History of Buddhism
- Le Bouddha historique :L'époque,
la vie et les enseignements de Gotama de Hans Wolfgang Schumann. Sully Editions
ISBN 2-911074-15-7. Ce livre relate la vie de Bouddha, débarrassée
de son aspect légendaire. Très intéressant et facile à
lire. Nous le recommandons vivement.
- Buddhism : A short introduction
de Klaus K Klostermaier. Onewolrd publication USA.ISBN 1-85168-186-8 L'origine
et le développement du Bouddhisme, les écoles Bouddhiques, les pratiques.
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La Sagesse du Bouddha : jean Boisselier, Découverte Gallimard Religions.
ISBN 2-7-053262-3. Petit livre très bien fait avec une belle iconographie.
Links about meditation and buddhism .
www.tipitaka.com/
You can order all the Theravada Canon in pali or in English sur CD rom.
www.buddhanet.net/
www.buddsoc.org.uk/
/www.tibet.com/
www.dhamma.org
: SN Goenka web site about Vipassana méditation
. You must see it.
www.accesstoinsight.org:
An English web site with all the
Theravada text. All the text, every concept with their explanation. A very good web site to understand the Theravada Buddhism.
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For a first reading about Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism we recommend you the following books.
We strongly recommend you to check "White lotus" edition (easy to find on Internet), they have a very good range of books about Burma and Buddhism.
Buddhism
-What Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. Point Sagesses Editions du Seui.l.ISBN
2-02-004799-3 Must be read by all who want to understand clearly and easily the teaching of Lord Buddha. This book is an absolute reference for itsclarity, its exactness and its precision.
- All the work of Alexandra David - Néel is to recommend for the one who is interested by Buddhism and by the Buddhists. For a first reading,, we recommend: Le Bouddhisme du Bouddha. Alexandra David-Néel. Pocket Edition.
Editions du Rocher ISBN2-266-05635-2
Buddhist symbol
- L'art Bouddhique : robert
e Fisher collection L'univers de L'art ISBN 2-87811-087-0. (French texte). Very interesting books which allow you to compare Buddhist art style (Mahayana and Theravada).
- Les
symboles du Bouddhisme Tibétain : Claude B levenson, Editions Assouline
ISBN 2-84323-145-0. (French text) Very nice pictures of Tibetan Buddhist art.
-Le
Livre du Bouddha : Divinités et Symboles rituels du Bouddhisme. Eva Rduy
Jansen Edition Binkey Kok ISBN 90-74597-20-3. Petit livre qui regroupe
les principaux mudras et symboles du Bouddhisme, principalement Mahyana. Toujours
utile à emporter ou à livre pour mieux comprendre la signification
des statues ou représentations.
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