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Black Buddhism

A research guide on Black Buddhism supporting the Black Buddhism Faculty Project of the Princeton University Center for Culture, Society, and Religion

Introductions to Buddhism

Buddhism

Peter Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012).

Keown, Damien and Charles Prebish, Introducing Buddhism (London: Routledge, 2009).

Keown, Damien. Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd edn, Very Short Introductions (Oxford, 2013).

Mitchell, Donald W. Introducing the Buddhist Experience (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

Robinson, R. H., W.L. Johnson, and Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. Inc., 2003).

The Buddha’s Life

M. Carrithers, The Buddha: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Theravāda Buddhism

Gombrich, Richard. Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo (London: Routledge, 1988).

Gethin, Rupert. The Foundations of Buddhism (Oxford: Oxford Paperbacks, 1998).

Williams, Paul, Anthony Tribe, and Alex Wynne, Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition (London: Routledge, 2011).

Mahāyāna Buddhism

Paul Williams, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations (London: Routledge, 1989).

Tibetan Buddhism

Powers, John. Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism (Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2008).

Samuel, Geoffrey. Introducing Tibetan Buddhism (London: Routledge, 2012).