Buddhism Bibliography

Abe, Masao, ed. A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki Remembered. New York: Weatherhill, 1986.

Abe, Masao. Zen and Western Thought. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985.

Ames, Van Meter. Zen and American Thought. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1962.

Andresen, Jensine. "The Americanization of Tibetan Buddhism: The Kalachakra Initiation in New York." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Atkinson, Jennifer. "Transmission of Cambodian Culture in Lowell, Mass." Pluralism Project Research, 1991.

Blyth, Reginald Horace. Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics. New York and Tokyo: 1960.

Boorstein, Sylvia. It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness. San Francisco: HarperSan Francisco, 1995.

Boorstein, Sylvia. That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist: On Being a Faithful Jew and a Passionate Buddhist. San Francisco: HarperSan Francisco, 1997.

Boucher, Sandy. Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988.

Breyer, Chloe, "Religious Liberty in Law and Practice: Vietnamese Home Temples in California and the First Amendment." Pluralism Project Research. Published in Journal of Church and State, Vol. 35, Spring 1993.

Buddhist Churches of America, Sunday School Department, Buddhist Shrine: Picture Storybook. San Francisco: Buddhist Churches of America, 1971.

Canniff, Julie Ann. "Cambodian Buddhism in Portland, Maine." Pluralism Project Research, 1993.

Canniff, Julie Ann. "Step by Step: A Field Study of Cambodian Religion and Culture in Portland Maine." Pluralism Project Research, 1993.

Centennial Publication Committee, ed. A Grateful Past, A Promising Future: Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii 100 Year History 1899-1989. Honolulu: Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, 1989.

Chandler, Stuart. "A Directory of Chinese Buddhist Organizations in the United States." Pluralism Project Research, 1991.

Chandler, Stuart. "The Hsi Lai Temple, Hacienda Heights: California A Survey of Chinese Buddhist Temples in the U.S." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Chayat, Roko Sherry. Subtle Sound: The Zen Teachings of Maurine Stuart. Boston: Shambhala, 1996.

Chen, Jack. The Chinese of America. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers, 1980.

Chodren, Pema. The Wisdom of No Escape. Boston: Shambhala, 1991.

Choy, Bong-youn. Koreans in America. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1979.

Corless, Roger and Paul F. Knitter. Buddhist Emptiness and Christian Trinity. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 1990.

Dalai Lama. The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1996.

Dator, James Allen. Soka Gakkai, Builders of the Third Civilization American and Japanese Member. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1969.

Dresser, Marianne, ed. Buddhist Women on the Edge: Contemporary Perspectives from the Western Frontier. Berkeley: Publishers Group West, 1996.

Ellwood, Robert, ed. The Eagle and the Rising Sun: America and the New Religions of Japan. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1974.

Engberg, Geri. "The Cambodian Buddhist Temple in Lynn, Mass. 'Growing Pains' at The Cambodian Buddhist Temple." Pluralism Project Research.

Eppsleiner, Fred and Dennis Maloney, eds. The Path of Compassion: Contemporary Writings on Engaged Buddhism. Berkeley and Buffalo: Buddhist Peace Fellowship and White Pine Press, 1985.

Farber, Don and Rick Fields. Taking Refuge in L.A.: Life in a Vietnamese Buddhist Temple. New York: Aperture Books, 1987.

Fields, Rick. How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America. Boston: Shambhala, 1981. [The 3rd edition was published in 1992].

Fields, Rick. Loka: A Journal from Naropa Institute. Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1975.

Friedman, Lenore. Meetings with Remarkable Women. Boston: Shambhala, 1987.

Goldstein, Joseph and Jack Kornfield, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom. Boston: Shambhala Books, 1986.

Habadodai Shinpojium to Beikokutobu Kenshuryokodan, ed. Shin Buddhism Meets American Religions. Kyoto: Nishihongwanji naijibu-nai ìamerkia no shukyo o tazuneteî henshu-gakari, 1986.

Hanh, Thich Nhat. Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change. Berkeley, CA: Parallex Press, 1993.

Heng Sure and Heng Ch'an. With One Heart, Bowing to the City of 10,000 Buddhas: Records of Heng Sure and Heng Ch'an. San Francisco: Sino-American Buddhist Association, 1977.

Henkin, Alan B. and Nguyen, Lien Thanh. Between Two Cultures: The Vietnamese in America. California: Century Twenty-one Publishing, 1981.

Hill, Michele, Deborah Hopkinson, and Eileen Kiera, eds. Not Mixing Up Buddhism: Essays on Women and Buddhist Practice. Fredonia, New York: White Pine Press, 1986.

Hung-ju and Hang yo. Three Steps, One Bow. San Francisco: 10,000 Buddhas Press, 1977.

Hunter, Louise M. Buddhism in Hawaii: Its Impact on a Yankee Community. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1971.

Hurh, Won Moo and Kim, Kwang Chung. Korean Immigrants in America: A Structural Analysis of Ethnic Confinement and Adhesive Adaptation. New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Ichihashi, Yamato. Japanese in the United States: A Critical Study of the Problems of the Japanese Immigrants and Their Children. California: Stanford University Press, 1932.

Isaacs, Robin. "Vajradhatu's Shambhala Training: A Secular Study of the Mind/Body Experience." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Iwamura, Jane. "Transmission: Four Studies of Asian-American Buddhist Communities: Berkeley, California." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Johnston, William. Christian Zen. New York: Harper & Row, 1971.

Johnston, William. Stillpoint: Reflections on Zen and Christian Mysticism. New York: Fordham University Press, 1977.

Jordan, Phil. "Hidden T'ang Dynasty in America? A Study of Zen Mountain Monastery [Mt. Tremper, NY], and the development of American Zen." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Kapleau, Phillip. Three Pillars of Zen. New York and Tokyo: John Weatherhill, Inc., 1965.

Kapleau, Phillip. Zen: Dawn in the West. Garden City, New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1979.

Kashima, Tetsugen. Buddhism in America: The Social Organization of an Ethnic Religious Institution. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, Contributions in Sociology Series, #26, 1977.

Khema, Ayya. When the Iron Eagle Flies: Buddhism for the West. London: Penguin Books, 1991.

Kim, Hyung-Chan, Ed. The Korean Diaspora. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio, Inc., 1977.

Kim, Hyung-chan. Dictionary of Asian American History. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.

Kitagawa, Joseph. "Buddhism in America with Special Reference to Zen," Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 5:1 (July 1967), 32-57.

Kitano, Harry. The Japanese Americans. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987.

Kneightly, Alan. Into Every Life a Little Zen Must Fall: A Christian Philosopher Looks to Alan Watts and the East. Newburyport, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 1986.

Layman, Emma McCloy. Buddhism in America. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1976.

Lerner, Eric. Journey of Insight Meditation: A Personal Experience in the Buddha's Way. New York: Schocken Books, 1977.

Locke, Jennifer. "Shambhala in the Making? The Boston Cluster Site of the Tibetan Resettlement Project." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Lopez, Donald Jr. and Steven Rockefeller. The Christ and the Bodhisattva. Albany: SUNY Press, 1987.

Matthiessen, Peter. Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982. Boston: Shambhala, 1985.

Melendy, H. Brett. Chinese and Japanese Americans: Their Contribution to American Society. New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., 1984.

Mitchell, Elise. Sun Buddhas, Moon Buddhas: A Zen Quest. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1973.

Montero, Darrel. Vietnamese Americans: Patterns of Resettlement and Socioeconomic Adaptation in the United States. Colorado: Westview Press, 1979.

Morreale, Don, ed. Buddhist America: Centers, Retreats, Practice. Santa Fe, New Mexico: John Muir Publications, 1988.

Muenzen, Paul. "The Kwan Um School of Zen." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Munekata, Ryo, ed. Buddhist Churches of America: Vol. 1, 75 Year History. Chicago: Nobart, Inc., 1974.

Murray, Anne L. "Jewels in the Net: Women Bringing Relation into the Light of American Buddhist Practice." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Nee, Victor G., and Brett de Bary. Longtime Californ': A Documentary Study of an American Chinatown. New York: Pantheon Books, 1973.

Nhat Hanh, Thich. The Miracle of Mindfulness. Boston: Beacon Press, 1975.

Phillips, Bryan L. "Gateways to the Mandala: A Study of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages in New England." Pluralism Project Research.

Pope, Harrison. The Road East: America's New Discovery of Eastern Wisdom. Boston: Beacon Press, 1974.

Prebish, Charles S. American Buddhism. North Scituate, Mass.: Duxbury Press, 1979.

Prothero, Steven. The White Buddhist: The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996.

Qin, Wen-jie. "Chinese Buddhism in New York City." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Rozak, Theodore. The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1969.

Rutledge, Paul. The Role of Religion in Ethnic Self-Identity: A Vietnamese Community. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985.

Sekiguchi, Shinda. Zen: A Manual for Westerners. San Francisco: Japan Publications, 1970.

Senzaki, Nyogen (with Shimano, Eido). Like a Dream, Like a Fantasy: The Zen Writings and Translations of Nyogen Senzaki. Tokyo: Japan Publications, 1978.

Seung Sahn. Only Don't Know: The Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn. Cumberland, Rhode Island: Primary Point Press, 1985.

Shen, C.T. Mayflower II: On the Buddhist Voyage to Liberation. Taipei: Torch of Wisdom Publishing House, 1983.

Sidor, Ellen S. A Gathering of Spirit: Women Teaching in American Buddhism. Cumberland, Rhode Island: Primary Point Press, 1987.

Skees, Susan. "Buddhist Social Action in the San Francisco Bay Area." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. New York: Weatherhill, 1970.

Takaki, Ronald. Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989.

Tri-State Buddhist Church, A History of Fifty Years of the Tri-State Buddhist Church. Denver: Tri State Buddhist Church, 1967.

Tsai, Shih-Shan Henry. The Chinese Experience in America. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1986.

Tuck, Donald. Buddhist Churches of America: Jodo Shinshu. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, Studies in American Religion Vol. 28, 1987.

Tweed, Thomas A. The American Encounter with Buddhism 1844-1912. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992.

Tworkov, Helen. Zen in America: Profiles of Five Teachers. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1989.

Walker, Susan, ed. Speaking of Silence: Christians and Buddhists on the Contemplative Way. New York: Paulist Press, 1987.

Ways of Work, Dynamic Action: Nyingma in the West. Berkeley: Dharma Publishing, 1987.

Williams, Duncan. "The Americanization of Buddhism; the Case of Portland, Oregon." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.

Yoon, Haeyoung. "Korean Buddhism in New York City." Pluralism Project Research, 1992.


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