Buddhadharma Studies Institute

Book List

BSI 2024-2025 Dharma Studies Class
(Curriculum Year 2)

Main Readings

  • Satipatthana Sutra
    • Freely available on sites such as accesstoinsight.org
    • Also contained in The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Anapanasati Sutra
  • The Tree of Enlightenment
    • Author: Peter Della Santina
    • Freely available on sites such as archive.org
    • Hard copy also available via normal means
  • Buddhism in America
    • Author: Richard Hughes Seager
  • Living Buddha Living Christ
    • Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
  • In The Buddha’s Words
    • Author: Bhikkhu Bhodi
  • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
    • Author: Sogyal Rimpoche

Supplemental Readings

  • In support of the Satipatthana Sutra
    • Transformation and Healing: Thich Nhat Hanh
    • The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Plain English: Bhante Gunaratana
    • Mindfulness, A Practical Guide to Awakening: Joseph Goldstein
    • The Four Foundations of Mindfulness: Sayadaw U. Silananda
  • In support of the Anapanasati Sutra
    • Breathe: You Are Alive: Thich Nhat Hanh
    • The Miracle of Mindfulness: Thich Nhat Hanh
    • Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation: Larry Rosenberg
  • In support of the The Tree of Enlightenment
    • What the Buddha Taught: Walpola Rahula
    • The Vision of Buddhism: Roger j. Corless
    • Buddhism in Daily Life: Nina Van Gorkom
  • In support of the Buddhism in America
    • Luminous Passage, The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America: Charles S. Prebish
    • American Buddhism, Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship: Duncan Ryuken Williams and Christopher S. Queen
    • The Faces of Buddhism in America: Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka
  • In support of Living Buddha, Living Christ: Thich Nhat Hanh
    • None
  • In support of the In the Buddha’s Words
    • The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Digha Nikaya: Maurice Walshe and Ajahn Sumedo
    • The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya: Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi
    • The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete Translation of the Anguttara Nikaya: Bhikkhu Bodhi
    • The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Samyatta Nikaya: Bhikkhu Bodhi
  • In support of the The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
    • The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of its Philosophy and Practice: HH the Dalai Lama
    • Essential Tibetan Buddhism: Robert A. F. Thurman
    • Tibetan Buddhism from the Ground Up: A Practical Approach for Modern Life: B. Alan Wallace and Steven Wilhelm