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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The life of the Buddha and the early history of his order	William Woodville Rockhill	Chiefly on life of Buddha; Thai version rendered by Rātchabandittayasathān, Thailand; cremation volume for Samō̜nrattanasirichēt, Princess, 1853-1931.	OL1048217W
Beauty of high hills	Barbara Bingley	A retelling of traditional stories from Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet which recount the power of Buddha and other gods in their interaction with mankind.	OL1051701W
Buddhaland Brooklyn	Richard C. Morais	"From the writer whose debut sleeper, The Hundred-Foot Journey, charmed readers in the United States and around the world (18 countries and counting) comes another modern day fairytale also about a m…	OL16564550W
Buddha's wife	Gabriel Constans	Buddha's Wife is a novel about compassion, inspiration and forgiveness. What happened to Yasodhara and her infant son son, Rahula, after her husband (Siddhartha) left her sleeping in the middle of th…	OL17698328W
Seeking peace	Mary Bray Pipher	In this inspiring memoir, the author of Reviving Ophelia explores her personal search for understanding, tranquility, and respect through her work as a psychologist and seeker. "There are three kinds…	OL18715180W
Breakfast with Buddha	Roland Merullo	When his sister tricks him into taking her guru on a trip to their childhood home, Otto Ringling, a confirmed skeptic, is not amused. Six days on the road with an enigmatic holy man who answers every…	OL1884209W
At home in the world	Thích Nhất Hạnh	This collection of autobiographical and teaching stories span the authors life and they are used to enrich and teach the Dharma. There are stories from his childhood and the traditions of rural Vietn…	OL20042884W
Siddhartha Gotama of the Sakya clan	M. Chandrasoma	Author's letters to his American grandson; chiefly on the life of the Gautama Buddha and his teachings.	OL2598233W
Verdades sobre el Tíbet, los dalái lamas y el budismo	Bernard Baudouin	Historia de los jefes religiosos y políticos quiénes desde el siglo XV tienen dirige el Tíbet jusqu tiene 1959, pero también el actual dalái lama, en el exilio, que labora a favor de la acciyn sin vi…	OL26437291W
A spacious life	Narissa Doumani	'Meditation and mindfulness are tools for working with the mind, but where they have led me is to a blossoming of the heart.' What does a spiritual seeker look like? Could you pick one in a lineup? I…	OL27732118W
Bhagavāna Buddha	Dharmānanda Kosambī	On the life and philosophy of Lord Gautama Buddha.	OL28167738W
My Buddhist life	Marty Casey,Meg st Pierre	This clear and simple book answers questions about Buddhism by looking at the traditions of this major world religion. Large colour photographs show Buddhism through the eyes of children around the w…	OL28944199W
The black Buddhist	Meikle E. Paschal	In this transformative work, Meikle Paschal presents an energizing, unadulterated depiction of his growth and development as an African-American man seeking to achieve and define his existence. Throu…	OL28965773W
Prince Siddhartha	Jonathan Landaw	Recounts the story of Prince Siddhartha and how he became Buddha, the Awakened One.	OL3256286W
Hungry ghosts	Susan Dunlap	Set among the wistful Victorians of San Francisco, the second installment of the Darcy Lott series finds stuntwoman Darcy once again plagued by murder. Recently returned to San Francisco to assist he…	OL491253W
I am a Roman Catholic	Brenda Pettenuzzo,D. Samaeasekara,U. Samarasekara	A simple view of Roman Catholicism as practiced by a young English girl.	OL4989066W
Modern Buddhist Healing	Charles Atkins	xvii, 167 p. ; 21 cm	OL5829652W
Disciples of the Buddha	Robert Newman	"Disciples of the Buddha presents images of the eight surviving "Lohan" statues - remnants of one of the most renowned works of Eastern art. The complete original work consisted of sixteen or eightee…	OL8046201W
Powerful learning	Michael W. Charney	Powerful Learning is the first intellectual history of one of the great Buddhist empires of Southeast Asia, Konbaung Burma, before the British conquest. The book challenges the notion of the court an…	OL9091069W
Turtle feet	Nikolai Grozni	Nikolai Grozni was a music prodigy, a jazz pianisttraining at the prestigious Berklee College of Musicin Boston, when suddenly he decided to transformhis life. He moved to India to become a Buddhistm…	OL9936371W