Updated 1st May 2012
Photograph of different editions of
Introducing Buddhism, by Venerable Dr Balangoda Ananda Maitreya and Jacquetta Gomes (Jayasili).
Introducing Buddhism has been published in Sri Lanka by the BCC Buddhist Cultural Centre, and in Taiwan by the Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation. It was also published by Inward Path Publishers in Malaysia as Buddhism: A Quick Introduction.
Introducing Buddhism. Venerable Dr Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Mahanayaka Thera Abhidhaja Maharatthaguru Aggamaha Pandita DLitt DLitt, and Jayasili (Jacquetta Gomes). Taipei, Taiwan: The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation, 2008 reprint of 2007. (Book code EN074) (This includes as an appendix the booklet: Requirements and Ceremonies for The Five Precepts (Panca Sila), The Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood as the Eighth (Ajivatthamaka Sila), Dhamma Teachers Certificate, issued by the Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada) and Ketumati Buddhist Vihara at Wesak 2006 updatedFebruary 2010)
This is available online at the Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational Foundation (Taiwan) website
www.budaedu.org/ebooks/
www.budaedu.org click on Downloads
Dictionaries
Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines. Nyanatiloka Maha Thera. 5th edition. Kandy (Sri Lanka): BPS Buddhist Publication Society, 2004. (ISBN 955-24-0019-8)
A Dictionary of Buddhism. Damien Keown. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. (ISBN 0-19-860560-9)
Glossary
Ayya – a Buddhist nun
Bhante – “Venerable Sir” (a respectful way of addressing a Buddhist monk)
Bhikkhu – a fully ordained Buddhist monk
Dhamma – the teachings of the Buddha
Maha Sangha – the community of Theravada Buddhist monks
Pali – the language in which the Theravada Buddha’s teachings have been recorded
Sila –Buddhist morality or ethics
Sutta– a discourse
Theravada – literally “The Teaching of the Elders”
Upasaka– a male lay disciple
Upasika – a female lay disciple
Vihara – monastery
Booksellers
Most titles mentioned in this booklet are available from Wisdom:
Wisdom Books
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England, UK
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Wisdom Publications
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USA
Telephone 617-776-7416
www.wisdompubs.org
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Membership is available of:
BPS Buddhist Publication Society
P.O. Box 61
54 Sangharaja Mawatha
Kandy
Sri Lanka
Telephone from the UK 0094 81 2237283
www.bps.lk, Email: admin@bps.lk
Theravada Buddhist Texts, dictionaries and related works are available from:
PTS Pali Text Society
c/o CPI Anthony Rowe Ltd
Unit 4, Pegasus Way
Bowerhill Industrial Estate
Melksham
Wiltshire
SN12 6TR
Telephone 01179175341
www.palitext.com,Email:pts@palitext.com
Information on Buddhism, books, cassettes and CD’s are available from:
The Buddhist Society
58 Eccleston Square
London
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Telephone 0207 834 5858
www.thebuddhistsociety.org
Email: info@thebuddhistsociety.org
Audio Materials
Introducing Buddhism Course. Recorded by Bryan Appleyard. 2006. 7 CDs with Introducing Buddhism booklet and A4 photocopy of the Wheel of Life. (Available from The Buddhist Society)
The Buddha’s Teaching As It Is. Bhikkhu Bodhi. 10 lectures. (Available for download from www.bodhimonastery.net/talks_audio.html
Web Sites
www.accesstoinsight.org
Most Suttas mentioned in this booklet and many of the BPS Buddhist Publication Society publications are available online at www.accesstoinsight.org, which is currently the best source of Sutta translations on the Internet.
Introducing Buddhism, by Venerable Dr Balangoda Ananda Maitreya and Jacquetta Gomes is also available on www.accesstoinsight.org
Other useful web sites include:
www.buddhistcc.com- (the website of the BCC Buddhist Cultural Centre Sri Lanka)
http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/global.html- (the web site for theJournal of Buddhist Ethics)
www.bhavanasociety.org – (the web site for the Bhavana Society – includes information on the Ajivatthamaka Sila and the Eight Lifetime Precepts)
www.bodhimonastery.net- (contains talks by Bhikkhu Bodhi which are available for download)
www.buddhanet.net- (web site of the Buddha Dharma Education Association inc.)
www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html-(the World Wide Web Virtual Library – Buddhism Section)
www.dhamma.ru/sadhu – (a Theravada Buddhism webdirectory and portal)
www.dhammatalks.org.uk/- (features Dhamma talks by the Thai Forest Sangha which are available for download)
www.dharmanet.org- (Buddhist resources and web links)
www.dharmavijaya.org –(the web site for the Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara)