PDFs for Download
- A Happy Married Life by Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda
In Buddhism, one can find all the necessary advice which can help one to lead a happy married life. One should not neglect the advice given by the Enlightened Teacher if one really wants to lead a happy married life. In His discourses, the Buddha gave various kinds of advice for married couples and for those who are contemplating marriage.
A Map off the Journey by Venerable Sayadaw U Jotika
People who read a map have very different ideas of the real landscape. Maps are useful; without them you can get lost, but you have to travel and explore to understand how the place in the map really looks like, and the two look quite different although they are related. There is a big difference between a map and a real landscape: a map is a simplified version of the real landscape.
This book gives a thorough background to the Path with much detail about the various insight stages. The Sayadaw explains this with many stories from his own practice and from his many teachers.
Buddhism in a Nutshel by Ven. Narada Thera
Buddhism in a Nutshell:This is a classic on the basics of Buddhism by Ven. Narada Thera: The Story of the Buddha; The Teachings (Dhamma) is it a philosophy? Is Buddhism a religion? Is Buddhism an Ethical system? Some salient features of Buddhism. Karma or the Law of Moral Causation. Rebirth. Dependent Arising (Paticca Samuppada). Anatta or Soul-lessness. Nibbana and the Path to Nibbana.
Essential Themes of Buddhist Lectures by U Thittila
A wide range of talks given in the West by a dedicated and eloquent Burmese monk over the period 1938-1983. The talks are grouped in five sections: Introductory Talks, Talks Involving Sila, Talks Involving Samadhi, Talks Involving Panna, and Buddhism in General. (G#192)
Good Question, Good Answer by Ven. S. Dhammika
Venerable Shravasti Dhammika is a distinguished lecturer and Buddhist monk from Australia . He has spoken on Buddhism and Asian religions in universities and on television and radio in Australia and through Asia . In this book Venerable Dhammika answers questions that people often ask about the Buddha’s teachings.
How to Live Without Fear & Worry
by K. Sri Dhammananda
Bilingual: English-Burmese
Getting rid of fear and worry and the pursuit of happiness are goals of all human beings irrespective of caste, creed or race.
This book organized in four parts, namely 1. Worry and is source 2. How to overcome worry now 3. Ingredients for Happiness and 4. Techniques for happy and successful living.
The approach is based on Buddha’s teachings of Right Understanding but the author also uses many examples from other religions and great thinkers.
Life of the Buddha, for Secondary Students
This “Life of the Buddha” has been prepared for secondary school students. There are exercises with each story which teachers can elaborate on when it is used as a text book. However, while the stories are simple and brief, they do follow the scriptural tradition and so are of value for the general reader who wishes to learn about the Buddha’s life.
Snow in the Summer by Venerable Sayadaw U Jotika
Excerpts from letters written by a Burmese monk to his friends and students. The subjects covered include: mindfulness, meditation, parental love and guidance, life and death, relationships and loving kindness.
The Buddha and his Teachings
By Venerable Narada Mahathera
This book is one of the clearest and most detailed introductions to the fundamental teachings of Buddhism. It explains the common basic of all Buddhism in simple and lucid language.
The first part of the work is devoted to the life of the Buddha. The remainder of the book explains in detail the Buddha’s teachings, the final chapters showinig the relevance of Buddhism to the problems of modern life.
The Manuals of Buddhism
The Expositions of the Buddha Dhamma
By Maha Thera Ledi Sayadaw
Aggamaha Pandita , D. Litt
his book is a collection of eight manuals in which Ledi Sayadaw gives an extremely clear and detailed explanation of the Buddha’s teaching. His definitive exposition covers issues such as Kamma, soul theory, burdens of dukkha, right view and Buddhist cosmology. Ledi Sayadaw, who died in 1923, is acknowledged throughout Burma as one of the great Buddhist masters of our age.
The Sigalovada in Pictures. A pictoral Presentation of the Advice to Sigola.
Compiled by Ven. K. Dhammasiri
The Sigalovada Sutta explicitly explains the family and social relationships. It gives a set of instructions and teachings that pertain to man’s socio-economic and spiritual progress.Modern man can lead a very happy and prosperous life if he understands the significance of these social relations explained in the Sigalovada Sutta.
The Supreme Science of the Buddha
By Egerton C. Baptist
Bilingual : English-Burmese
The Buddha denied the fundamental teachings of most religions, based on the fear of the unknown and on blind faith. He taught a rational and tolerant teaching that could be tested and verified by personal experience.
This book discusses the salient thoughts of Buddhism – kamma and rebirth for instance – and indicates how the developments in modern western science confirm the Buddha’s transcendental vision.
What Buddhists Believe, Expanded 4th Edition, Dr. K. Sri Dhammanada
What Buddhists Believe’ is the Book for all those who seek knowledge about what Buddhism is.
This book is written with a specific aim in mind: to introduce the original teaching clearly and without recourse to exaggeration, cultural implications or disparaging of particular schools of Buddhism, so that the reader can understand the Buddha Dhamma its modern context.- Buddhism in Myanmar, A Short History
by Roger Bischoff
© 1996–2010
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