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Academic
Historical
- Gethin, R. (1998). The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford University Press.
- Williams, P. (2008). Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. Routledge.
Philosophical
- McMahan, D. L. (2008). The Making of Buddhist Modernism. Oxford University Press.
- Lopez, D. S. (1998). Elaborations on Emptiness: Uses of the Heart Sutra. Princeton University Press.
Introductions
- Rāhula, W. (1974). What the Buddha Taught (Vol. 641). Grove Press.
- Hanh, T. N. (2008). The Heart of Buddha's Teaching. Random House.
- Gombrich, R. F. (2009). What the Buddha Thought. Equinox.
- Hagen, S. (2011). Buddhism Plain and Simple. Tuttle Publishing.
Meditation
- Gunaratana, B., & Gunaratana, H. (2011). Mindfulness in Plain English. Simon and Schuster.
Practice
- Anālayo. (2003). Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization. Windhorse Publications.
Pali canon
- Tipitika: The Pali Canon
- Digha Nikaya — the "long collection"
- Majjhima Nikaya — the "middle-length collection"
- Samyutta Nikaya — the "grouped collection"
- Anguttara Nikaya — the "further-factored collection"
- Khuddaka Nikaya — the "collection of little texts":
- Fronsdal, G. (2006). The Dhammapada. Shambhala Publications.
- Bodhi, B. (2007). The Questions of King Milinda: an Abridgement of the Milindapanha. Buddhist Publication Society.
- Norman, K. R. (1997). Poems of Early Buddhist Monks (Theragāthā). Pali Text Society.
- Rhys Davids, C. A., & Norman, K. R. (1989). trans. Poems of Early Buddhist Nuns (Therigatha). Pali Text Society.
Theravada
- Bodhi, B. (2010). The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering. Buddhist Publication Society.
- Bodhi, B. (1999). The Buddha and His Dhamma.
- Bhikkhu, T. (1996). The Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pali Canon. Barre, MA. Dhamma Dana Publications.
- Bhikkhu, T. (1999). The Mind Like Fire Unbound: An Image in the Early Buddhist Discourses. Dhamma Dana Publications.
- Bhikkhu, T. (2012). Into the Stream: A Study Guide on the First Stage of Awakening.
- Bhikkhu, T. (2008). The Shape of Suffering: A Study of Dependent Co-arising.
Mahayana texts
- Shantideva. (2007). The Way of the Bodhisattva. Shambhala Publications.
- Siderits, M., & Katsura, S. (2013). Nagarjuna's Middle Way: Mulamadhyamakakarika. Simon and Schuster.
Mahayana sutras
- Pine, R. (2002). The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom. Counterpoint Press.
- Pine, R. (2012) The Lankavatara Sutra: A Zen Text. Counterpoint Press.
- Suzuki, D. T. (1999). Studies in the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra. Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
- Watson, B. (Ed.). (1997). The Vimalakirti Sutra. Columbia University Press.
Zen
- The Zen Teaching of Huang-Po: On the Transmission of Mind. Grove Press, 1994.
- The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma. Macmillan, 1989.
- Broughton, J., & Watanabe, E. Y. (2013). The Record of Linji. OUP USA.
Contemporary
- Trungpa, C. (2002). Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. Shambhala Publications.
- Khyentse, D. J. (2008). What Makes You Not a Buddhist. Shambhala Publications.
Secular
- Batchelor, S. (1998). Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening. Penguin.
- Batchelor, S. (2015). After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age. Yale University Press.