Publications

Explanatory Notes Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation in collaboration with the International Network of Engaged Buddhists want to mark the 2,600 years of the Buddha?s Enlightenment, as well as his first sermon and the establishment of the Sangha in 2525 (or 2012 in the Common Era) by Thai calculation. The small joint effort is 1) to produce Thai books for the public to study the Buddhist teaching in order...

This Precious Life: Buddhist Tsunami Relief and Anti-Nuclear Activism in Post 3/11 Japan?  A Publication of the International Buddhist Exchange Center  This Precious Life:Buddhist Tsunami Relief and Anti-Nuclear Activism in Post 3/11 Japan Edited by Jonathan Watts Available March 31st!! US$10 : to order, contact the Editor at ogigaya@gmail.com ***(all articles will be eventually available on line) Introduction: Rev. Shojun Okano ? International Buddhist Exchange Center Editor?s Forward PART I: Buddhist Social Welfare:...

? A Souvenir Publication on His Centenary by BHADANT ANAND KAUSALYAYAN Translated by BHIKKHU CHANDRA BODHI

By Youth Training Program for Social Development (YT) Pradit Leelanimit and Savitree Pulsukkho Translated by Deer Park Institute (DPI) Jiraphat Buain, Martha Asselin, Jia-Ling Loo

Edited by JONATHAN S. WATTS and YOSHIHARU TOMATSU ? Care for the Dying in Thailand In the past, most people in Thailand died in their own houses. When a person was going to die, a monk or a group of monks would be sent for ...

Laszlo Zsolnai (ed.) Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation - A Buddhist Approach.Springer, 2011. (This book may be available at: Springer) The book presents new contributions of Buddhist economics to pressing socio-economic problems. Buddhism points out that emphasizing individuality and promoting the greatest fulfillment of the desires of the individual conjointly lead to destruction. The book promotes the basic value-choices of Buddhism, namely happiness, peace and permanence. Happiness research...

Rethinking Karma The Dharma of Social Justice Jonathan S. Watts, Editor ISBN 978-974-9511-78-7 2009. 364 pp, 14 x 21 cm THB 695 What is a Buddhist response to political oppression and economic exploitation? Does Buddhism encourage passivity and victimization? Can violent perpetrators be brought to justice without anger and retributive punishment? What does Buddhism say?or imply?about collective karma, and social justice? Rethinking Karma addresses these questions,...

In the Shadow of the Buddha: Secret Journeys, Sacred Histories and Spiritual Discovery in TibetRethinking KarmaRethinking Karma Part spiritual biography, part nail-biting undercover reporting, In the Shadow of the Buddha brings together Pistono?s quest to uncover long-hidden spiritual truths and real-time violations of religious freedom in Tibet. For nearly a decade, Matteo Pistono secretly carried out of Tibet evidence of atrocities by...

The Bodhisattva's Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged Buddhism's Front Lines Published by Clear View Press, September 2010 Hot off the press! Get your copy here! ***** ***** ? The Bodhisatttva's Embrace retails for $15.  Lots of ways to get your copy. Order by clicking on the PAYPAL BUTTON ABOVE, by mail from Clear View Project, 1933 Russell St., Berkeley CA 94703, from our website (see below) or...