GENERAL PURE LAND BUDDHISM
PURE LAND: History, Tradition, and Practice.
Charles Jones. Shambhala Publications, 2021
GREAT FAITH, GREAT WISDOM: Practice and Awakening in the Pure Land Sutras of Mahayana Buddhism. Ratnaguna and Sraddhapa. Windhorse Publications, 2016
NEVER DIE ALONE: Death as Birth in Pure Land Buddhism. Edited by Jonathan Watts and Yoshiharu Tomatsu. Jodo Shu Press, Tokyo, 2008
THE PURE LAND HANDBOOK: A Mahayana Buddhist
Approach to Death and Rebirth. Dharma Master YongHua (no date of publication)
ASVAGHOSHA’S DISCOURSE ON THE AWAKENING OF FAITH IN THE MAHAYANA. Translated by D. T. Suzuki. Asian Humanities Press, 1900
BECOMING KUAN-YIN: the Evolution of Compassion. Stephen Levine. Weiser Books 2013
THE ESSENTIAL LOTUS: Selections from the Lotus Sutra. Translated by Burton Watson. Columbia University Press, 2002
HONEN & JODO SHU BUDDHISM
HONEN, THE BUDDHIST SAINT: Essential Writings and Official Biography
Edited by Joseph A. Fitzgerald. World Wisdom, Inc, 2006
THE PROMISE OF AMIDA BUDDHA: Honen’s Path To Bliss. Translated by Joji Atone and Yoko Hayashi. Wisdom Publications, 2011
THE ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS of HONEN SHONIN. Jodo Shu North American Missions 2022
CHINESE PURE LAND BUDDHISM
PURE-LAND ZEN, ZEN PURE-LAND: Letters from Patriarch Yin Kuang. Translated by Master Thich Thien Tam. Sutra Translation Committee of the United States and Canada, 1992
KUAN-YIN: the Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara. Chun-fang Yu. Columbia University Press, 2001
CHINESE BUDDHISM: a Thematic History. Chun-fang Yu. University of Hawaii Press, 2020
THE LAND OF BLISS: The Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light Sanskrit and Chinese Versions of the Sukhavativyuha Sutras. Introduction and English Translations by Luis O. Gomez. University of Hawai’i Press, 1996
SHINRAN & JODO SHINSHU BUDDHISM
RIVER OF FIRE, RIVER OF WATER: An Introduction to the Pure Land Tradition of Shin Buddhism. Taitetsu Unno. Doubleday, 1998
TANNISHO: A Shin Buddhist Classic. Translated by Taitetsu Unno. Buddhist Study Center Press, 1996
BUDDHISM OF THE HEART: Reflections on Shin Buddhism and Inner Togetherness. Jeff Wilson. Wisdom Publications, 2009
THE ESSENTIAL SHINRAN: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting. Edited by Alfred Bloom. World Wisdom, Inc., 2007
BUDDHA OF INFINITE LIGHT: The teachings of Shin Buddhism, the Japanese Way of Wisdom and Compassion. D. T. Suzuki. Shambhala Publications, 2002
CALL OF THE INFINITE: The Way of Shin Buddhism. John Paraskevopoulos. Angelico Press, 2009
HEART OF THE SHIN BUDDHIST PATH: A Life of Awakening. Takamaro Shigaraki.Wisdom Publications, 2013
IPPEN & JISHU BUDDHISM
NO ABODE: The Record of Ippen. Dennis Hirota. University of Hawaii Press, 1986
ZEN BUDDHISM
FINDING OUR TRUE HOME: Living in the Pure Land Here and Now. Thich Nhat Hanh. Parallax Press, 2001
HEALING BREATH: Zen for Christians and Buddhists
in a Wounded World. Ruben L.F. Habito. Wisdom Publications, 2006
LIVING ZEN, LOVING GOD
Ruben L.F. Habito Wisdom Publications, 2004
BOOKS WRITTEN BY AMIDA BUDDHIST ORDER MEMBERS
WHO LOVES DIES WELL: On the Brink of Buddha’s Pure Land. David J. Brazier Mantra Books, 2007
THE OTHER BUDDHISM: Caroline Brazier. John Hunt Publisshinh. 2007
YOU MIGHT AS WELL DIE HERE AS ANYWHERE: A Buddhist Nun’s Journey in Zambia. Modgala Louise Duguiod. Lulu, 2011