Engaged Buddhism Resource Guide

This collection of engaged Buddhism resources is a continuation from “Compassion in Action” by James Blumenthal, Ph.D. from the April-June 2011 issue of Mandala located on page 44.

Books

Chappell, David Wellington. Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace. 3rd ed. Somerville, Mass: Wisdom Publ., 2002.

Eppsteiner, Fred (Ed.). The Path of Compassion: Writing on Socially Engaged Buddhism. Rev. 2nd ed. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 1988.

Gyatso, Tenzin (Dalai Lama XIV). Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World’s Religions Can Come Together. New York: Doubleday Religion, 2010. Print.

King, Sallie B.. Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005.

Nhat Hanh, Thich. Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism. 3rd ed. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 1998.

Rinpoche, Samdhong, and Donovan Roebert. Uncompromising Truth for a Compromised World: Tibetan Buddhism and Today’s World. Bloomington, Ind.: World Wisdom, 2006.

Sivaraksa, Sulak. Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 1992.

Sivaraksa, Sulak. Conflict, Culture, Change: Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2005.

Queen, Christopher S.. Engaged Buddhism in the West. Boston, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 2000.

Queen, Christopher S., and Sallie B. King. Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996.

Watts, Jonathan S. (Ed.). Rethinking Karma: The Dharma of Social Justice. Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, 2009.

Online Academic Journals that Publish on Engaged Buddhism

Journal of Global Buddhism

Blumenthal, James. “Toward A Buddhist Theory of Justice.”Journal of Global Buddhism Vol. 10 (2009): 321 – 349.

Journal of Buddhist Ethics

Organizations

International Network of Engaged Buddhists

Buddhist Peace Fellowship

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