.co.cc/

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Philosophical Skepticism - Wikipedia
http://www.answers.com/topic/philosophical-skepticism

Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender by Bernard Faure - The questions Faure raises are important ones: Is Buddhism a tool of liberation or oppression for women? What might a more egalitarian Buddhist practice consist of? Faure approaches his subject in his usual thorough manner. The wealth of historical, sociological, and cultural references may be daunting to some readers, but those who persevere will be rewarded. -- Martine Batchelor Tricycle

Problem of Existence in Nyaya and Buddhism by Prabhas Kumar - book - This book tries to explain Whether Nature of Existence will be Universal or Particular, relative concept or Universal object? In this context, the author has critcally explained the different views of Nyaya Sutra of Gautam and Navya Naiyayikas. He explains the nature of Existence on the basis of Krtakas and akrtakas (Products or Non-Products) and points out that we never destroy any object in to Only we can be able to change the shape or size of both. This means that object remains but forms of its may change. An author explains the other idealistic and Realistic views of Buddhist especially the Sarvastivadins, Vigyanvadins, Dignaga and Dharmakirti.

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Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment by Jed McKenna - book - The mark of the true master is that he can express a profoundly complex subject with astonishing simplicity. Jed McKenna is such a master, and spiritual enlightenment is his subject.

Stepping on Holy Toes by Rick Strassman
http://www.american-buddha.com/stepping.holy.toes.htm#STEPPING ON HOLY TOES

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Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religions by Hugh B. Urban - From the Inside Flap--"A powerful book demonstrating how the Western study of Hinduism, Indian religious texts, and American popular culture have become related to one another in exceptionally intimate and creative ways. Urban refuses to narrate yet another postcolonial narrative about the evil West, producing instead a subtle and much more accurate reading of the cultural encounter that produced, intentionally or not, a new form of erotic mysticism-Western Tantra."--Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna

That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist by Sylvia Boorstein - Boorstein is an accomplished and respected teacher of Buddhist Insight Meditation and has also remained an observant Jew. Here she thoughtfully and clearly discusses how she resolved these two aspects of her life in a fulfilling and complementary way. (LJ 2/1/97) --Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Tibetan Wall of Silence by Charles Carreon
http://www.american-buddha.com/tib.wall.htm

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Visit to Arch Stanton's Dharma Clinic, aka Dr. Death's Reformatory by Tara Carreon
http://www.american-buddha.com/arch.stanton.htm#A VISIT TO ARCH STANTONS DHARMA CLINIC, AKA DR. DEATHS REFORMATORY

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What's It All About? - by Ming Qi
http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/zen_sermon.html

Why I Can't Embrace Buddhism by John Horgan
http://www.american-buddha.com/can't.embrace.htm#WHY I CANT EMBRACE BUDDHISM

Why I Gave Up Zen by John Horgan
http://www.american-buddha.com/gave.up.htm#WHY I GAVE UP ZEN

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