Manitoba Buddhist Temple
a Mahayana Buddhist temple in the Jodo Shinshu tradition
Recommended
Reading
A short informal bibliography about the renewal of Buddhism from various points of view.
We also have a list of children's titles are available here.
Akizuki, Ryomin: New Mahayana: Buddhism
for the Post-Modern World,
Asian Humanities Press (Berkeley, 1990)
Brazier, David: The New
Buddhism,
Palgrave (New York, 2002)
Brazier, David: The Feeling
Buddha,
Palgrave (New York, 2002)
Dumoulin, Heinrich: Zen Buddhism in the
20th Century,
Weatherhill, Inc., (New York, 1992)
Ling, Trevor: The Buddha,
Penguin Books (Middlesex, England, 1973)
Nishitani, Keiji: On Buddhism,
State University of New York (Albany, 2006)
Ogui, Koshin: Zen Shin Talks,
Zen Shin Buddhist Publications (Cleveland, 1998)
This one is written by the present Bishop of Buddhist Churches of America
Suzuki, D.T.: Mysticism: Christian and
Buddhist,
Dover (Mineola, N.Y., 1957)
Haidt, Jonathan: The Happiness
Hypothesis,
(Basic Books NY)
A former Buddhist devotee criticizes Buddhism on the point of detachment crippling Buddhism’s vitality to relieve human suffering in the external world of action and relationships. Also there arises as a result the problem in Buddhist leaders of the arrogance of detachment.
Hayes, Richard P.: Land of No Buddha:
Reflections of a Skeptical Buddhist,
Windhorse Publications (Birmingham, 1998)
This is an important book from a longtime practitioner of Buddha Dharma in the West. There is very informative chapter on Christianity and Buddhism that should be read by any Buddhist not born in North America and by anyone trying to promote Buddha Dharma in the West.
Hershock, Peter D.: Reinventing the
Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information
Age, State
University of New York (Albany, 1999)
Hirota, Dennis, ed.: Toward a
Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism:
Creating a Shin Buddhist Theology in a Religiously
Plural World, State of University of New York Press
(Albany, 2000)
Tanaka, Kenneth: Ocean: An Introduction
to Jodo-Shinshu in America,
Wisdom Ocean Press (Berkeley, 1997)
Rev. Tanaka was one of my teachers. This book was written as the result of extensive interviews with layfolk and aspiring ministers.
Wilber, Ken, et al.: Transformations of
Consciousness,
Shambala (Boston, 1986)
Shigaraki, Takamaro: The Life of Awakening: The Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path,
Hozokan Publications (Japan, 2005)
This is a very important book for Shin Buddhism. However the most interesting part for many readers was the last ½ of the book about the impact of the shinjin experience on one’s life and mind state. This should have been the first part of the book.
Beyer, Stephan: The Religious Life of Man Series: The Buddhist Experience: Sources and Interpretations,
Wadsworth Publishing (Belmont, Calif., 1974.)
A short informal bibliography about the renewal of Buddhism from various points of view.
We also have a list of children's titles are available here.
Asian Humanities Press (Berkeley, 1990)
Palgrave (New York, 2002)
Palgrave (New York, 2002)
Weatherhill, Inc., (New York, 1992)
Penguin Books (Middlesex, England, 1973)
State University of New York (Albany, 2006)
Zen Shin Buddhist Publications (Cleveland, 1998)
This one is written by the present Bishop of Buddhist Churches of America
Dover (Mineola, N.Y., 1957)
(Basic Books NY)
A former Buddhist devotee criticizes Buddhism on the point of detachment crippling Buddhism’s vitality to relieve human suffering in the external world of action and relationships. Also there arises as a result the problem in Buddhist leaders of the arrogance of detachment.
Windhorse Publications (Birmingham, 1998)
This is an important book from a longtime practitioner of Buddha Dharma in the West. There is very informative chapter on Christianity and Buddhism that should be read by any Buddhist not born in North America and by anyone trying to promote Buddha Dharma in the West.
Wisdom Ocean Press (Berkeley, 1997)
Rev. Tanaka was one of my teachers. This book was written as the result of extensive interviews with layfolk and aspiring ministers.
Shambala (Boston, 1986)
Shigaraki, Takamaro: The Life of Awakening: The Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path,
Hozokan Publications (Japan, 2005)
This is a very important book for Shin Buddhism. However the most interesting part for many readers was the last ½ of the book about the impact of the shinjin experience on one’s life and mind state. This should have been the first part of the book.
Beyer, Stephan: The Religious Life of Man Series: The Buddhist Experience: Sources and Interpretations,
Wadsworth Publishing (Belmont, Calif., 1974.)