PDF Doc. (545 KB) Good Question, Good Answer [Revised 5th edition] — Ven. S. Dhammika.
This is a very popular book on questions and answers on basic Buddhism. Read the answers to questions that people often ask about the Buddha’s Teachings with Venerable S. Dhammika. The book covers topics such as What is Buddhism? Basic Buddhist Concepts, Buddhism and the god Idea, The Five Precepts, Rebirth, Meditation, Wisdom and Compassion, Vegetarianism, Good Luck and Fate and Becoming a Buddhist.
• Chinese version: Good Question, Good Answer (2,379 KB)
• Spanish version: Good Question, Good Answer (330 KB)
• Arabic version: Good Question, Good Answer (253 KB)
PDF Doc. (246 KB) The Four Noble Truths — Ven. Ajahn Sumedho.
The Four Noble Truths are the central Teaching of the Buddha. This booklet was compiled and edited from talks given by Venerable Ajahn Sumedho on the teaching of the Buddha: that the unhappiness of humanity can be overcome through spiritual means. The teaching is conveyed through the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths, first expounded in 528 BC in the Deer Park at Sarnath near Varanasi, India and kept alive in the Buddhist world ever since.
PDF Doc. (511 KB) Intuitive Awareness — Ven. Ajahn Sumedho.
This book is a small sample of the talks that Ajahn Sumedho offered during the winter retreat of 2001. The aim of the editors in compiling this book has been explicitly to maintain the style and spirit of the spoken word. As Ajahn Sumedho himself commented, “The book is meant to be suggestions of ways to investigate conscious experience. It’s not meant to be a didactic treatise on Pali Buddhism.”
PDF Doc. (1,188 KB) The Noble Eightfold Path – The Way to the End of Suffering — Bhikkhu Bodhi.
The essence of the Buddha’s teaching can be summed up in two principles: the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. The first covers the side of doctrine, and the primary response it elicits is understanding; the second covers the side of discipline, in the broadest sense of that word, and the primary response it calls for is practice. In the structure of the teaching these two principles lock together into an indivisible unity called the dhamma-vinaya, the doctrine-and-discipline, or, in brief, the Dhamma
PDF Doc. (488 KB) The Eightfold Path for the Householder — Jack Kornfeld.
This text is a transcript of teachings given by Jack Kornfeld on the Eightfold Path. These teachings are aimed at the householder. Each part of the Eightfold Path is explained in a separate chapter. The tone of the teaching is contemporary and non-technical. The universality and relevance of the Buddha’s teaching are illustrated by numerous quotations from more recent luminaries. There are also some useful exercises which enable the reader to experience the truth of these teachings
PDF Doc. (276 KB) Fundamentals of Buddhism — Dr Peter D. Santina.
Dr Santina covers what we might call the basic Buddhist teachings over a series of twelve lectures. The basic teachings outlined here include: the Life of the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, Karma, Rebirth, Dependent Origination, The Three Universal Characteristics and The Five Aggregates. Dr Santina also puts Buddhism into its context by describing the pre-Buddhist background and gives an overview of Buddhism from a modern perspective in a very readable way.
PDF Doc. (2,233 KB) The Tree of Enlightenment — Dr Peter D. Santina.
This book is an elaboration of Dr Santina “Fundamentals of Buddhism”. In keeping with the original objectives of the study of basic Buddhism, this book is – as far as possible – non-technical. It is intended for the ordinary readers not having any special expertise in Buddhist studies or in Buddhist canonical languages. This book can supply a general introduction to the major traditions of Buddhism, but does not pretend to be complete or definitive. This book will serve as the beginning of its readers’ Buddhist education and not the end of it.
PDF Doc. (481 KB) The Buddha, His Life and Teachings — Ven. Piyadassi.
This is a comprehensive and authentic book on the Buddha and his Teachings by Piyadassi. The author, Venerable Mahathera Piyadassi is one of the world’s most eminent Buddhist monks, a highly revered teacher of great renown, a indefatigable worker for the Buddha Dhamma. “The ages roll by and the Buddha seems not so far away after all; his voice whispers in our ears and tells us not to run away from the struggle but, calm-eyed, to face it, and to see in life ever greater opportunities for growth and advancement”.
PDF Doc. (124 KB) Buddhism in a Nutshell — Ven. Narada, Thera.
PDF Doc. (1,240 KB) Essential Themes of Buddhist Lectures — Ven. Sayadaw U Thittila.
PDF Doc. (890 KB) Reading the Mind — K. Khao-Suan-Luang.
PDF Doc. (258 KB) Scientific Acceptability of Rebirth — Dr. Granville Dharmawardena.
PDF Doc. (1,461 KB) A Tree in the Forest — A Collection of Ajahn Chah’s Similes
PDF Doc. (3,281 KB) Wind in the Forest — Poems by Ven. Sujiva.
PDF Doc. (948 KB) Dharma Mind, Worldly Mind — David Smith.
PDF Doc. (130 KB) Buddhism as a Religion — Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda.
PDF Doc. (2,220 KB) What Buddhists Believe (Expanded 4th edition) — Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda.
PDF Doc. (735 KB) The Buddhist Way — Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda.
PDF Doc. (130 KB) Buddhism for the Future — Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda.
PDF Doc. (542 KB) Facing the Future — Bhikkhu Bodhi.
PDF Doc. (397 KB) Snow in the Summer — Ven. Sayadaw U Jotika.
PDF Doc. (469 KB) Animal Magnetism — Francis Story.
PDF Doc. (138 KB) From Womb to Womb — Francis Story.
PDF Doc. (336 KB) Handbook For Mankind — Buddhadasa, Bhikkhu.
PDF Doc. (150 KB) The Natural Cure for Spiritual Disease — Buddhadasa, Bhikkhu.
PDF Doc. (840 KB) Buddha Dhamma for University Students — Buddhadasa, Bhikkhu.
PDF Doc. (1,002 KB) Only We Can Help Ourselves — Ven. Dhammavuddho.
PDF Doc. (480 KB) The Art of Living — Ven. Master Chin Kung.
PDF Doc. (439 KB) To Understand Buddhism — Ven. Master Chin Kung.
PDF Doc. (321 KB) Buddhism as an Education — Ven. Master Chin Kung.
PDF Doc. (321 KB) The Light of Asia — Sir Edwin Arnold. (TEXT ONLY)
PDF Doc. (6,407 KB) The Light of Asia — Sir Edwin Arnold. (TEXT WITH ILLUSTRATIONS)
PDF Doc. (1,083 KB) Buddha’s Constant Companion – Ven. Ananda — by Ven. Weragoda Sarada.
PDF Doc. (795 KB) Women in Buddhism – Question & Answers — Ven. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Ph.D
PDF Doc. (401 KB) The Position of Women in Buddhism — Dr. (Mrs.) L.S. Dewaraja.
PDF Doc. (1,010 KB) One Foot in the World — Lily de Silva.
PDF Doc. (199 KB) Preparing for Death & Helping the Dying — Sangye Khadro.
PDF Doc. (1,084 KB) A Guide to a Proper Buddhist Funeral — Koperasi Buddhisme Malaysia Berhad.
PDF Doc. (485 KB) The Many Faces of Death — Jacqui James.
PDF Doc. (4,208 KB) To Cherish All Life — Roshi Philip Kapleau.
PDF Doc. (3,344 KB) Buddhist Pilgrimage — Chan Khoon San.
PDF Doc. (929 KB) Beyond Belief: A Buddhist Critique of Fundamental Christianity — A. L. De Silva.
PDF Doc. (3,064 KB) Phra Buddha Dhammacakra — Wat Phra Rama.
PDF Doc. (1,026 KB) Liao-Fan’s Four Lessons — Liao-Fan Yuan.
PDF Doc. (4,767 KB) The Seeker’s Glossary of Buddhism — Sutra Translation Committee of USA/Canada.
PDF Doc. (3,614 KB) A Manual for Buddhism and Deep Ecology — Daniel H. Henning, Ph.D.
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