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BA, Cornell College
MA, Florida State University
PhD, Walden University
PhD Candidate, Columbia University
Judith Simmer-Brown has been a core faculty member in Religious Studies at the university since 1978. She lectures and writes on Tibetan Buddhism, women and Buddhism, Buddhist-Christian dialogue and American Buddhism; and is an Acharya (senior dharma teacher) in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. She is on the Board of the Society of Buddhist-Christian Studies and a member of the Lilly Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter. Her books are Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism (Shambhala, 2001), and with Brother David Steindl-Rast, et. al., Benedict's Dharma: Buddhists Comment on the Rule of St. Benedict (Riverhead, 2001).
Cheryl Giles
Cheryl A. Giles is the Francis Greenwood Peabody Professor of the Practice in Pastoral Care and Counseling at Harvard Divinity School Dr. Giles is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in providing culturally competent care to underserved populations. She has extensive experience in the treatment of children, adolescents, and families with significant mental illness, high risk behaviors, and traumatic stress. Her primary research interests are identifying the role that trauma and health care disparities play in developing healthy adolescents, and exploring the spirituality of GLBT youth. She is a past member of the Massachusetts Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. Currently, she is member of the Board of Directors of Greater Boston PFLAG and of the Zen Peacemakers.
Dr. Giles has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1996. She teaches courses in Buddhist Ministry at HDS where she is actively involved in mentoring students who are interested in socially engaged Buddhism.
Janet Gyatso
Janet Gyatso is a specialist in Buddhist studies with concentration on Tibetan and South Asian religious culture. Her books include Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary; In the Mirror of Memory: Reflections on Mindfulness and Remembrance in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism; and Women of Tibet.
Her current book project is on traditional medical science in Tibet, its relation to modernity, and its relation to Buddhism. She has also been writing on conceptions of sex and gender in Buddhist monasticism, and on the current female ordination movement in Buddhism. Previous topics of her scholarship have included visionary revelation in Buddhism; issues concerning lineage, memory, and authorship; philosophical questions on the status of experience; and autobiographical writing in Tibet. Professor Gyatso was president of the International Association of Tibetan Studies from 2000 to 2006, and is now co-chair of the Buddhism Section of the American Academy of Religion.
She teaches lecture courses and advanced seminars on Buddhist history, ritual, and ideas, and on Tibetan literary practices and religious history. In both teaching and writing she draws on cultural and literary theory, and is concerned to widen the spectrum of intellectual resource for the understanding and interpretation of Buddhist history. She leads an ongoing reading group for graduate students in Buddhist studies, and is the faculty director of the Buddhist Studies Forum. She is currently the director of Graduate Studies in the Committee on the Study of Religion, and is also a member of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations as well as the Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies.
She has chaired the Committee for the Study of Women and Gender, and is leading the development of a new track for the training of Buddhist lay ministers and leaders in the master of divinity program at the Divinity School. Professor Gyatso taught at Amherst College before coming to Harvard as the Divinity School's first Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies.
Christopher Ives
Professor of Religious Studies, Department Chair
B.A., Williams College
M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
Christopher Ives teaches in the area of Asian Religions and in his scholarship he focuses on modern Zen ethics. In 2009 he finished writing Imperial-Way Zen, a book on Buddhist social ethics in light of Zen nationalism, especially as treated by Buddhist ethicist Ichikawa Hakugen (1902-86). Currently he is engaged in research on Zen approaches to nature and Buddhist environmental ethics.
His publications include Zen Awakening and Society (1992); a translation of philosopher Nishida Kitaro's An Inquiry into the Good (co-translated with Abe Masao, 1990); a translation of Hisamatsu Shin'ichi's Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition (co-translated with Tokiwa Gishin, 2002); The Emptying God (co-edited with John B. Cobb, Jr., 1990), and Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness (edited volume, 1995).
He has also published numerous book chapters and articles in the Journal of Buddhist Ethics, the Eastern Buddhist, the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, and elsewhere. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics.
Carolyn Jacobs
Dean and Elizabeth Marting Treuhaft Professor
Dr. Jacobs is the Dean and Elizabeth Marting Treuhaft Professor and the Director of the Contemplative Clinical Practice Advanced Certificate Program at the Smith College School for Social Work. She has taught primarily within the research and practice sequences. Her areas of professional interest include religion and spirituality in social work clinical practice and organizational behavior. She has written and presented extensively on the topic of spirituality in social work. In 2001 she was elected to the National Academies of Practice as a distinguished social work practitioner. Dr. Jacobs received her B.A. from Sacramento State University, her M.S.W. from San Diego State University, her doctorate from the Heller School of Brandeis University, and her training as a spiritual director from the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. She maintains a spiritual direction practice.
Education
B.A., Sacramento State University
M.S.W., San Diego State University
Ph.D., The Heller School, Brandeis University
Professional Interest Areas
Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice
Social work research and statistics
Areas of Current Research
Spirituality and social work clinical practice
Professional Leadership
2008 - present: Committee Member, CSWE Veterans' Affairs Task Force
2007 - present: Advisory Committee, Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education
2007 - present: Selection Committee, Contemplative Practice Fellowship Program, the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
2006 - present: Pastoral Planning Committee, Diocese of Western Massachusetts
2005 - present: Board of Directors, The Lathrop Community, Inc.
Selected Recent Publications
Jacobs, C. (2007). Race, ethnicity, and class: A conversation with Hilda Ryumon Gutiérrez Baldoquín, Sharon Suh, and Arinna Weisman, moderated by Carolyn Jacobs” in (Eds.) Gregory, P. N. and Mrozik, S., Women practicing Buddhism: American experiences. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications.
Jacobs, C. (2007). Spiritual Development. In Lesser, J. G. & Pope, D. S. (Eds.), Human Behavior in the Social Environment. Chapter 8 188-203. VT: Allyn and Bacon.
Jacobs, C. (2006). Transformation and Kaleidoscope Memories. Smith College Studies in Social Work, 76 (4).
Jacobs, C. (2004). Spirituality and end-of-life care practice for social workers. In Berzoff, J. & Silverman, P.R. (Eds.). Living with dying: a textbook on end-of-life care for social work. NY: Columbia University Press.
Jacobs, C. (February, 2004). Spiritually-centered therapy. In Dorfman, R. & Morgan, M. (Eds.), Paradigms of clinical social work: Focus on diversity (Vol. 3). NY: Taylor and Francis.
Selected Recent Presentations
January 15, 2009 - Spirituality: Implications for transforming social work education and practice. Keynote speaker, Symposium on Spirituality and Clinical Social Work Education and Work, University of Hong Kong, China.
November 15, 2008 - Sprituality and aging wisely. Aging Wisely Conference, co-sponsored by Five College Learnin gin Retirement and Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA.
October 23, 2008 Spiritual and religious diversity and its negotiation in social work education and clinical practice. Sofia, Bulgaria.
July 18, 2008 - Spirituality in social work practice: Passing fad or transformative presence? Smith College School for Social Work 90th Anniversary Celebration, Northampton, MA.
June 26, 2008 - The response of schools of social work to the return of uniformed service members and their families. Workshop for the conference, Combat Stress: Understanding the Challenges, Preparing for the Return. Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA.
May 8, 2008 - Advanced spirituality. Baystate Health Continuing Education and Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA.
April 10, 2008 - Practice issues in spirituality: Informed psychotherapy. Workshop, NASW Symposium 2008, Newton, MA.
April 2, 1008 - Giving: Community engagement and a fulfilling life. Panelist for Smith Alumnae Event, Chicago, IL.
March 10, 2008 - The role of spirituality in responding to trauma: Ethical considerations. Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX.
March 8, 2008 - Contemplative practice: Exploring pathways to mindful living. Alumnae Association of Smith College, Northampton, MA.
February 22-23, 2008 - Working with the spiritually abused and Spirituality and Trauma. South Carolina Society for Clinical Social Work, Mount Pleasant, SC.
Stephanie Kaza
Stephanie Kaza is Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont, serving the Environmental Program with an appointment through the Rubenstein School3 of Environment and Natural Resources. She teaches and advises undergraduate and graduate students with a concentration in the environmental humanities. Her courses include: Religion and Ecology, Ecofeminism, Unlearning Consumerism, and Introduction to Environmental Studies. Dr. Kaza’s interdisciplinary approach is reflected in her academic training: Ph.D. in Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A. in Education, Stanford University; M.Div., Starr King School for the Ministry; and B.A. in Biology, Oberlin College. As co-chair of the UVM Environmental Council, Professor Kaza has been actively engaged in campus sustainability initiatives to reduce waste, conserve energy, and promote environmental values.
Dr. Kaza is currently President of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies and is an active member of the Religion and Ecology group of the American Academy of Religion. She is the author of numerous articles on Buddhist environmental thought as well as The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees, meditative essays on deep ecological relations with trees, and co-editor (with Kenneth Kraft) of Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism. Her latest book is an edited collection on Buddhism and consumerism entitled Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume. She writes a regular ecology column for Turning Wheel, journal of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.
Her books include:
Kaza, Stephanie. The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees (Fawcett, 1993).
Kaza, Stephanie, and Kenneth Kraft, eds. Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism (Shambhala, 2000).
Kaza, Stephanie, ed. Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume (Shambhala, 2005).
Sallie King
Sallie King is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia and co-clerk of Valley Friends Meeting. She is a trustee of the International Interfaith Peace Council and former president of the Society for Buddhist and Christian Studies. She is one of North America's foremost experts on the field of Socially Engaged Buddhism. Her education includes a B.A. at Smith College, a M.A. at the University of British Columbia and a Ph.D. from Temple University.
Her books include:
Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia (SUNY, 1996, with Christopher Queen)
Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism (University of Hawai'i Press, 2005)
Socially Engaged Buddhism (University of Hawai'i Press, 2009)
Kenneth Kraft
Kenneth Kraft, Professor of Religion Studies at Lehigh University, is a scholar of Japanese Zen and socially engaged Buddhism. He received his B.A. from Harvard University, his M.A. from the University of Michigan, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University. In 1984-85, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies. At Lehigh, he has served as chair of the Religion Studies department and as director of the College Seminar Program. In 2005, he received a Lindback Foundation Award for distinguished teaching by a senior member of the faculty. Kraft has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, and the Stanford University Japan Center in Kyoto. He has lived in Japan for five years and traveled widely in Asia.
Kraft's book Eloquent Zen: Daito and Early Japanese Zen (1992) was selected as an Outstanding Academic Book by Choice magazine. His anthology of present-day Zen masters and scholars, Zen: Tradition and Transition (1988), is widely used in college courses; the book was translated into French in 1993. In The Wheel of Engaged Buddhism: A New Map of the Path (1999), he explores spiritually based responses to social and environmental issues; a Spanish edition was published in 2001. Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism (2000), coedited with Dr. Stephanie Kaza, brings together ancient and contemporary Buddhist teachings about human/nature relations. Kraft's other edited books include Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence (1992) and Zen Teaching, Zen Practice: Philip Kapleau and the Three Pillars of Zen (2000).
Kraft's service on advisory committees has included the following: The Buddhism Project: Art, Buddhism, and Contemporary Culture (New York); Buddhist Peace Fellowship (Berkeley, California); Forum on Religion and Ecology (Yale University); Journal of Buddhist Ethics; Religion Working Group on Genetically Modified Organisms (University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics); Rochester Zen Center (Rochester, New York); World Faiths Development Dialogue (World Bank).
His books include:
Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism. Shambhala Publications, 2000. Coeditor.
The Wheel of Engaged Buddhism: A New Map of the Path. Weatherhill, 1999.
Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence. State University of New York Press, 1992. Editor.
John Makransky
John Makransky combines an academic career as a professor of Buddhism and comparative theology at Boston College with his role as a spiritual teacher within the natural ease tradition of Tibetan Buddhism (dzogchen). John has practiced meditations of compassion and wisdom from Tibetan traditions for over thirty years and has pioneered new ways of bringing these powerful contemplative methods into the secular world of social service and social justice by making them newly accessible to people of all backgrounds and faiths. He has also helped many Western Buddhists deepen their contemplative experience of presence and loving compassion.
John has studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism since 1978 under the guidance of respected Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug teachers. In 2000 he was installed as a lama in the lineage of the Tibetan master Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche and Lama Surya Das. John was previously a teacher with Lama Surya Das for Dzogchen Center’s meditation retreats across the U.S., where he became known for guiding participants in their discovery of innate wisdom and love.
John is presently the guiding meditation teacher of the Foundation for Active Compassion, which provides meditation workshops and retreats not only in Buddhist contemplative settings but also in secular settings for social justice activists, social workers, counselors, teachers, therapists, and health care and other helping professionals. These workshops are sponsored by diverse organizations, such as Boston College’s Graduate Schools of Social Work and of Theology and Ministry, the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Contemplative Mind in Society, the Institute of Meditation and Psychotherapy, and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. John recently published a book of contemplative practices and teachings to empower people in relationships, work, service and social action entitled Awakening Through Love: Unveiling Your Deepest Goodness (Wisdom Publications, 2007).
John is also author of Buddhahood Embodied: Sources of Controversy in India and Tibet, coeditor of Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars, and the author of many articles and essays. Within the American Academy of Religion (AAR), John is co-chair of the Buddhist Theological Reflection Group and a faculty instructor for the AAR’s Summer Seminars on Religious Pluralism and Comparative Theology. In addition, John is senior faculty advisor and lecturer for Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche's Centre for Buddhist Studies in Nepal, affiliated with Kathmandu University and Rangjung Yeshe Institute. He lives outside of Boston with his wife, two sons, and dog.
Affiliations
Foundation for Active Compassion: Social Justice, Social Service, Dharma Teaching.
Boston College Department of Theology
Boston College Comparative Theology Program
Center for Buddhist Studies in Nepal
Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education
American Academy of Religion / Buddhist Theological Reflection Group
American Academy of Religion / Summer Seminars on Religious Pluralism and Comparative Theology
Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
David Loy
Dr. David R. Loy (born 1947) currently holds the Besl Family Chair of Ethics/Religion & Society, a visiting appointment at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Singapore. He was professor of philosophy at Bunkyo University in Chigasaki, Japan until January 2006. In 1971, he began practicing Zen with Robert Aitken Roshi in Hawaii and is an authorized teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Zen Buddhism where he completed formal koan training under Zen Master Yamada Koun Roshi.
He is an american socially engaged buddhist concerned with consumerism (along with Stephanie Kaza.) He is the author of several books on philosophy and ethics, including:
Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1996
The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003)
He sits on the editorial boards of the journals Cultural Dynamics, Worldviews, Contemporary Buddhism, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and World Federation of Buddhists Review.
Click here for an article by David Loy concerning consumerism.
Christopher S. Queen
Christopher S. Queen, PhD is Lecturer on the Study of Religion and the Dean of Students and Alumni Relations for Continuing Education in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. He earned degrees in the history and phenomenology of religion from Oberlin College, Union Theological Seminary, and Boston University.
His publications include:
Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003, with Charles Prebish and Damien Keown)
Engaged Buddhism in the West (Wisdom, 2000)
American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship (Curzon, 1999, with Duncan Ryuken Williams)
Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia (SUNY, 1996, with Sallie B. King)
He is working on a book profiling the Indian Dalit ("untouchable") followers of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, who have converted to Buddhism since 1956, and a critical study of Ambedkar and the sources of socially engaged Buddhism.
Dr. Queen is a member of the Board of the Zen Peacemakers.
Janice Willis is Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University. One of the earliest American scholar-practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, Willis has published numerous essays and articles on Buddhist meditation, hagiography, women and Buddhism, and Buddhism and race. Her latest book was Dreaming Me: An African American Woman’s Spiritual Journey (2001). Willis also is the author of The Diamond Light: An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation (1972), On Knowing Reality: The Tattvartha Chapter of Asanga’s Bodhisattvabhumi (1979), Enlightened Beings: Life Stories from the Ganden Oral Tradition (1995); and the editor of Feminine Ground: Essays on Women and Tibet (1989). She has studied with Tibetan Buddhists in India, Nepal, Switzerland and the U.S. for four decades, and has taught courses in Buddhism for 32 years. In December 2000, Time magazine named Willis one of six “spiritual innovators for the new millennium.” In 2003, she was a recipient of Wesleyan University’s Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and she was profiled in a 2005 Newsweek article about “Spirituality in America.”
Willis grew up in Docena, Ala., a small mining town just outside of Birmingham, which she described as the most segregated city in America at the time. Her father, a steelworker, was deacon at a Baptist church the family attended. “Racism was palpable” during her childhood, she said, and hate crimes against blacks — including children — were common. Willis experienced this firsthand when a burning cross was planted on the lawn of her family’s home. Read more in Willis’s memoir,
Dreaming Me: An African American Woman’s Spiritual Journey.
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Sheridan Adams
Robert Aitken
Tsultrim Allione
Elias Amidon
Paula Arai
Adams, Sheridan, et al (eds.). Making the Invisible Visible: Healing Racism in Our Buddhist Communities (2nd ed.), 2000 (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship or online at <www.spiritrock.org/html/diversity_2invisible.html>).
Aitken, Robert. The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1984.
Women of Wisdom Snow Lion, 1989
Prayers for a Thousand Years, Elizabeth Roberts & Elias Amidon,
Harper, 1999
Arai, Paula. Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Allan Hunt-Badiner
Hilda Gutiérrez Baldoquin
Martine Batchelor
Pamela Bloom
George Bond
Sandy Boucher
David Brandon
David Brazier
ed. Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology Parallax Press, 1990
(ed.). Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2002.
ed. Dharma, Color, and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism, Parallax Press, 2004
Batchelor, Martine (trans.). The Path of Compassion: The Bodhisattva Precepts. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2004.
_________ and Kerry Brown, eds. Buddhism and Ecology Cassell Publishers, 1992
Arai, Paula. Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Batchelor, Martine. Women on the Buddhist Path. London: Thorsons, 2002.
(ed.). Buddhist Acts of Compassion. York Beach, ME: Conari Press, 2000.
Bond, George. Buddhism at Work: Community Development, Social Empowerment, and the Sarvodaya Movement. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2004.
Boucher, Sandy. Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism (rev. ed.). San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1993.
__________. Discovering Kwan Yin, Buddhist Goddess of Compassion . Boston: Beacon Press, 2000.
__________. Opening the Lotus: A Woman’s Guide to Buddhism. Boston: Beacon Press, 1997.
Zen and the Art of Helping, Brandon, David, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976
Brazier, David. The New Buddhism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Jose Cabezon
Chagdad Tulku
David Chappell
Chistopher Chapple
Tony Charlsworth
Melody Chavis
David Cooper
Virginia Coyle
Adam Curle
Cabezon, Jose Ignacio. Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.
Chagdad Tulku. Change of Heart: The Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdad Tulku . Junction City, CA: Padma Publishing, 2003.
ed. Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace Wisdom Publications, 1999
(ed.). Socially Engaged Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sulak Sivaraksa on his 70th Birthday. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2003.
Chapple, Christopher. Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993.
Charlsworth, Tony, and Eric Teare (eds.). Buddhist Action. Network of Engaged Buddhists (U.K.), n.d. (available from Ken Jones, Troed Rhiw Sebon, Cwmrheidol, Aberystwyth, SY23 3NB, Wales, U.K., for £3.00 or $6 in dollar bills).
Altars in the Street: A Neighborhood Fights to Survive Three Rivers Press 1997
Silence, Simplicity and Solitude Bell Tower 1992 The Heart of Stillness Bell Tower 1992
The
Way of Council (Joint Author: Zimmerman, Jack) 1996
Curle, Adam. To Tame the Hydra: Undermining the Culture of Violence. Oxford: Carpenter, 1999.
Dalai Lama
Krishna Das
Ram Dass
Padmasiri De Silva
Marianne Dresser
Dalai Lama. A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings by and about the Dalai Lama. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1990.
__________. Ethics for the New Millennium. New York: Riverhead Books, 1999.
__________. Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000.
__________.The Compassionate Life. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003.
Fleischman, Paul. The Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism. Seattle: Pariyatti Press, 2002.
Friedman, Lenore. Meetings With Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America (rev. ed.). Boston: Shambhala, 2000.
__________. and Susan Moon (eds.). Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment. Boston: Shambhala, 1997.
Fujii, Nichidatsu. Buddhism for World Peace. Yumiko Miyazaki (tr.).Tokyo: Japan-Bharat Sarvodaya Mitrata Sangha, 1982.
Fujimoto, Hogen. Out of the Mud Grows the Lotus. San Francisco: Lotus Press, 1980.
Bernie Glassman
Daniel Goleman
Joe Gorin
Paul Gorman
Peter Gregory
Rita Gross
Pia Gyger
Instructions to the Cook: Living a Life that Matters, Bernie Glassman
and Rick Fields Random House, 1996
Bearing Witness, by Bernie Glassman (and
Eve Marko)
Infinite Circle: Teachings in Zen by
Bernie Glassman
Videos
Instructions to the Cook. A Zen
Master's Recipe for Living a Life That Matters:
A Film by Christof Wolf
Bernard Glassman teaches a distillation of Zen wisdom
that can be used as a guide for business, social ventures,
peacemaking or just life. The documentary demonstrates the
uniqueness and human impact of GlassmanÔs work and life. Not
only a Zen teacher, he works as a peacemaker in the field of
interfaith dialog throughout the world. He has helped change
a whole neighbourhood in Yonkers (New York). The film shows
how one can live a life that matters.
Gorin, Joe. Choose Love: A Jewish Buddhist Human Rights Activist in Central America . Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1993.
How Can I Help?, Ram Dass and Paul Gorman, Knopf, 1985
Gate of Sweet Nectar: Feeding Hungry Spirits in an American Zen Community: $20.00
This two-DVD set features the uncut film of the Gate of Sweet Nectar
ritual at the Zen Center of Los Angeles. A creative adaptation of the
traditional Soto Zen ritual for feeding hungry ghosts (Kan Ro Mon) and a
remarkable example of the transformation of Buddhism in an American
setting.
Includes exclusive interviews with Roshi Bernie Glassman, Roshi Wendy
Egyoku Nakao and Rev. Michael Daigu O'Keefe.
Buddhism After Patriarchy, Rita Gross, State Univiversity of New York Press, 1993 Soaring and Settling: Buddhist Perspectives on Contemporary Social and Religious Issues . New York: Continuum, 1998.
That We May Join Earth and Heaven: Lay Religious Community
for the 21st Century 1996
Ruben Habito
Joan Halifax
Peter Harvey
Peter D. Hershock
Philip Hirsch
Lex Hixon
Bell Hooks
Deborah Hopkinson
Claudia Horwitz
Habito, Ruben. Total Liberation: Zen Spirituality and the Social Dimension. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1989.
_________. Healing Breath: Zen Spirituality for a Wounded Earth. Dallas: Maria Kannon Zen Center, 2001.
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death, Shambhala Publications, 2008 A Buddhist Life in America: Simplicity in The Complex 1998 The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting with the Body of the Earth. San Francisco: Harper, 1993. Shamanic Voices : A Survey of Visionary Naratives 1991 Shaman 1988 Shaman: The Wounded Healer 1983 The Human Encounter with Death (with Stanislav Grof) Metta Practices for Being with the Dying, audiotape Being with Dying, a six-audiotape set 1997
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death, Shambhala 2009
Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and Social Virtuosity in Ch'an Buddhism (S U N Y Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) Jul 1996 Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age . Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999.
Hirsch, Philip (ed.). Seeing Forests for Trees: Environment and Environmentalism in Thailand. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 1996.
Living Buddha Zen (Paperback) by Lex Hixon $15.00
Mother of the Universe: Visions of the Goddess and Tantric
Hymns of Enlightenment 1994 Mother of the Buddhas: Meditaion on the Prajnaparamita
Sutra 1993 Atom from the Sun of Knowledge 1993 Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna 1992 Coming Home: The Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred
Traditions 1989 Heart of the Koran 1988
Belonging: A Culture of Place. Routledge, 2009.
Hopkinson, Deborah, Michele Hill, and Eileen Kiera (eds.). Not Mixing Up Buddhism: Essays on Women and Buddhist Practice. Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press, 1986.
Horwitz, Claudia Spiritual Activist.
Daisaku Ikeda
Catherine Ingram
Christopher Ives
Ikeda, Daisaku. A Lasting Peace. Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1981.
In the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual Social Activists, Catherine Ingram, Parallax, 1990
Ives, Christopher. Zen Awakening and Society. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992.
Ives, Christopher. Imperial-Way Zen . University of Hawaii Press, 2009.
Charles Johnson
Ken Jones
Johnson, Charles. Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing. New York: Scribner, 2003.
The New Social Face of Buddhism: A Call to Action Wisdom Publications, 2003 Beyond Optimism: A Buddhist Political Ecology. Oxford: Carpenter, 1993.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Philip Kapleau
Ka-Tzetnik
Les Kaye
Stephanie Kaza
Robert Kennedy
Damien Keown
Sallie King
Anne Klein
Arnold Kotler
Kenneth Kraft
Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting (With: Kabat-Zinn, Myla) 1997 Power of Meditation and Prayer (Joint Author with :
Moore, Thomas and Dossey, Larry) Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation
in Everyday Life 1994 Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body
and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness 1990
Kapleau, Philip. To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian. Rochester, NY: Rochester Zen Center, 1986.
Ka-Tzetnik, Shiviti
Kaye, Les. Zen at Work: A Zen Teacher’s 30-Year Journey in Corporate America. New York: Crown Publishers, 1997.
The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees (Fawcett, 1993).
(and Kenneth Kraft) Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism (Shambhala, 2000).
Hooked!: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume (Shambhala, 2005).
Conversations with Trees (Shambhala).
Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit: the Place of Zen in Christian
Life, Continuum, 1995
Keown, Damien. The Nature of Buddhist Ethics. London: Macmillan, 1992.
__________ (ed.). Buddhism and Abortion. London: Macmillan, 1998.
__________ (ed.). Contemporary Buddhist Ethics. Richmond, Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press, 2000.
__________ (ed.). Buddhism and Bioethics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.
__________ and Charles Prebish, and Wayne Husted (eds.). Buddhism and Human Rights. Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press, 1998.
Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia (SUNY, 1996, with Christopher Queen)
Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism (University of Hawai'i Press, 2005)
Socially Engaged Buddhism (University of Hawai'i Press, 2009)
Klein, Anne. Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.
Engaged Buddhist Reader. edited by Arnold Kotler, Parallax, 1996
Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism. Shambhala Publications, 2000. Coeditor.
The Wheel of Engaged Buddhism: A New Map of the Path. Weatherhill, 1999.
Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence. State University of New York Press, 1992. Editor.
William LaFleur
Dan Leighton
Winston Leyland
Alan Lew
Stephen Levine
Judith Lief
John Loori
David Loy
Bo Lozoff
LaFleur, William. Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992.
Leighton, Taigen Dan. Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression (rev. ed.). Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003.
Leyland, Winston (ed.). Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1998.
__________ (ed.). Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists, Volume 2. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 2000.
One God Clapping, Kodansha, 1999
Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healings, Stephen Levine, Anchor Books, 1991
Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality, Judith Lief, Shambhala
Loori, John Daido. Teachings of the Insentient: Zen and the Environment. Mt. Tremper, NY: Dharma Communications Press, 1999.
ed. David Loy, John Stanley and Gyurme Dorje A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency, Wisdom Publications, 2009.
Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1996
The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003)
A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack . Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.
The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory . Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003.
Just Another Spiritual Book 1990 Lineage and Other Tales of Wisdom 1990 Inner Corrections: Finding Peace and Peace Making (with
Braswell, Michael) 1989 We'Re All Doing Time 1985
Joanna Macy
Hakuyu Maezumi
Kobutsu Malone
Eve Marko
Julia Martin
Jarvis Masters
John McConnell
Peter Matthiessen
Pankai Mishra
Susan Moon
Amy Morgante
Dharma and Development: Religion as Resource in the Sarvodaya Self-Help Movement (Kumarian Press, 1993, revised 1995, reprints available by contacting Kumarian)
Sarvodaya, a Buddhist-inspired Movement in Sri Lanka, provides lessons in alternative economics and spiritually based community organizing. This book is based on my years of fieldwork in Sri Lanka as a student of this movement.
Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991.
World As Lover, World As Self - Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal, Parallax Press, 2007.
To see Joanna's list of books and DVDs on her website please link here.
Appreciate Your Life: The Essence of
Zen Practice By Hakuyu Taizan Maezumi Edited by Eve Myonen Marko and Wendy Egyoku Nakao,
Foreword by Bernie Glassman (Hardcopy) $15.00
The first major collection of teishos by Maezumi Roshi, founding abbot
of the Zen Center of Los Angeles and Zen Mountain Center.
Experience his "brilliant, simple, infinitely subtle appreciation of
this precious life" and the unique teaching style that drew thousands of
Dharma students to him.
Prison Chaplaincy Guidelines for Zen Buddhism: A Sourcebook for Prison Chaplains, Administrators, and Security Personnel The Engaged Zen Foundation, 2006 Razor-Wire Dharma: A Buddhist Life in Prison, Wisdom Publications, 2008
Bearing Witness, by Bernie Glassman (and
Eve Marko)
Martin, Julia (ed.) Ecological Responsibility: A Dialogue with Buddhism. Columbia, MO: South Asia Books, 1997.
Finding Freedom: Writings from Death Row, Padma Publishing, 1997
Mindful Mediation: A Handbook for Buddhist Peacemakers , John A. McConnell, Buddhist Research Institute, Mhachula Buddhist University, 1995
(partial list)
Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals
1969-1982 By Peter Matthiessen (Hardcopy) $15.00
From Chapter 1
On an August day of 1968, returning home to Sagaponack, Long Island,
after a seven-month absence in Africa, I was astonished by the presence
in my driveway of three inscrutable small men who turned out to be
Japanese Zen masters. Hakuun Yasutani-roshi, eighty-four...
Lost Man's River: A Novel 1997 Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark 1997 No Boundaries 1997 East of Lo Monthang 1996 The Cloud Forest 1996 Baikal: Sacred Sea of Siberia 1995 Indian Country 1992 Killing Mister Watson 1990 African Silences 1991 Men's Lives 1988 In the Spirit of Crazy Horse 1983 Sand Rivers 1981 The Snow Leopard 1978 Far Tortuga 1975 The Wind Birds 1973 The Tree Where Man Was Born 1972 Sal Si Puedes 1969 At Play in the Field of the Lord 1966 Wildlife in America 1959
Mishra, Pankaj. An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004.
and Lenore Friedman eds. Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Enlightenment, Shambhala Publications, 1997
Not Turning Away: The Practice of Engaged Buddhism, Shambhala Publications, 2004
Morgante, Amy. Buddhist Perspectives on the Earth Charter. Boston: Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, 1997.
Thich Nhat Hahn
Nikkyo Niwano
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Joyfully Together: The Art of Building a Harmonious Community. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2003.
et al. Friends on the Path: Living Spiritual Communities . Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2002. Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World. New York: Free Press, 2003. Peace Begins Here: Palestinians and Israelis Listening to Each Other. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2004. Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hahn, Parallax, 1993 Being Peace. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1987. Peace is Every Step. New York: Bantam Books, 1991. Touching Peace. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992. For a Future to be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1993.
Niwano, Nikkyo. A Buddhist Approach to Peace. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing Co., 1977.
Norberg-Hodge, Helena. Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh . San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1991.
Michael O'Keefe
Raising the Ashes,
a film by Michael O'Keefe on the 1996 Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing
Witness Retreat
Glenn Paige
Diana Paul
P. A. Payutto
Norm Phelps
Jenny Phillips
Paige, Glenn, and Sarah Gilliatt (eds.). Buddhism and Nonviolent Global Problem-solving: Ulan Bator Explorations. Honolulu: Center for Global Nonviolence Planning Project, 1991 (available from Matsunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822).
Paul, Diana. Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in the Mahayana Tradition (rev. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
Payutto, Bhikkhu P.A. Buddhist Economics: A Middle Way for the Market Place (rev. ed.). Bangkok: Buddhadhamma Foundation, 1994.
__________. Buddhist Solutions for the 21st Century . Bangkok: Buddhadhamma Foundation, n.d.
Phelps, Norm. he Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights. New York: Lantern Books, 2004.
Letters from the Dhamma Brothers: Meditation Behind Bars, Jenny Phillips
Christopher Queen
Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003, with Charles Prebish and Damien Keown)
Engaged Buddhism in the West (Wisdom, 2000)
American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship (Curzon, 1999, with Duncan Ryuken Williams)
Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia (SUNY, 1996, with Sallie B. King)
Choyin Rangdrol
lewis Richmond
Elizabeth Roberts
Larry Rosenberg
Marshall Rosenberg
Donald Rothberg
Rangdrol, Choyin. Buddhist Meditations for African Americans. Oakland, CA: Rainbow Dharma, n.d.
Richmond, Lewis. Work as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job. New York: Broadway Books, 1999.
Prayers for a Thousand Years, Elizabeth Roberts & Elias Amidon,
Harper, 1999
Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive, Shambhala
Nonviolent Communication: A Language
of Compassion (Paperback) by Marshall B. Rosenberg $12.00
Winston, Diana, and Donald Rothberg. A Handbook for the Creation of the Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement (BASE) . Berkeley: Buddhist Peace Fellowship, 2000 (also available online at <www.bpf.org/html/current_projects/base/base.html>).
The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World, Beacon Press, 2006
Hammalawa Sadhatissa
Sangharakshita
Santikaro
Satchidananda
Grace Schireson
Lambert Schmithausen
David Schneider
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Alan Senauke
Dianne Shainberg
Rami Shapiro
Miranda Shaw
Judith Simmer-Brown
Sulak Sivaraksa
Gary Snyder
Donald Swearer
Sadhatissa, Hammalawa. Buddhist Ethics: The Path to Nirvana. London: Wisdom Publications, 1987 (originally published 1970).
Sangharakshita. The Bodhisattva Ideal . Birmingham, U.K.: Windhorse Publications, 1999.
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Beyond Words The Golden Present Guru and Disciple The Healthy Vegatarian Integral Yoga Hatha Henry Holt The Living Gita Henry Holt 1988 Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The Mother is the Baby's First Guru Peace is Within Our Reach To Know Your Self Spiritual Intimacy
Zen Women , Wisdom Publications, 2009
Schmithausen, Lambert. The Problem of the Sentience of Plants in Earliest Buddhism. Tokyo: The International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1991.
Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey, David Schneider, Shambhala, 1993
From Age-ing to Sage-ing Warner Books, 1995 The First Step Bantom, 1983 Fragments of a Future Scroll Leaves of Grass Press 1975 Gate to the Heart ALEPH 1993 Spiritual Intimacy Aronson 1991
Watts, Jonathan, Alan Senauke, and Santikaro Bhikkhu (eds.). Entering the Realm of Reality: Towards Dhammic Societies . Bangkok: Suksit Siam, 1997 (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).
Healing In Psychotherapy, gordon and breach1983 Path and Process of Inner Change, gordon and breach
1993
wisdom of the jewish sages, Bell Tower1993
Shaw, Miranda. Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.
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__________. The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century, Koa Books, 2009.
__________. Conflict, Culture, Change: Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005.
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__________. (eds.) Socially Engaged Buddhism for the New Millennium. Bangkok: Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation/ Foundation for Children, 1999 (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).
__________. (eds.). Santi Pracha Dhamma. Bangkok: Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation/ Foundation for Children, 2001 (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).
__________. Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society Parallax, 1992
Gary Snyder The Practice of the Wild North Point Press, 1990
__________. Turtle Island. New York: New Directions Books, 1974.
__________. The Real Work: Interviews & Talks 1964-1979. New York: New Directions Books, 1980.
__________. A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1995.
__________. The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translation, 1952-1998. New York: Counterpoint, 1999.
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Kenneth Tanaka
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Christopher Titmuss
Karma Tsomo
Mary Tucker
Tanaka, Kenneth, and Eisho Nasu (eds.). Engaged Pure Land Buddhism: The Challenges Facing Jodo Shinshu in the Contemporary World. Berkeley: Wisdom Ocean, 1998.
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__________ (ed.). Buddhism through American Women’s Eyes. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1995.
__________ (ed.). Buddhist Women across Cultures: Realizations. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999.
__________ (ed.). Innovative Buddhist Women: Swimming against the Stream. London: Curzon Press, 2000.
__________ (ed.). Buddhist Women and Social Justice: Ideals, Challenges, and Achievements. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.
Tucker, Mary Evelyn, and Duncan Williams (eds.). Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds. Cambridge: Harvard Center for Study of World Religions, 1998.
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Victoria, Brian. Zen at War. New York: Weatherhill, 1998.
__________. Zen War Stories. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
Arthur Waskow
Jonathan Watts
Karen Wegela
John Wellwood
Claude Whitmyer
Kobai Whitney
Angel Williams
Jan Willis
Diana Winston
Down-to-Earth Judaism Godwrestling Jewish Lights, 1994 Godwrestling-Round 2 Jewish Lights, 1996 Seasons of Our Joy Beacon1982 The Freedom Seder These Holy Sparks Harper & Row 1983
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Karen Wegela the courage to be present: Buddhism, Psychotherapy and the Awakening of Natural Wisdom , Shambhala Publications, 2009
Awakening the Heart: East/West Approaches to Psychotherapy and the Healing Relationship
Whitmyer, Claude (ed.). Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1994.
Whitney, Kobai Scott. Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in American Prisons. Boulder, CO: Prison Dharma Network, 2002.
Williams, Angel Kyodo. Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace. New York: Viking Compass, 2000.
Dreaming Me: From Baptist to Buddhist, An African American Woman’s Spiritual Journey. New York: Riverhead Books, 2001.
(ed.). Feminine Ground: Essays on Women and Tibet. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1989.
Winston, Diana, and Donald Rothberg. A Handbook for the Creation of the Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement (BASE) . Berkeley: Buddhist Peace Fellowship, 2000 (also available online at <www.bpf.org/html/current_projects/base/base.html>).
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Jack Zimmerman
Flesh and Spirit: The Mystery of Intimate Relationship (Joint Author: McCandless, Jaquelyn) 1998 The
Way of Council (Joint Author: Coyle, Virginia) 1996
Ageing
Animal Rights
Asian Soc. Eng. Bud.
Bearing Witness
Community Building
Commpassionate Care
Conflict Resolution
Council
Death and Dying
Development
Diversity
Ecology
Economics
Education
Ethics
Exemplers
GLBT
Health
Holocaust
Inner-City
Livelihood
Meditation
Multi-Faith
Native Americans
Prayer
Prison Work
Socially Engaged Buddhism
Street Ministry
Women's Issues
From Age-ing to Sage-ing, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Warner Books, 1995
Kapleau, Philip. To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian. Rochester, NY: Rochester Zen Center, 1986.
Phelps, Norm. he Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights. New York: Lantern Books, 2004.
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Aung San Suu Kyi. Freedom from Fear & Other Writings (rev. ed.). New York: Penguin Books, 1995.
Aung San Suu Kyi with Alan Clements. The Voice of Hope. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1997.
Bartholomeusz, Tessa. In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
Bond, George. Buddhism at Work: Community Development, Social Empowerment, and the Sarvodaya Movement. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2004.
Chakravarti, Uma. The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1987.
Dasgupta, Sugata. Sarvodaya in Sri Lanka. Calcutta: Jayaprakash Institute of Social Change, 1982.
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Forest, James. The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam: Fifteen Years for Reconciliation. Hof van Stony, Netherlands: International Fellowship of Reconciliation, 1978.
Ghosananda, Maha. Step by Step: Meditation on Wisdom and Compassion. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992.
Harris, Ian (ed.). Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth-Century Asia. New York: Pinter, 1999.
Hershock, Peter. Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and Social Virtuosity in Ch’an Buddhism. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996.
Hubbard, Jamie, and Paul Swanson (eds.). Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.
Jackson, Peter. Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict: The Political Functions of Urban Thai Buddhism. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1989.
Jones, Charles. Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State 1660-1990. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999.
Kantowsky, Detlef. Sarvodaya: The Other Development. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1980.
Khong, Chan. Learning True Love: How I Learned and Practiced Social Change in Vietnam. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1993.
Kisala, Robert. Prophets of Peace: Pacifism and Cultural Identity in Japan’s New Religions. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999.
Machacek, David, and Bryan Wilson (eds.). Global Citizens: The Soka Gakkai Buddhist Movement in the World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Macy, Joanna. Dharma and Development: Religion as Resource in the Sarvodaya Self-Help Movement (rev. ed.). West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press, 1985.
Metraux, Daniel. The Soka Gakkai Revolution. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1994.
Narain, A.K., and D.C. Ahir (eds.). Dr. Ambedkar, Buddhism, and Social Change. New Delhi: D.K Publishing, 1994.
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__________. Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1993.
__________. Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals 1962-1966. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1998.
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Phongphit, S. Religion in a Changing Society: Buddhism, Reform and the Role of Monks in Community Development in Thailand. Hong Kong: Arena Press, 1988.
Pilchick, Terry. Jai Bhim! Dispatches from a Peaceful Revolution. Glasgow/Berkeley: Windhorse Publications/ Parallax Press, 1988.
Queen, Christopher, and Sallie King (eds.). Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996.
Rahula, Walpola. The Heritage of the Bhikkhu: A Short History of the Bhikkhu in Educational, Cultural, and Political Life. New York: Grove Press, 1974.
Rodrigues, Valerian. The Essential Writings of B.R. Ambedkar. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Rongxi, Li (tr.). The Biographical Scripture of King Asoka. Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 1993.
Sangharakshita. Ambedkar and Buddhism. Glasgow: Windhorse Publications, 1986.
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Sivaraksa, Sulak. Siam in Crisis (2nd ed.). Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development, 1990.
__________. Loyalty Demands Dissent: Autobiography of an Engaged Buddhist. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1998.
__________. Global Healing: Essays and Interviews on Structural Violence, Social Development, and Spiritual Transformation. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development/ Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation, 1999.
__________ (ed.). The Quest for a Just Society: The Legacy and Challenge of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development/ Santi Pracha Dhamma Institute, 1994.
Smith, Bardwell. Religion and Legitimation of Power in Sri Lanka. Chambersberg, PA: Anima Publications, 1978.
__________. Religion and Legitimation of Power in Thailand, Laos, and Burma. Chambersberg, PA: Anima Publications, 1978.
Smith, Vincent. Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India. Delhi: S. Chand & Co., 1964.
Strong, John. The Legend of King Asoka: A Study and Translation of the Asokavadana. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983.
Suksamran, Somboon. Political Buddhism in Southeast Asia: The Role of the Sangha in the Modernization of Thailand. London: C. Hurst and Co., 1977.
__________. Buddhism and Politics in Thailand. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1982.
Swearer, Donald (ed.). Me and Mine: Selected Essays of Bhikkhu Buddhadasa. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989.
Tambiah, Stanley. World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
Topmiller, Robert. The Lotus Unleashed: The Buddhist Peace Movement in South Vietnam, 1964-1966. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2002.
Wedel, Yuangrat, with Paul Wedel. Radical Thought, Thai Mind: The Development of Revolutionary Ideas. Bangkok: Assumption Business Administration College, 1987.
Yuk, Ip Hong. Trans Thai Buddhism & Envisioning Resistance: The Engaged Buddhism of Sulak Sivaraksa. Singapore: Select Books, 2004.
Bernie Glassman (with Eve Marko) Bearing Witness, Bell Tower 1998
Carolyn Forche. Against Forgetting, Norton 1993
Ka-Tzetnik Shiviti
David Schneider. Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey, Shambhala 1993
Community
Building on the Web: Secret..., Amy Jo Kim, Peachpit Press;
April 6, 2000
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death, Joan Halifax, Shambhala 2009 Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healings, Stephen Levine, Anchor Books, 1991 Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality, Judith Lief, Shambhala Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive, Larry Rosenberg, Shambhala Awakening the Heart: East/West Approaches to Psychotherapy and the Healing Relationship, John Wellwood, Shambhala
John A. McConnell, Mindful Mediation: A Handbook for Buddhist Peacemakers , Buddhist Research Institute, Mhachula Buddhist University, 1995
David Chappell ed., Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace Wisdom Publications, 1999
Chapple, Christopher. Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993.
Curle, Adam. To Tame the Hydra: Undermining the Culture of Violence. Oxford: Carpenter, 1999.
Fleischman, Paul. The Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism. Seattle: Pariyatti Press, 2002.
Fujii, Nichidatsu. Buddhism for World Peace. Yumiko Miyazaki (tr.).Tokyo: Japan-Bharat Sarvodaya Mitrata Sangha, 1982.
Ikeda, Daisaku. A Lasting Peace. Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1981.
Kraft, Kenneth (ed.). Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.
Nhat Hanh, Thich. Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World. New York: Free Press, 2003.
__________. Peace Begins Here: Palestinians and Israelis Listening to Each Other. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2004.
Niwano, Nikkyo. A Buddhist Approach to Peace. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing Co., 1977.
Paige, Glenn, and Sarah Gilliatt (eds.). Buddhism and Nonviolent Global Problem-solving: Ulan Bator Explorations. Honolulu: Center for Global Nonviolence Planning Project, 1991 (available from Matsunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822).
Paige and Gilliatt, Buddhism and Nonviolent Global Problem-Solving, University of Hawaii, 1991
Thomas, Claude Anshin. At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace. Boston: Shambhala, 2004.
Titmuss, Christopher. Transforming Our Terror: A Spiritual Approach to Making Sense of Senseless Tragedy. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s, 2002.
Sulak Sivaraksa,Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society , Parallax, 199
Victoria, Brian. Zen at War. New York: Weatherhill, 1998.
__________. Zen War Stories. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
Inquiring Mind: A Semiannual Journal of the Vipassana Community special issue on Reconciliation (Fall 2004) [www.inquiringmind.com].
Tricycle special section on “September 11: Practice and Perspectives” (Winter 2001).
Turning Wheel issues on Violence & Nonviolence (Summer 1994), Weapons (Spring 1998), and Vowing Peace in an Age of War: Buddhists Respond to 9/11 (Winter 2002).
The Way
of Council, Jack Zimmerman and Virginia Coyle 1996
Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death, Joan Halifax, Shambhala Publications, 2008 Rituals of Healing, Jeanne Achterberg, Barbara Dossey,
& Leslie Kolkmeier Mortally Wounded, Michael Kearney Who Dies?, Stephen Levine A Whole New Life, Reynolds Price Living Our Dying, Joseph Sharp Metta Practices for Being with the Dying, audiotape
by Joan Halifax Being with Dying, a six-audiotape set by Joan Halifax Mourning & Mitzwah, Anne Brener.Jewish Lights 1993
Bond, George. Buddhism at Work: Community Development, Social Empowerment, and the Sarvodaya Movement. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2004.
Bernie Glassman
and Rick Fields Instructions to the Cook: Living a Life that Matters, Random House, 1996
Joanna Macy Dharma and Development: Religion as Resource in the Sarvodaya Self-Help Movement (Kumarian Press, 1993, revised 1995, reprints available by contacting Kumarian)
Sarvodaya, a Buddhist-inspired Movement in Sri Lanka, provides lessons in alternative economics and spiritually based community organizing. This book is based on my years of fieldwork in Sri Lanka as a student of this movement.
Adams, Sheridan, et al (eds.). Making the Invisible Visible: Healing Racism in Our Buddhist Communities (2nd ed.), 2000 (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship or online at <www.spiritrock.org/html/diversity_2invisible.html>).
Hooks, Bell. Belonging: A Culture of Place. Routledge, 2009.
Johnson, Charles. Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing. New York: Scribner, 2003.
Rangdrol, Choyin. Buddhist Meditations for African Americans. Oakland, CA: Rainbow Dharma, n.d.
Williams, Angel Kyodo. Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace. New York: Viking Compass, 2000.
Willis, Jan. Dreaming Me: From Baptist to Buddhist, An African American Woman’s Spiritual Journey. New York: Riverhead Books, 2001.
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review special section on “Dharma, Diversity, and Race” (Fall 1994).
Turning Wheel issues on Racism and Buddhism: Racism in Buddhism (Spring 1993), Buddhists of Asian Descent in the USA (Fall 2000), Buddhism in Las Americas (Spring 2001), and Black Dharma (Summer 2003).
Martine Batchelor and Kerry Brown, eds. Buddhism and Ecology Cassell Publishers, 1992
Allan Hunt-Badiner, ed. Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology Parallax Press, 1990
__________. (ed.). Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2002.
Halifax, Joan. The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting with the Body of the Earth. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1993.
Hirsch, Philip (ed.). Seeing Forests for Trees: Environment and Environmentalism in Thailand. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 1996.
Hooks, Bell. Belonging: A Culture of Place. Routledge, 2009.
Jones, Ken. Beyond Optimism: A Buddhist Political Ecology. Oxford: Carpenter, 1993.
Kapleau, Philip. To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian. Rochester, NY: Rochester Zen Center, 1986.
Kaza, Stephanie. The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993.
__________. and Kenneth Kraft (eds.) Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1999.
Loori, John Daido. Teachings of the Insentient: Zen and the Environment. Mt. Tremper, NY: Dharma Communications Press, 1999.
Joanna Macy World As Lover, World As Self - Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal, Parallax Press, 2007.
ed. David Loy, John Stanley and Gyurme Dorje A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency, Wisdom Publications, 2009.
Martin, Julia (ed.) Ecological Responsibility: A Dialogue with Buddhism. Columbia, MO: South Asia Books, 1997.
Peter Matthiessen, Lost Man's River: A Novel 1997
__________. Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark 1997
__________. The Cloud Forest 1996
__________. Baikal: Sacred Sea of Siberia 1995
__________. African Silences 1991
__________. Men's Lives 1988
__________. Sand Rivers 1981
__________. The Snow Leopard 1978
__________. Far Tortuga 1975
__________. The Wind Birds 1973
__________. The Tree Where Man Was Born 1972
__________. At Play in the Field of the Lord 1966
__________. Wildlife in America 1959
Morgante, Amy. Buddhist Perspectives on the Earth Charter. Boston: Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, 1997.
Phelps, Norm. he Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights. New York: Lantern Books, 2004.
Schmithausen, Lambert. The Problem of the Sentience of Plants in Earliest Buddhism. Tokyo: The International Institute for Buddhist Studies, 1991.
Gary Snyder The Practice of the Wild North Point Press, 1990
__________. Turtle Island. New York: New Directions Books, 1974.
__________. The Real Work: Interviews & Talks 1964-1979. New York: New Directions Books, 1980.
__________. A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1995.
__________. The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translation, 1952-1998. New York: Counterpoint, 1999.
Titmuss, Christopher. The Green Buddha. Totnes, Devon, U.K.: Insight Books, 1995.
Tucker, Mary Evelyn, and Duncan Williams (eds.). Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds. Cambridge: Harvard Center for Study of World Religions, 1998.
Turning Wheel issues on Environmental Activism (Spring 1994) and In Praise of Water (Spring 1997).
De Silva, Padmasiri. The Search for Buddhist Economics . Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1975.
Gross, Rita. Soaring and Settling: Buddhist Perspectives on Contemporary Social and Religious Issues . New York: Continuum, 1998.
Hershock, Peter. Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age . Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999.
Kaza, Stephanie (ed.). Hooked: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume . Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2005.
Loy, David. A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack . Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.
__________. The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory . Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003.
Macy, Joanna. Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991.
Norberg-Hodge, Helena. Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh . San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1991.
Payutto, Bhikkhu P.A. Buddhist Economics: A Middle Way for the Market Place (rev. ed.). Bangkok: Buddhadhamma Foundation, 1994.
__________. Buddhist Solutions for the 21st Century . Bangkok: Buddhadhamma Foundation, n.d.
Sivaraksa, Sulak. A Socially Engaged Buddhism. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development, 1988.
__________. The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century, Koa Books, 2009.
__________. Conflict, Culture, Change: Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005.
Watts, Jonathan, Alan Senauke, and Santikaro Bhikkhu (eds.). Entering the Realm of Reality: Towards Dhammic Societies . Bangkok: Suksit Siam, 1997 (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).
ReVision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation issue on Spiritual Responses to Technology (Spring 2002) (also partly available online at <www.bpf.org/tsangha/tsj/tsj3.html>).
Think Sangha Journal issues (see “Journals on Socially Engaged Buddhism”) on The Religion of the Market: A Buddhist Look at the Global Economy, Consumerism, Development and the Role of Spirituality in Society (1998) and The Lack of Progress: Buddhist Perspectives on Modernity and the Pitfalls of “Saving the World” (1999) (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).
Seeds of Peace issues on Alternatives to Consumerism (January – April 1998), Buddhist Challenges to Economic Development (January – April 2004).
Turning Wheel issues on Consumerism (Summer 1995), Home & Homelessness (Fall 1996), Buddhists Look at Class (Spring 2000), and Not Turning Away: Buddhists on Human Rights (Summer 2000), Technology and the Mind (Summer 2004).
Content education
Aitken, Robert. The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics . San Francisco: North Point Press, 1984.
Batchelor, Martine (trans.) The Path of Compassion: The Bodhisattva Precepts . Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2004.
Dalai Lama. Ethics for the New Millennium . New York: Riverhead Books, 1999.
Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues . New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Ives, Christopher. Imperial-Way Zen . University of Hawaii Press, 2009.
Keown, Damien. The Nature of Buddhist Ethics . London: Macmillan, 1992.
__________ (ed.). Buddhism and Abortion . London: Macmillan, 1998.
__________ (ed.). Contemporary Buddhist Ethics . Richmond, Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press, 2000.
__________ (ed.). Buddhism and Bioethics . New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.
__________ and Charles Prebish, and Wayne Husted (eds.). Buddhism and Human Rights . Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press, 1998.
LaFleur, William. Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992.
Nhat Hanh, Thich. Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism (3rd ed.). Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1998.
__________ et al. For a Future to be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts . Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1993.
Sadhatissa, Hammalawa. Buddhist Ethics: The Path to Nirvana. London: Wisdom Publications, 1987 (originally published 1970).
Senauke, Alan (ed.) Safe Harbor: Guidelines, Process and Resources for Ethics and Right Conduct in Buddhist Communities . Berkeley: Buddhist Peace Fellowship, n.d.
Sizemore, Russell, and Donald Swearer (eds.) Ethics, Wealth, and Salvation: A Study in Buddhist Social Ethics . Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1990.
Turning Wheel : The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism (see below for “Journals on Socially Engaged Buddhism”) issue on Buddhists Consider Medical Ethics (Spring 2002).
Boucher, Sandy. Discovering Kwan Yin, Buddhist Goddess of Compassion . Boston: Beacon Press, 2000.
Chavis, Melody Ermachild. Altars in the Street: A Neighborhood Fights to Survive. New York: Bell Tower, 1997.
Chagdad Tulku. Change of Heart: The Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdad Tulku . Junction City, CA: Padma Publishing, 2003.
Bernie Glassman (with Eve Marko) Bearing Witness, Bell Tower 1998
Gorin, Joe. Choose Love: A Jewish Buddhist Human Rights Activist in Central America . Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1993.
Ingram, Catherine. In the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual Social Activists . Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1990.
Ka-Tzetnik, Shiviti
Leighton, Taigen Dan. Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression (rev. ed.). Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003.
Nhat Hanh, Thich. Joyfully Together: The Art of Building a Harmonious Community. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2003.
_______________, et al. Friends on the Path: Living Spiritual Communities . Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2002.
Sangharakshita. The Bodhisattva Ideal . Birmingham, U.K.: Windhorse Publications, 1999.
David Schneider. Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey, Shambhala 1993
Titmuss, Christopher. Spirit of Change: Voices of Hope for a Better World . Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 1993.
Winston, Diana, and Donald Rothberg. A Handbook for the Creation of the Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement (BASE) . Berkeley: Buddhist Peace Fellowship, 2000 (also available online at <www.bpf.org/html/current_projects/base/base.html>).
Seeds of Peace (see below for “Journals on Socially Engaged Buddhism”) issue on Building Community, Living in Communities (January – April 1995).
Tricycle issue on The Practice of Citizenship (Fall 2004).
Turning Wheel issues on Community: What Is It? (Spring 1992), Buddhist Activism around the World (Summer 1996), Art & Activism (Summer 2002), Youth & Buddhist Activism (Fall 2002), and Activist Nuns & Monks (Winter 2002-2003), Bearing Witness (Spring 2004), Dharma and Democracy (Fall 2004).
Cabezon, Jose Ignacio. Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.
Feldman, Christina. Woman Awake: A Celebration of Women’s Wisdom. London: Arkana, 1989.
Hooks, Bell. Belonging: A Culture of Place. Routledge, 2009.
Klein, Anne. Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.
Leyland, Winston (ed.). Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1998.
__________ (ed.). Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists, Volume 2. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 2000.
Turning Wheel issues on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Buddhism (Fall 1992); Sexual Misconduct: Who’s Hurting Whom? (Spring 1996); and Buddhist Feminism (Spring 1999).
Jeanne Achterberg, Barbara Dossey,
& Leslie Kolkmeier Rituals of Healing
Jon Kabat-Zinn with
Moore, Thomas and Dossey, Larry Power of Meditation and Prayer
Jon Kabat-ZinnWherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation
in Everyday Life 1994
Jon Kabat-Zinn Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body
and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness 1990
Karen Wegela the courage to be present: Buddhism, Psychotherapy and the Awakening of Natural Wisdom , Shambhala Publications, 2009
Auschwitz/Birkenau Films
Raising the Ashes, a film by Michael
O'Keefe on the 1996 Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat
$20.00
"Raising the Ashes" brings together interviews,
religious practices and historical footage to create poignant
and powerful film. Reminding us to remember victims and
perpetrators of perhaps the greatest crime of the 2Oth Century.
After appreciating Auschwitz as a scene of this crime, the
Holocaust, the film demonstrates how Auschwitz, and places
like it, can become a source of healing in our time and
for all time.
Remember..To Become Whole Again, a
film by George Eich on the 1998 Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness
Retreat. $20.00
Books
Many, many books have been published concerning the
Holocaust. Those listed below are particularly recommended because they
are very powerful personal accounts of bearing witness and/or raise
complex moral and spiritual issues.
Amery, Jean. At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor
on Auschwitz and its Realities. Schocken (New York:
1986).
Borowski, Tadeusz. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Penguin Books (New York: 1976)
Delbo, Charlotte. Auschwitz and After (includes None of Us
Will Return, Useless Knowledge, and The Measure of Our Days). Yale
University Press (New Haven: 1995).
Wiesel, Elie. Night. Bantam Books (New York:
1982).
Wiesenthal, Simon. The Sunflower. Schocken Books (New York:
1997).
Wilkomirski, Binjamin. Fragments. Schocken Books (New York:
'1997). Please note that this book is probably fiction and the
author was involved in legal proceedings.
Melody Ermachild Chavis
Altars in the Street: A Neighborhood Fights to Survive Three Rivers Press 1997
Bernie Glassman
Instructions to the Cook: Living a Life that Matters, Bernie Glassman
and Rick Fields Random House, 1996
Bernie Glassman
and Rick Fields Instructions to the Cook: Living a Life that Matters, Random House, 1996
Kaye, Les. Zen at Work: A Zen Teacher’s 30-Year Journey in Corporate America. New York: Crown Publishers, 1997.
Richmond, Lewis. Work as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job. New York: Broadway Books, 1999.
Whitmyer, Claude (ed.). Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1994.
Turning Wheel issues on Money (Summer 1993) and Work (Winter 1997).
David Cooper
Silence, Simplicity and Solitude Bell Tower 1992 The Heart of Stillness Bell Tower 1992
Pia Gyger
That We May Join Earth and Heaven: Lay Religious Community
for the 21st Century 1996
Robert Kennedy
Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit: the Place of Zen in Christian
Life, Continuum, 1995
Mother of the Universe: Visions of the Goddess and
Tantric Hymns of Enlightenment 1994 Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna 1992
Sri Swami Satchidananda
Beyond Words The Golden Present Guru and Disciple The Healthy Vegatarian Integral Yoga Hatha Henry Holt The Living Gita Henry Holt 1988 Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The Mother is the Baby's First Guru Peace is Within Our Reach To Know Your Self Spiritual Intimacy
Lex Hixon
Atom from the Sun of Knowledge 1993 Heart of the Koran 1988
David Cooper
Silence, Simplicity and Solitude Bell Tower 1992 The Heart of Stillness Bell Tower 1992
Alan Lew
One God Clapping, Kodansha, 1999
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
The First Step Bantom, 1983 Fragments of a Future Scroll Leaves of Grass Press1975 Gate to the Heart ALEPH 1993 Spiritual Intimacy Aronson 1991
Howard Schwartz
The Dream Assembly-Tales of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Gateways 1988
Rami Shapiro
wisdom of the jewish sages, Bell Tower1993
Arthur Waskow
Down-to-Earth Judaism Godwrestling Jewish Lights, 1994 Godwrestling-Round 2 Jewish Lights, 1996 Seasons of Our Joy Beacon 1982 The Freedom Seder These Holy Sparks Harper & Row 1983
Manual for the Peacemaker : An Iroquois Legend to
Heal Self & Society, Jean Houston. Quest Books 1995
The Book of Elders: The Life Stories & Wisdom of Great
American Indians, Sandy Johnson. Harper Collins 1994
Peter Matthiessen, Indian Country 1992
__________. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse 1983
The White Roots of Peace , Paul Wallace. Chauncy Press
1986
Prayers for a Thousand Years, Elizabeth Roberts & Elias
Amidon, Harper, 1999
Fujimoto, Hogen. Out of the Mud Grows the Lotus. San Francisco: Lotus Press, 1980.
Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writings of Fleet Maull, Fleet Maull,
Finding Freedom: Writings from Death Row, Jarvis Masters, Padma Publishing, 1997
Letters from the Dhamma Brothers: Meditation Behind Bars, Jenny Phillips
Prison Chaplaincy Guidelines for Zen Buddhism: A Sourcebook for Prison Chaplains, Administrators, and Security Personnel, Kobutsu Mallone, The Engaged Zen Foundation, 2006
Razor-Wire Dharma: A Buddhist Life in Prison, Kobutsu Mallone, Wisdom Publications, 2008
We'Re All Doing Time , Bo Lozoff 1985
Whitney, Kobai Scott. Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in American Prisons. Boulder, CO: Prison Dharma Network, 2002.
Turning Wheel issues on Prison Practice (Winter 1992), Buddhist Perspectives on the Death Penalty (Winter 1999), and Freedom & Confinement (Fall 2003).
Bloom, Pamela (ed.). Buddhist Acts of Compassion. York Beach, ME: Conari Press, 2000.
David Brandon, Zen and the Art of Helping, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976
Brazier, David. The New Buddhism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Chappell, David (ed.). Socially Engaged Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Sulak Sivaraksa on his 70th Birthday. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2003.
Charlsworth, Tony, and Eric Teare (eds.). Buddhist Action. Network of Engaged Buddhists (U.K.), n.d. (available from Ken Jones, Troed Rhiw Sebon, Cwmrheidol, Aberystwyth, SY23 3NB, Wales, U.K., for £3.00 or $6 in dollar bills).
Dalai Lama. A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings by and about the Dalai Lama. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1990.
__________. Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000.
__________.The Compassionate Life. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003.
Ram Dass and Paul Gorman, How Can I Help?, Knopf, 1985
Edwards, David. The Compassionate Revolution: Radical Politics and Buddhism. Devon, U.K.: Green Books, 1998.
Fred Eppsteiner, The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism Parallax Press, 1988
Bernie Glassman
Instructions to the Cook: Living a Life that Matters, Bernie Glassman
and Rick Fields Random House, 1996
Bearing Witness, by Bernie Glassman (and
Eve Marko) (Hardcopy) $15.00
Habito, Ruben. Total Liberation: Zen Spirituality and the Social Dimension. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1989.
_________. Healing Breath: Zen Spirituality for a Wounded Earth. Dallas: Maria Kannon Zen Center, 2001.
Horwitz, Claudia Spiritual Activist
Catherine Ingram, In the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual Social Activists, Parallax, 1990
Ives, Christopher. Zen Awakening and Society. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992.
Ken JonesThe New Social Face of Buddhism: A Call to Action Wisdom Publications, 2003
Christopher Queen and Sallie King
Engaged Buddhism in the West, edited by Christopher Queen Engaged Buddhism in Asia, Sallie King & Christopher Queen
edited by Arnold Kotler, Engaged Buddhist Reader, Parallax, 1996
Mishra, Pankaj. An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004.
Susan Moon Not Turning Away: The Practice of Engaged Buddhism, Shambhala Publications, 2004
Nhat Hanh, Thich, Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism, Parallax, 1993
__________. Being Peace. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1987.
__________. Peace is Every Step. New York: Bantam Books, 1991.
__________. Touching Peace. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1992.
Rothberg, Donald. The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World, Beacon Press, 2006
Sivaraksa, Sulak. A Socially Engaged Buddhism. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development, 1988.
__________. Conflict, Culture, Change: Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005.
__________. (eds.). Radical Conservatism: Buddhism in the Contemporary World: Articles in Honour of Bhikkhu Buddhadasa’s 84th Birthday Anniversary. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development/ International Network of Engaged Buddhists, 1990.
__________. (eds.). Socially Engaged Buddhism for the New Millennium. Bangkok: Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation/ Foundation for Children, 1999 (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).
__________. (eds.). Santi Pracha Dhamma. Bangkok: Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation/ Foundation for Children, 2001 (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).
Tanaka, Kenneth, and Eisho Nasu (eds.). Engaged Pure Land Buddhism: The Challenges Facing Jodo Shinshu in the Contemporary World. Berkeley: Wisdom Ocean, 1998.
Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey, David Schneider, Shambhala, 1993
Tsultrim Allione Women of Wisdom Snow Lion, 1989
Arai, Paula. Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Batchelor, Martine. Women on the Buddhist Path. London: Thorsons, 2002.
Sandy Boucher Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism (rev. ed.). San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1993
__________. Opening the Lotus: A Woman’s Guide to Buddhism. Boston: Beacon Press, 1997.
Cabezon, Jose Ignacio. Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992.
Marianne Dresser ed. Buddhist Women on the Edge: Contempory Perspectives from the Western Frontier North Atlantic Books, 1996
Riane Eisler Chalice and the Blade Harper Collins, 1987
Faure, Bernard. The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003.
Feldman, Christina. Woman Awake: A Celebration of Women’s Wisdom. London: Arkana, 1989.
Friedman, Lenore. Meetings With Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America (rev. ed.). Boston: Shambhala, 2000.
__________. and Susan Moon (eds.). Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment. Boston: Shambhala, 1997.
Rita Gross Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis,
and Reconstruction of Buddhism, SUNY 1993
Hopkinson, Deborah, Michele Hill, and Eileen Kiera (eds.). Not Mixing Up Buddhism: Essays on Women and Buddhist Practice. Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press, 1986.
Klein, Anne. Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995.
Leyland, Winston (ed.). Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1998.
__________ (ed.). Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists, Volume 2. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 2000.
Susan Moon and Lenore Friedman eds. Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Enlightenment, Shambhala Publications, 1997
Paul, Diana. Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in the Mahayana Tradition (rev. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
Schireson, Grace. Zen Women. Wisdom Publications, 2009.
Shaw, Miranda. Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994.
Simmer-Brown, Judith. Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Shambhala, 2002.
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe (ed.). Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha. Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1988.
__________ (ed.). Buddhism through American Women’s Eyes. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1995.
__________ (ed.). Buddhist Women across Cultures: Realizations. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999.
__________ (ed.). Innovative Buddhist Women: Swimming against the Stream. London: Curzon Press, 2000.
__________ (ed.). Buddhist Women and Social Justice: Ideals, Challenges, and Achievements. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.
Willis, Janice (ed.). Feminine Ground: Essays on Women and Tibet. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1989.
Turning Wheel issues on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Buddhism (Fall 1992); Sexual Misconduct: Who’s Hurting Whom? (Spring 1996); and Buddhist Feminism (Spring 1999).
Newsletter on International Women's Activities (from Sulak Sivaraksa and International Network of Engaged Buddhists)
Seeds of Peace (from Venerable Dhammananda)
Bearing Witness: The Online Magazine of Spiritually-Based Social Action and Peacemaking (only available online at www.bearingwitnessjournal.com/archive.html).
BODHI Times www.ecotimecapsule.com/bodhi/bodhitimes.html
Boston Research Center for the 21st Century Newsletter <www.brc21.org/news.html>.
Indra’s Net (journal of the Network of Engaged Buddhists, U.K.) <www.engaged-buddhist.org.uk>.
Journal of Buddhist Ethics (only available online at <jbe.gold.ac.uk/>).
The Mindfulness Bell (journal of the Community of Mindful Living) <www.iamhome.org/cml_mindful.html>.
raft: Journal of the Buddhist Hospice Trust <www.buddhisthospice.org.uk/>.
Sakyadhita Newsletter: International Association of Buddhist Women <www.sakyadhita.org/NewsLetters/newsindx.htm>.
Seeds of Peace (journal of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists) <www.bpf.org/html/resources_and_links/think_sangha/ineb/ineb.html>.
SGI Quarterly: Buddhist Perspectives on Peace, Culture, and Education (journal of Soka Gakkai International) <www.sgi.org/english/Features/past.htm>.
Think Sangha Journal <www.bpf.org/think.html> (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).
Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism <www.bpf.org/html/home.html>.
Yasodhara: Newsletter on International Buddhist Women’s Activities (Thailand) (available c/o Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University, Bangkok 10200, Thailand).
Compassionate Care
Conflict Resolution
Development
Education
Ecology
GLBT
Prison
Social Justice
Socially Engaged Buddhism
Women's Rights
Buddhist AIDS Project (U.S.) www.buddhistaidsproject.org/: “serves anyone living with HIV/AIDS”; provides information on medical news and services, and Buddhist teachings and practice centers.
Buddhist Hospice Trust (U.K.) www.buddhisthospice.org.uk/: “provides compassionate care for the living, the dying, and the bereaved…open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike.”
Karuna Hospice Service (Australia) www.karuna.org.au/: assists terminally ill people and their families at home.
Rigpa Fellowship Spiritual Care Program (International) www.spcare.org/: founded by Sogyal Rinpoche, “demonstrates practical ways in which…the Buddhist teachings can be of benefit to those facing illness or death and also to their families and medical caregivers.”
Tzu Chi Foundation: Buddhist Compassion Relief (Taiwan) www.tzuchi.org/: entering 35th year, the organization “works in the missions of Charity, Medicine, Education, and Culture.”
Upaya Zen Center (U.S.) www.upaya.org/: “a Buddhist study center [in New Mexico] offering courses and retreats on engaged spirituality and on contemplative care of the dying,” guided by Roshi Joan Halifax.
Zen Hospice Project (U.S.) www.zenhospice.org/: based in San Francisco, provides “residential hospice care, volunteer programs, and educational efforts.”
Boston Research Center for the 21st Century (U.S.) www.brc21.org/home.html: “an international peace institute that fosters dialogue among scholars and activists across cultures and religions,” founded by Daisaku Ikeda of Soka Gakkai International.
International Campaign for Tibet (International) www.savetibet.org/: “promotes human rights and self-determination for Tibetans.”
Karuna Center for Peacebuilding (U.S.) www.karunacenter.org/: based in Massachusetts, founded and directed by Paula Green, offers international training programs in conflict transformation, dialogue, and reconciliation.
Nipponzan Myohoji (Japan and International) www.dharmawalk.org/index.html: carries on the legacy of Nichidatsu Fujii (1885-1985) “through walks, construction of pagodas dedicated to peace, and the constant practice of prayer.”
Zaltho Foundation (U.S.) www.zaltho.org/index.html: founded by Claude AnShin Thomas and “committed to ending violence by…establishing socially engaged projects in schools, communities, organizations, and families.”
Sarvodaya (Sri Lanka) www.sarvodaya.org/: founded in 1958 by Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, “an independent development and reconstruction movement, active in thousands of villages.”
European Buddhist Union “Buddhism and Education in Europe” Project and Working Group (International) www.sbg.ac.at/budd/edu_e.htm: deals with Buddhist education of young people in Europe today.
Jamyang Foundation (U.S. and India) www.jamyang.org/: an education project for Himalayan Buddhist women, directed by Karma Lekshe Tsomo.
Karuna Trust (India) www.karuna.org/: organizes education projects for Buddhist ex-untouchables.
Soka Gakkai (Japan and International) www.sgi.org/: “advances peace, culture, and education and supports individual self-development, centered on the humanistic philosophy of Buddhism.”
Earth Sangha (U.S.) www.earthsangha.org/: “a Buddhist environmental nonprofit committed to practical environmental action that is informed with Buddhist principles.”
Forum on Religion and Ecology: Buddhism (U.S.) www.environment.harvard.edu/religion/religion/buddhism: a Web site based at Harvard University, includes extensive bibliography, traditional texts related to environmental issues, listing of engaged environmental projects, and Web links.
Green Sangha (U.S.) www.greensangha.org: based in the San Francisco Bay Area, “brings spiritual practice and environmental work together.”
Manzanita Village/Ordinary Dharma (U.S.) www.manzanitavillage.org: founded by Caitríona Reed andMichele Benzamin-Miki, offers classes and retreats in Southern California, “based on mindfulness practices, vipassana meditation, Zen practice, deep ecology, and nonviolence, for the celebration and healing of the individual, society, and earth.”
Zen Environmental Studies Institute (U.S.) www.mro.org/zesi/programs: based in New York State, conducts wilderness exploration programs, teachings in Buddhist environmental ethics, and research on water, air, and earth pollution.”
Angulimala: The Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy Organisation (U.K.) www.angulimala.org.uk: provides chaplaincy in prisons, resources, networking.
Engaged Zen Foundation www.engaged-zen.org/: founded by Rev. Kobutsu Kevin Malone, fosters meditation practice and human rights in prisons.
Prison Dharma Network (U.S.) www.prisondharmanetwork.org/: an “international nonsectarian contemplative support network for prisoners, prison volunteers, and correctional workers.”
Ambedkar and His People www.ambedkar.org/ (India): comprehensive Web site on the work of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (1891-1956) and ongoing work with India’s untouchables.
Aung San Suu Kyi's Pages (Burma) www.dassk.org/index.php: a Web site with news and links to other sites related to Burma and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, “leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma (Myanmar), and Nobel laureate.”
Rokpa International (U.K., Switzerland) www.rokpauk.org/: founded by Akong Tulku Rinpoche and Lea Wyler, “aims to improve the quality of life of the poorest peoples around the world,” with projects in Tibet, Nepal, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
Sathirakoses-Nagapradeepa Foundation (Thailand) www.sulak-sivaraksa.org/: a network of organizations and projects founded by Sulak Sivaraksa, “committed to social justice with ecological vision and based on engaged spirituality.”
Tibet Justice Center (U.S.) www.tibetjustice.org/: formerly the International Committee of Lawyers for Tibet, “advocates self-determination for the Tibetan people and promotes human rights, environmental protection, and peaceful resolution of the situation in Tibet.”
Community of Mindful Living (International) www.iamhome.org: supports the practice and teachings of mindfulness of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
Dharmanet/Buddhist Peace Fellowship Socially Engaged Buddhism Resources (U.S.) www.dharmanet.org/engaged.html: gives an extensive list of socially engaged Buddhist organizations and Web sites.
Sakyadhita: The International Association of Buddhist Women (International) www.sakyadhita.org/: “a network of communications for Buddhist women throughout the world,” encourages women as students, practitioners, and teachers of Buddhism.
Women Active in Buddhism (U.S.) www.members.tripod.com/~Lhamo/: a “comprehensive collection of links and resources on contemporary Buddhist women.”
DVDs/Films
You Tube
The Devotion of Matthieu Ricard
An intimate portrait of Matthieu Ricard - Buddhist monk, photographer, scientist and humanitarian
A film by George Shouten and Babeth M. VanLoo, Produced by BOS (Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation)
This two-DVD set features the uncut film of the Gate of Sweet Nectar
ritual at the Zen Center of Los Angeles. A creative adaptation of the
traditional Soto Zen ritual for feeding hungry ghosts (Kan Ro Mon) and a
remarkable example of the transformation of Buddhism in an American
setting.
Includes exclusive interviews with Roshi Bernie Glassman, Roshi Wendy
Egyoku Nakao and Rev. Michael Daigu O'Keefe.
Bernard Glassman teaches a distillation of Zen wisdom that can be used as a guide for business, social ventures, peacemaking or just life. The documentary demonstrates the uniqueness and human impact of Glassman\'s work and life. Not only a Zen teacher, he works as a peacemaker in the field of interfaith dialog throughout the world. He has helped change a whole neighborhood in Yonkers (New York). The film shows how one can live a life that matters.
To learn how to die is to learn how to live. With these words, Sogyal Rinpoche introduces us to a wisdom tradition that he calls a sacred technology— Tibetan Buddhism. This bestselling author and spiritual teacher brings the blessings of these ancient teachings directly to a new generation of listeners with Living Well, Dying Well.
A film by Michael O'Keefe on the 1996 Auschwitz-Birkenau Bearing Witness Retreat
Raising the Ashes brings together interviews,
religious practices and historical footage to create poignant
and powerful film. Reminding us to remember victims and
perpetrators of perhaps the greatest crime of the 2Oth Century.
After appreciating Auschwitz as a scene of this crime, the
Holocaust, the film demonstrates how Auschwitz, and places
like it, can become a source of healing in our time and
for all time.
Buddhist View of Mental Health
B. Alan Wallace at the UVa Medical Center ....view Schizophrenia: Buddhism and Psychology
Introduces us to the nature of schizophrenia. ....view Pain, Trauma & Mindfulness
John Briere presenting at a Mindfulness & Acceptance Conference. ....view Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression
Mark Williams, practicing Buddhist and clinical research psychologist. ....view Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Marsha Linehan describing the development of DBT. ....view Neuro-Splasticity of the Brain
Richard Davidson on mindfulness and neuroscience. ....view Mindfulness and the brain
with Jack Kornfeld and Dan Siegel ....view Mindfulness Stress Reduction
and healing with Jon Kabat-Zinn ....view Meditation and the Brain
Mathieu Richard, Buddhist Monk/Neuroscientist ....view Cognitive Neuroscience
and mindful meditation ....view