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  The following books are awaiting transcription. Permission from the
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  titles, please let me know.


  Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
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    The Way It Is (Ven. Ajahn Sumedho)

    Forest Sangha Newsletter. Each issue contains a half-dozen or so articles,
    totaling about 20 pp.
        July 1994 -- "Is Buddhism a Religion" (Ajahn Sumedho); "More
           an agreement than an Order" (Ajahn Sucitto); More
        April 1994 -- "The Resolution of Conflict" (Ajahn Jagaro); Other
           articles by Ven. Sunnato, Sister Siripanna, Ajahn Sucitto; more
        Jan 1994 -- "Ajahn Chah Remembered" (Jack Kornfield); "Faith in
           Awakening" (a report on an Inter-religious conference at
           Amaravati); "Freedom in Restraint" by Sister Sundara; more
        Other past issues also available for transcription.


  Buddhist Publication Society
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*  Religious Responses to Dilemmas of Human Experience (Bodhi) [21pp]

  "Wheel" publications. These are small booklets (5" X 7"), between 20-100pp
   long.
*        Wheel #82. The Discourse Collection (Ireland) [36pp]
*        Wheel #116. Practical Advice for Meditators (Khantipalo) [35pp]
*        Wheel #147-9. The Wheel of Birth and Death (Khantipalo) [47pp]
*        Wheel #188. Ideal Solitude - Bhaddekaratta Sutta (Nanananda) [40pp]
*        Wheel #243-4. Forest Meditations (Khantipalo) [61pp]
*        Wheel #277-8. Transcendental Dependent Arising (Bodhi) [64pp]
*        Wheel #285-6. Buddhism & Social Action (Jones) [61pp]
*        Wheel #298-300. Thoughts on the Dhamma (Mahasi) [81pp]
*        Wheel #301-2. Investigation for Insight (Jootla) [62pp]
*        Wheel #303-4. Contemplation of Feeling (Nyanaponika) [45pp]
*        Wheel #316-7. Flight: Existential Conception of B'ism (Batchelor) [51pp]
*        Wheel #322-3. The Abhidhamma in Practice (Mendis) [74pp]
*        Wheel #342-4. Gemstones of the Good Dhamma (Dhammika) [78pp]
*        Wheel #345. Maha Kassapa: Father of the Sangha (Hecker) [37pp]
         Wheel #346/348. Buddhist Perspectives on the Ecocrisis [77pp]
*        Wheel #351-3. Jhanas in Theravada B'ist Meditation (Gunaratana) [75pp]
*        Wheel #360-1. Matrceta's Hymn to the Buddha (Dhammika) [44pp]
*        Wheel #363-4. Two Dialogues on Dhamma (Nyanasobhano) [64pp]
*        Wheel #365-6. Metta: Philosophy & Practice of Universal Love
                (Buddharakkhita) [47pp]
*        Wheel #367-9. Dana: The Practice of Giving (Bodhi) [71pp]
         Wheel #370/371. Satipatthana Vipassana (Ven Mahasi Sayadaw) [56pp]
*        Wheel #375-6. The Essential Practice - Part I (Webu) [46pp]
*        Wheel #384-5. The Essential Practice - Part II (Webu) [45pp]

  "Bodhi Leaf" publications. These are tiny pocket-sized booklets (4" X 5"),
   seldom longer than 30 pages.
*       BL 15. Buddhist Meditation (Story) [26pp]
*       BL 26. Our Reactions to Dukkha (Ashby) [26pp]
*       BL 79. Words Leading to Disenchantment (Soma) [22pp]
*       BL 85. Beginning Insight Meditation (Figen) [34pp]
        BL 102. Bhikkhu Tissa Dispels some doubts (Leonard Price) [46pp]
*       BL 109. Positive Response (Buddharakkhita) [34pp]
*       BL 117. A Buddhist View on Abortion (Nyanasobhano) [29pp]
*       BL 120. The Self-made Provate Prison (de Silva) [26pp]
*       BL 125. Prisoners of Karma (Karunaratna) [20pp]
*       BL 129. The Living Message of the Dhammapada (Bodhi) [26pp]
*       BL 130. The Blessed One's City of Dhamma (Horner) [27pp]
*       BL 131. Of Mindsets and Monkeypots (Ontl) [23pp]

  

  Malaysian Buddhist Meditation Society
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  Loving and Dying (Ven. Visuddhacara) [120pp]


  Other titles
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* Kammathana: The Basis of Practice (Ven. Maha Boowa) [190pp]
  "A Heart Released: The teachings of Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatta Thera" [40pp]
  The Life of Buddha for Young People (Ven. Ananda Maitreya) [90pp]

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   Mark Blackstad (mblacks@indyvax.iupui.edu)
      A Happy Married Life: a Buddhist Perspective (Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda)

   John Bullitt (john.bullitt@metta.ci.net)
     "Things as They Are", by Ven. Acariya Maha Boowa. Thanissaro Bh.,tr.

   Tom Fitton (TRFitton@aol.com)
*       Wheel #331/332: The Buddhist Philos. of Relations (Ledi Sayadaw) [82pp]
*       Wheel #231: Essentials of Buddha Dhamma in Med. Practice (Khin) [18pp]

   Myra I Fox (96:605/1)
*       BL 68. The Elimination of Anger (Piyadassa) [22pp]

   Bradford Griffith (bgrif@bgbbs.com)
        <between assignments>

   Larry Irwin (96:607/1)
        Wheel #162: Facets of Buddhist Thought (KN Jayatilleke)

   Barry Kapke (dharma@netcom.com):
        Bodhinyana -- Ajahn Chah
        Little Dust in our Eyes -- Ayya Khema

    Kathy Kimber (kimber@crl.com):
         Drinking Tea, Living Life (Visuddhacara)

   Pat Lapensee (pat.lapensee@fleming.edu)
        Wheel #16: Buddhism & Christianity (Helmuth von Glasenapp)
        Wheel #51: Taming the Mind (PTS)
        Wheel #259: Nourishing the Roots (Bhikkhu Bodhi)
        Bodhi Leaf #87: Buddhism as a Practical Teaching (Seneviratne)
        Bodhi Leaf #92: Radical Buddhism (Price)

   Gaston Losier
        Wheel #2: Vedanta & Buddhism (Helmuth von Glasenapp) [12pp]

   Steven McPeak (steven.mcpeak@metta.ci.net):
        <between assignments>
  
   Sabine Miller (sabine.miller@metta.ci.net)
        <between assignments>

   Maureen Riordan (maureen.riordan@metta.ci.net):
        <between assignments>

   Eileen Santer (josanter@aol.com)
*       BL 93. The Heart Awakened (Siriwardhana) [34pp]

   David Savage (david.savage@lchance.sat.tx.us):
        To the Last Breath (Ajahn Maha Boowa)
        Wheel #48/49: Discourse of the Snake Simile (Nyanaponika Thera)
        Wheel #170: Mudita: Four Essays

   Christopher Sessums <afn06438@freenet.ufl.edu>
*       Wheel #17. Three Cardinal Discourses by the Buddha (Nanamoli,tr) [34pp]

   Ken Staub (ken.staub@evsc.cld9.com)
        "Compassion and the Individual" (The Dalai Lama)
        "The Global Community and the Need for Universal Responsibility"
                (The Dalai Lama)

   Shelly Warwick (warwick@cpmail-nz.cis.columbia.edu):
        Bodhi Leaf #123. Radical Therapy (Lily de Silva)

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     The following titles have been transcribed and are awaiting a volunteer
   to proofread them. If you're interested, please let me know!

      Curbing Anger, Spreading Love (Ven. Visuddhacara) [80pp]
      Buddhism in a Nutshell (Narada) [65pp]


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   John Bullitt (john.bullitt@metta.ci.net):
        <between assignments>

   Joseph Nagarya (joseph.nagarya@metta.ci.net):
*     Wheel #90: The Life of Sariputta (Nyanaponika Thera) [110pp]

   Robert Bussewitz (c/o john.bullitt@metta.ci.net):
*     Wheel #263: The Life of Moggallana (Helmuth Hecker) [49pp]

    Shelli Meyers (sam@it.bu.edu):
       Be an Island Unto Yourself -- Ayya Khema                 [10.13.xx]

   Malcolm Rothman (malcolm844@aol.com):
*    The Dhamma Teaching of Acariya Maha Boowa in London (Pannyavado, tr.)

    David Savage (david.savage@lchance.sat.tx.us)
        A Taste of Freedom -- Ajahn Chah

   Christopher Sessums <afn06438@freenet.ufl.edu>
*     A Young People's Life of the Buddha (Bhikkhu Silacara) [180pp]
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     The following books are in the final formatting stages and should
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    John Bullitt (john.bullitt@metta.ci.net):
      Simply So (Luang Por Sim) [10pp]
      "Food for Thought", by Ajaan Lee Dhammadaro. Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.
      Wheel #27: Going Forth: A Call to Buddhist Monkhood (Sumana Samanera)
      Wheel #206: Lay Buddhist Practice (Bhikkhu Khantipalo)
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  The following books have been transcribed and are now available for 
  download, file-request, or ftpmail from here and other DharmaNet File 
  Library sites:

  ALLOFUS.ZIP   All of Us (Ayya Khema)
  ASOKA.ZIP     That the True Dhamma Might Last a Long Time: Readings
                   Selected by King Asoka (Thanissaro Bhikkhu)
  BBESSAYS.ZIP  BPS Newsletter cover essays (Nos.1-25, 1985-1993; Bhikkhu Bodhi)
  BODHI014.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #14: Pride & Conceit (Ashby)
  BODHI034.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #34. Protection through Satipatthana (Nyanaponika)
  BODHI036.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #36: Renunciation (Prince)
  BODHI042.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #42. Buddhism: A method of mind training (Bullen)
  BODHI071.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #71: The Taste of Freedom (Bhikkhu Bodhi)
  BODHI095.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #95: Meditating on No-Self (Sister Khema)
  BODHI096.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #96: To the Cemetery and Back (Price)
  BODHI115.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #115. Anapana Sati (Ariyadhamma)
  BODHI111.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #B111. Our Real Home (Ajahn Chah)
  BODHI122.ZIP  Bodhi Leaf #122. To Light a Fire (Ven. Webu Sayadaw)
  BPSCAT94.ZIP  Publications on Buddhism: BPS 1994 mail-order catalogue
* BUDDHO.ZIP    Buddho (Ajaan Thate) [29pp]
  DL_PEACE.ZIP  A Human Approach to World Peace (HH the Dalai Lama)
  DSTLOPEN.ZIP  Dharma Seed Tape Library Catalogue ("Opening" -- 1994)
  FRAMES.ZIP    Frames of Reference (Ajaan Lee; Thanissaro Bh., tr)
  GOODFOOD.ZIP  Food for the Heart -- Ajahn Chah  [10.02.02]
  HERE&NOW.ZIP  Here and Now -- Sister Ayya Khema
  INMIND.ZIP    Keeping the Breath in Mind (Ajaan Lee; Thanissaro Bh., tr)
  INWARD.ZIP    Looking Inward -- K. Khao-suan-luang
  LEEAUTO.ZIP   The Autobiography of Phra Ajaan Lee. Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.
  LIVING.ZIP    Living Dhamma -- Ajahn Chah     [10.02.02]
* PATHSTEP.ZIP  Steps Along the Path -- Phra Ajaan Thate Desaransi. [29pp]
  READMIND.ZIP  Reading the Mind -- K. Khao-suan-luang
  STRENGTH.ZIP  Inner Strength (Ajaan Lee; Thanissaro Bhikkhu, tr.)
  STRAIGHT.ZIP  Straight From the Heart (Ajaan Maha Boowa; Thanissaro Bh. tr) 
  TBMC_?.ZIP    The Buddhist Monastic Code: The Patimokkha Training Rules
                  Translated and Explained (Thanissaro Bhikkhu). Complete
                  text of this 575 page comprehensive modern commentary.
  THECRAFT.ZIP  The Craft of the Heart (Ajaan Lee; Thanissaro Bh., tr.)  [10.14.xx]
  TRUEWORD.ZIP  Words of Truth: A Prayer for Peace in Tibet (The Dalai Lama)
  WHEEL006.ZIP  Wheel Publication #6: The Four Sublime States (Nyanaponika)
  WHEEL007.ZIP  Wheel Publication #7. Practice of Loving-kindness (Nanamoli)
  WHEEL008.ZIP  Wheel Publication #8. Kalama Sutta (Soma Thera, tr)
  WHEEL014.ZIP  Wheel Publication #14. Everyman's Ethics (Narada)  
  WHEEL019.ZIP  Wheel Publication #19. Foundations of Mindfulness (Nyanasatta)
  WHEEL021.ZIP  Wheel Publication #21: Removal of Distracting Thoughts (Soma)
  WHEEL026.ZIP  Wheel Publication #26. The Five Hindrances (Nyanaponika)
  WHEEL061.ZIP  Wheel Publication #61/62. The Simile of the Cloth & The
                  Discourse on Effacement (Nyanaponika Thera, tr)
  WHEEL065.ZIP  Wheel Publication #65/66. The Way of Wisdom (Edward Conze)
  WHEEL083.ZIP  Wheel Publication #83/84. With Robes and Bowl (Khantipalo)
  WHEEL102.ZIP  Wheel Publication #102: Buddhist Reflections on Death(Gunaratna)
  WHEEL121.ZIP  Wheel Publication #121: Power of Mindfulness (Nyanaponika Thera)
  WHEEL241.ZIP  Wheel Publication #241: Worn Out Skin (Nyanaponika Thera)
  WHEEL248.ZIP  Wheel Publication #248: The Buddha's Words on Kamma (Nanamoli)
  WHEEL280.ZIP  Wheel Publication #280: The Position of Woomen in Buddhism (Dr.
                  (Mrs.) LS Dewaraja)
  WHEEL282.ZIP  Wheel Publication #282/284. Going for Refuge/Taking the Precepts
                 (Bodhi)
  WHEEL292.ZIP  Wheel Publication #292/293. Buddhist Women at time of Buddha
  WHEEL337.ZIP  Wheel Publication #337/338. One foot in the World (de Silva)
  WHEEL349.ZIP  Wheel Publication #349/350. Inspiration from Enlightened Nuns
                  (Susan Elbaum Jootla)
  WHEEL377.ZIP  Wheel Publication #377: Discourse on Right View--Samaditthi
                  Sutta (Bh. Nanamoli, tr.)
  WHEEL386.ZIP  Wheel Publication #386: Edicts of King Asoka (S. Dhammika)
  WHEEL390.ZIP  The Lion's Roar -- Sihanada Sutta (Bh. Nanamoli, tr.)
* WHEEL392.ZIP  Violence & Disruption in Society (Elizabeth Harris)
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