Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Examples: Monday, today, last week, Mar 26, 3/26/04
Welcome home! Please contact lincoln@icrontic.com if you have any difficulty logging in or using the site. New registrations must be manually approved which may take several days. Can't log in? Try clearing your browser's cookies.

Free Dharma E-Books

edited September 2010 in Buddhism Basics
There are free, high-quality dharma e-books at this website... for those who are learning about Buddhism. This is a helpful resource.

___________________________________
http://www.buddhanet.net/


* General Buddhism : 46 eBooks
* Buddhist Meditation : 36 eBooks
* Text And Teachings
- Theravada Sutras : 50 eBooks
- Mahayana Sutras : 27 eBooks
* Buddhist History & Art : 17 eBooks
* Children's Books : 26 eBooks

Words have the power to both destroy and heal.

When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

General Buddhism

1. (1,523 KB) Good Question, Good Answer [Revised 4th edition] — Ven. S. Dhammika
2. (246 KB) The Four Noble Truths — Ven. Ajahn Sumedho
3. (148 KB) Now is the Knowing — Ven. Ajahn Sumedho
4. (511 KB) Intuitive Awareness — Ven. Ajahn Sumedho
5. (1,188 KB) The Noble Eightfold Path - The Way to the End of Suffering — Bhikkhu Bodhi
6. (488 KB) The Eightfold Path for the Householder — Jack Kornfeld
7. (276 KB) Fundamentals of Buddhism — Dr Peter D. Santina
8. (2,233 KB) The Tree of Enlightenment — Dr Peter D. Santina
9. (481 KB) The Buddha, His Life and Teachings — Ven. Piyadassi
10. (124 KB) Buddhism in a Nutshell — Ven. Narada, Thera
11. (1,240 KB) Essential Themes of Buddhist Lectures — Ven. Sayadaw U Thittila
12. (890 KB) Reading the Mind — K. Khao-Suan-Luang
13. (258 KB) Scientific Acceptability of Rebirth — Dr. Granville Dharmawardena
14. (1,461 KB) A Tree in the Forest — A Collection of Ajahn Chah's Similes
15. (3,281 KB) Wind in the Forest — Poems by Ven. Sujiva
16. (948 KB) Dharma Mind, Worldly Mind — David Smith
17. (130 KB) Buddhism as a Religion — Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda
18. (2,220 KB) What Buddhists Believe (Expanded 4th edition) — Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda
19. (735 KB) The Buddhist Way — Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda
20. (130 KB) Buddhism for the Future — Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda
21. (542 KB) Facing the Future — Bhikkhu Bodhi
22. (397 KB) Snow in the Summer — Ven. Sayadaw U Jotika
23. (469 KB) Animal Magnetism — Francis Story
24. (138 KB) From Womb to Womb — Francis Story
25. (336 KB) Handbook For Mankind — Buddhadasa, Bhikkhu
26. (150 KB) The Natural Cure for Spiritual Disease — Buddhadasa, Bhikkhu
27. (840 KB) Buddha Dhamma for University Students — Buddhadasa, Bhikkhu
28. (1,002 KB) Only We Can Help Ourselves — Ven. Dhammavuddho
29. (480 KB) The Art of Living — Ven. Master Chin Kung
30. (439 KB) To Understand Buddhism — Ven. Master Chin Kung
31. (321 KB) Buddhism as an Education — Ven. Master Chin Kung
32. (321 KB) The Light of Asia — Sir Edwin Arnold. (TEXT ONLY)
33. (1,083 KB) Buddha's Constant Companion - Ven. Ananda — by Ven. Weragoda Sarada
34. (795 KB) Women in Buddhism - Question & Answers — Ven. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Ph.D.
35. (401 KB) The Position of Women in Buddhism — Dr. (Mrs.) L.S. Dewaraja
36. (1,010 KB) One Foot in the World — Lily de Silva
37. (199 KB) Preparing for Death & Helping the Dying — Sangye Khadro
38. (1,084 KB) A Guide to a Proper Buddhist Funeral — Koperasi Buddhisme Malaysia Berhad
39. (485 KB) The Many Faces of Death — Jacqui James
40. (4,208 KB) To Cherish All Life — Roshi Philip Kapleau
41. (3,344 KB) Buddhist Pilgrimage — Chan Khoon San
42. (929 KB) Beyond Belief: A Buddhist Critique of Fundamental Christianity — A. L. De Silva
43. (3,064 KB) Phra Buddha Dhammacakra — Wat Phra Rama
44. (1,026 KB) Liao-Fan's Four Lessons — Liao-Fan Yuan
45. (4,767 KB) The Seeker's Glossary of Buddhism — Sutra Translation Committee of USA/Canada

Buddhist Meditation

1. (340 KB) Fundamentals of Ch'an Meditation Practice — by Ting Chen, Tr. Master Lok To.
2. (470 KB) The Gates of Chan Buddhism — by Venerable Jing Hui.
3. (1,590 KB) The Sweet Dews of Ch'an — by Reverend Cheng Kuan.
4. (1,035 KB) Taming the Monkey Mind — Cheng Wei-an. Tr. by Dharma Master Suddhisukha.
5. (182 KB) Practical Vipassana Exercises — Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw.
6. (435 KB) Seven Stages of Purification & Insight Knowledges — Ven. Matara Sri Nanarama.
7. (1,428 KB) A Map of the Journey — Ven. Sayadaw U Jotika.
8. (1,259 KB) Keeping the Breath in Mind & Lessons in Samadhi — Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo.
9. (671 KB) Frames of Reference — Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo.
10. (340 KB) Dhamma Discourses on Vipassana Meditation — Ven. Sayadaw U Kundala.
11. (270 KB) Living Meditation, Living Insight — Dr. Thynn Thynn.
12. (385 KB) A Guide to Awareness — H.H. Somdet Phra Ñanasamvara.
13. (2,371 KB) On The Path To Freedom — Sayadaw U Pandita.
14. (861 KB) Mindfulness: The Path of the Deathless — Ven. Ajahn Sumedho.
15. (590 KB) Invitation to Insight Meditation — Ven. Visuddhacara.
16. (391 KB) The Vipassana Retreat — Ven. Pannyavaro.
17. (158 KB) Insight Meditation Workshop Online — Ven. Pannyavaro.
18. (100 KB) The Art of Attention — Ven. Pannyavaro.
19. (143 KB) For the Stilling of Volcanoes — Ven. Sujiva.
20. (3,342 KB) Essentials of Insight Meditation Practice — Ven. Sujiva.
21. (211 KB) Loving-kindness Meditation — Ven. Sujiva.
22. (372 KB) The Power of Mindfulness — Ven. Nyanaponika Thera.
23. (590 KB) The Four Sublime States — Ven. Nyanaponika Thera.
24. (2,521 KB) Brahmavihara Dhamma — Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw.
25. (2,842 KB) Hello - with Love & Other Meditations — Ven. Visuddhacara.
26. (1,681 KB) Metta Bhavana, Loving-kindness Meditation — Ven. Dhammarakkhita.
27. (431 KB) Guided Meditation for Primary Students — BuddhaNet's Buddhist Studies for Schools.
28. (80 KB) Seeding the Heart — Gregory Kramer.
29. (4,366 KB) Settling back into the moment — Joseph Goldstein.
30. (2,908 KB) Knowing and Seeing — Ven. Pa-Auk Sayadaw.
31. (1,176 KB) The Practice which Leads to Nibbana — Ven. Pa-Auk Sayadaw.
32. (1,040 KB) Mindfulness of Breathing & Four Elements Meditation — Ven. Pa-Auk Sayadaw.
33. (1,287 KB) Anapanasati - Mindfulness of Breathing — Ven. Buddhadasa Bhikkhu.
34. (891 KB) Buddhist Meditation and Depth Psychology — Douglas M. Burns.
35. (1,485 KB) A Critical Analysis of the Jhãnas in Theravãda Buddhist Meditation
36. (288 KB) Sri Lakan Monasteries-Monastics.(76 KB) Sri Lankan Monasteries-Laypeople.

Text And Teachings:
Theravada Sutras:

1. (633 KB) Guide to Tipitaka — Compiled by U KO Lay.
2. (1,815 KB) Daily Readings from Buddha's Words of Wisdom — by Ven. S. Dhammika.
3. (752 KB) Essentials of Buddhism — Ven. Pategama Gnanarama Ph.D.
4. (2,274 KB) Aspects of Early Buddhist Thought — Ven. Pategama Gnanarama Ph.D.
5. (495 KB) The Book of Protection (Paritta) — Translated by Ven. Piyadassi, Thera.
6. (241 KB) The Dhammapada, Buddha's Path of Wisdom — Ven. Acharya Buddharakkita.
7. (592 KB) The Dhammapada, a Translation — Ven. Thanissaro, Bhikkhu.
8. (3,839 KB) Treasury of Truth - Dhammapada (Text Version) — Ven. W. Sarada Maha Thero.
9. (21, 511 KB) Treasury of Truth - Illustrated Dhammapada — Ven. W. Sarada Maha Thero.
10. (2,026 KB) Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta — Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw.
11. (504 KB) Transcendental Dependent Arising — Bhikkhu Bodhi.
12. (2,620 KB) Sigalovada Sutta - Illustrated — Compiled by Ven. K. Dhammasiri.
13. (1,128 KB) Maha Satipatthana Sutta — Translated by U Jotika & U Dhamminda.
14. (1,027 KB) The Mission Accomplished — Ven. Pategama Gnanarama Ph.D.
15. (896 KB) The Debate of King Milinda — Bhikkhu Pesala.
16. (3,416 KB) The Buddha and His Teachings — Ven. Narada Maha Thera.
17. (1,481 KB) A Manual of Abhidhamma — Ven. Narada Maha Thera.
18. (690 KB) Abhidhamma Studies (Buddhist Psychology) — Ven. Nyanaponika Thera.
19. (3,254 KB) Buddha Abhidhamma - Ultimate Science — Dr Mehn Tin Mon.
20. (1,673 KB) Practising Dhamma with a View to Nibbana — Radhika Abeysekera.
21. (3,129 KB) The Teachings of Ajahn Chah — Ven. Ajahn Chah.
22. (1,249 KB) A Taste of Freedom — Ven. Ajahn Chah.
23. (1,479 KB) Bhavana Vandana - Book of Devotion — Compiled by Ven. Gunaratana.
24. (1,690 KB) Ordination Procedure — Pali / English.
25. (435 KB) Chanting Book — Pali / English.
26. (402 KB) A Pali Word A Day — Mahindarama Sunday Pali School.
27. (1642 KB) Pali Buddhist Dictionary [4th Edition] — Ven. Nyanatiloka [Pali Studies]
28. (822 KB) Elementary Pali Course — Ven. Narada, Thera. [Pali Studies]
29. (479 KB) A Grammar of the Pali Language — Chas Durioselle. [Pali Studies]
30. (930 KB) With Robes & Bowl - Glimpses of the Thudong Bhikkhu Life — Bhikkhu Kantipalo.
31. (1,000 KB) The Bhikkhus' Rules - Guide for Laypeople — Bhikkhu Ariyesako.
32. (1,354 KB) The Bhikkhuni Patimokkha of the Six Schools — Chatsumarn Kabilsingh Ph.D.
33. (1,773 KB) Inspiration from Enlightened Nuns — Susan Elbaum Jootla.
34. (2,799 KB) Buddhist Women at the Time of the Buddha — Hellmuth Hecker.
35. (342 KB) The Buddha and His Disciples — Ven. S. Dhammika.
36. (886 KB) No Inner Core: An Introduction to the Doctrine of Anatta — Sayadaw U Silananda.
37. (1,169 KB) Volition: An Introduction of the Law of Kamma — Sayadaw U Silanada.
38. (1,739 KB) The 31 Planes of Existence — Ven. Suvanno Mahathera.
39. (1,662 KB) The Roots of Good and Evil — Ven. Nyanaponika Thera.
40. (1,050 KB) Good, Evil & Beyond: Kamma in the Buddha's Teachings — Bhikkhu P.A. Payutto.
41. (2,797 KB) Dying to Live: The Role of Kamma in Dying & Rebirth — Aggacitta Bhikkhu.
42. (2,250 KB) Kathina: Then and Now — Aggacitta Bhikkhu.
43. (1,986 KB) Acariya Mun Bhuridatta - A Spiritual Biography — Tr. Bhikkhu Dick Silaratano.
44. (4,164 KB) Acariya Mun Bhuridatta - Screen Version — Tr. Bhikkhu Dick Silaratano.
45. (3,992 KB) Clearing the Path — Nanavira Thera. [Screen Viewing]
46. (3,681 KB) Clearing the Path — Nanavira Thera. [Print Version 01]
47. (2,602 KB) Clearing the Path — Nanavira Thera. [Print Version 02]
48. (726 KB) Vandana: Pali Devotional Chanting — by Ven. E. Indaratana.
49. (1,542 KB) Theravadin Buddhist Chinese Funeral — Ven. Suvanno.
50. (2,650 KB) Forest Path — Wat Pah Nanachat community.

Mahayana Sutras:

1. (1,474 KB) Cloud and Water — Venerable Master Hsing Yun.
2. (790 KB) Teachings in Chinese Buddhism — The Most Venerable Yin Shun.
3. (4,105 KB) Popular Deities of Chinese Buddhism — Kuan Ming.
4. (1,387 KB) Pure Land Buddhism — Patriarch Chih I & Master Thich Thien Tam.
5. (794 KB) Pure-Land Zen, Zen Pure-land — Letters from Patriarch Yin Kuang.
6. (743 KB) The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra (2nd Edition) — Tr. by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Tsang.
7. (1,980 KB) The Surangama Sutra — Tr. by Upàsaka Lu K'uan Yu (Charles Luk).
8. (533 KB) Commentary on the Infinite Life Sutra — Ven. Master Chin Kung.
9. (2,702 KB) The Diamond Sutra — Dhyana Master Hsuan Hua.
10. (895 KB) Sutra of the Medicine Buddha — Dharma Master Hsuan Jung.
11. (1,134 KB) The Sutra of the Master of Healing — Revised by Upasaka Shen Shou-Liang.
12. (321 KB) Sutra on Ksitigarbha Bodhisatta — Translated by Ms Pitt Chin Hui.
13. (1,216 KB) Sutra on the Eight Great Realization of Great Beings — Thich Nhat Hanh.
14. (322 KB) Sutra on the Merits of the Master of Healing — Master Hsuan-tsang.
15. (1,058 KB) The Vows of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra Sutra — Tr. by Upasika Chihmann.
16. (2,675 KB) Lamdre - Dawn of Enlightenment — Lama Choedak Yuthok.
17. (487 KB) Bodhicharyavatara — Shantideva.
18. (1,615 KB) The Wisdom of Nagarjuna — Dr Peter Della Santina.
19. (535 KB) Sixty Songs of Milarepa — Translated by Garma C.C. Chang.
20. (945 KB) Manual of Zen Buddhism — D.T.Suzuki, D.Litt.
21. (566 KB) Mãtrceta's Hymn to the Buddha — Translated by Ven. S. Dhammika.
22. (572 KB) Three Teachings — Ven. Tenzin Palmo.
23. (474 KB) Make Your Mind an Ocean — Ven. Lama Thubten Yeshe.
24. (401 KB) Becoming Your Own Therapist — Ven. Lama Thubten Yeshe.
25. (528 KB) Virtue and Reality — Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
26. (932 KB) Advice for Monks and Nuns — Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
27. (804 KB) Transforming Problems Into the Dharma Path — Ven. Thubten Gyatso.
Buddhist History & Art:
1. (723 KB) Buddhism in Sri Lanka - A Short History — H.R. Perera.
2. (1,245 KB) Buddhist Ceremonies and Ritual of Sri Lanka — A.G.S. Kariyawasam.
3. (650 KB) Buddhism in Myanmar - A Short History — Roger Bischoff.
4. (431 KB) Buddhism in Thailand — Karuna Kusalasaya.
5. (1,499 KB) Buddhism in Thailand — Published by The World Buddhist University.
6. (668 KB) The Edicts of King Asoka — English rendering by Ven. S. Dhammika.
7. (1,581 KB) King Asoka and Buddhism — Anuradha Seneviratna.
8. (2,671 KB) Biographies of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo & H.H. The 41st Sakya Trizin
9. (1,579 KB) Charisma in Buddhism — Ven. Piyasilo.
10. (1,843 KB) Honour Thy Fathers — Terry Shine.
11. (4,607 KB) Acariya Mun Bhuridatta - A Spiritual Biography — with Photographs.
12. (607 KB) Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms — Fa-Hien.
13. (1,764 KB) The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism — Min Bahadur Shakya. (Text only)
14. (5,520 KB) The Iconography of Nepalese Buddhism — Min Bahadur Shakya.
15. (3,584 KB) Buddhist Arts in Thailand — Ms Charuwan Chareonla.
16. (9,976 KB) Thai-Cambodian Culture - Relationship through Arts — Ms Charuwan Chareonla.

Children's Books:

1. (3,140 KB) Angulimala — G.K. Ananda Kumarasiri. (Illustrated)
2. (2,231 KB) Love Your Children the Right Way — Panyananda Bhikkhu.
3. (1,495 KB) Who's the Boss — Gambhiro Bhikkhu (Illustrated)
4. (2,454 KB) In the Dead of Night — Gambhiro Bhikkhu (Illustrated)
5. (2,766 KB) Dhammapada Stories — Gambhiro Bhikkhu (Illustrated)
6. (792 KB) An Upside Down World — Gambhiro Bhikkhu (Illustrated)
7. (1,490 KB) The One-Who-Saw — Gambhiro Bhikkhu (Illustrated)
8. (1,881 KB) Rahula Leads the Way — Ven. S. Dhammika & Susan Harmer (Illustrated)
9. (1,541 KB) Buddhist Tales for Young & Old (Vol. 1) 'Prince Goodspeaker' (Illustrated Version)
10. (2,803 KB) Buddhist Tales for Young & Old (Vol. 2) 'King Fruitful' (Illustrated Version)
11. (80 KB) Seeding the Heart — Gregory Kramer.
12. (4,672 KB) Story of the Buddha Text Book - Primary Students
13. (4,075 KB) Story of the Buddha Colouring Book -Primary Students
14. (431 KB) Guided Meditation for Primary Students
15. (1,725 KB) Life of the Buddha for Secondary Students [A4 Size, Print Quality Only].
16. (710 KB) Colour in a Buddha Picture
17. (908 KB) Colour in a Dharma Wheel
18. (825 KB) Colour in a Lotus Flower
19. (844 KB) Colour in a Bodhi Leaf
20. (679 KB) Colour in a Buddhist Flag
21. (703 KB) Colour in a Bodhi Leaf Painting for Vesak
22. (131 KB) Buddhist Greeting
23. (2,097 KB) Creating Vesak Gifts
24. (156 KB) Maha (Great) Buddhist Crossword Puzzles
25. (4,082 KB) Key Stage 1: Illustrated Textbook on Buddhism for children aged between 5-7.
26. (2,065 KB) Key Stage 2: Illustrated Textbook on Buddhism for children aged between 7-11.

Comments

Sign In or Register to comment.