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Divine Stories: Divyavadana, Part 1, (Classics of Indian Buddhism) by Andy Rotman (Translator), Paperback: 498 pages Publisher: Wisdom Publications (August 5, 2008) Amazon
A Guide to the Deities of the Tantra, (Meeting the Buddhas) by Vessantara (Tony McMahon), Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Windhorse Publications (August 1, 2008) Amazon
Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse: A Story of Transmission (Longchen Nyinthig), by Ann Klein, Hardcover: 232 pages Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns (August 30, 2008) Amazon
The Holy Land Reborn: Pilgrimage and the Tibetan Reinvention of Buddhist India, (Buddhism and Modernity series) by Toni Huber, Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (August 15, 2008) Amazon
Pure Land Buddhism in Modern Japanese Culture, (Numen Book Series) by Porcu, Hardcover: 300 pages Publisher: Brill (August 2008) Amazon
Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: A Brief Account of the Life and Legacy of Kyabje Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, by Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal, Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (August 25, 2008) Amazon
Meditation for Beginners, by Jack Kornfield, Paperback: 112 pages Publisher: Sounds True (August 2008) Amazon
The Awakening Mind: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, by Geshe Tashi Tsering (Author), Lama Zopa Rinpoche (Foreword), Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Wisdom Publications (August 5, 2008) Amazon
Mipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition, by Douglas S. Duckworth, Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: State University of New York Press (August 7, 2008) Amazon
Writings of Nichiren Shonin: Biography and Disciples, by Nichiren Shonin (Author), Kyotsu Hori (Editor), Jay Sakashita (Editor), Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: University of Hawaii Press; 1 New edition (August 2008) Amazon
Great perfection: Outer and Inner Preliminaries, by the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche, trans. by Cortland Dahl, fore. by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Hardcover Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (August 2008) Amazon
Symbiosis of Buddhism with Brahmanism/Hinduism in South Asia and of Buddhism with "local cults" in Tibet and the Himalayan region, (Sitzungsberichte der Phil-Klasse) by David Seyfort Ruegg (Author), Paperback: 197 pages Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences (August 1, 2008)
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What Makes You Not a Buddhist, by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: Shambhala (August 12, 2008) Amazon
Women under the Bo Tree: Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka, (Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions) by Tessa J. Bartholomeusz, Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (August 14, 2008) Amazon
Abbreviations
AOH = Acta Orientalia (Budapest)
BEFEO = Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient
CAJ = Central Asiatic Journal (Wiesbaden)
CNRS = Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
GOS = Gaekwad's Oriental Series Baroda
HJAS = Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
HR = History of Religions
IAIC = International Academy of Indian Culture
IATS = International Association for Tibetan Studies
IHQ= Indian Historical Quarterly, Calcutta
IsMEO = Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente
JA = Journal Asiatique
JAOS = Journal of American Oriental Society
JAS = Journal of Asian Studies
JBORS = Journal of Bihar and Orissa Research Society Patna
JIABS = Journal of International Association of Buddhist Studies
JRAS = Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, London
JRCAS = Journal of Royal Central Asiatic Society (London)
JTS = Journal of Tibet Society (Bloomington)
LTWA = Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
MB= Motilal Banarsidass publisher
MCB= Mélanges Chinois et Bouddhiques (Publications de l'Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Chinoises) à commander chez Peeters
MKB = Materialien zur Kunde des Buddhismus, ed. Walleser, Leipzig &
Heibelberg