RESOURCE GUIDE
Mandalas and Buddhism
Brauen, Martin. . Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2009.
Bryant, Barry. . San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.
Giebel, Rolf W. 鈥�.鈥� In Two Esoteric Sutras. BDK English Tripi峁璦ka 29鈥揑I, 30鈥揑I. Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2001.
Macdonald, Alexander W. . New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 1997.
Pande, Anupa and Mandira Sharma, eds. . New Delhi: National Museum Institute and Aryan Books International, 2009.
Tanaka, Kimiaki. . Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2018.
Ten Grotenhuis, Elizabeth. . Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999.
Mandala Resources on the Web
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A visual guide to the meaning and construction of the Kalachakra Mandala produced in honor of the October 2007 visit of his Holiness the Dalai Lama to Cornell University.
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Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery construct a White Tara (Buddha of longevity and success) mandala sand painting and perform special ceremonies at Asia Society Texas Center, August 10-13, 2017.
Eric Huntington website,
Huntington, Eric. 鈥�.鈥� Eric Huntington. Accessed May 19, 2021.
Reference tools for further research
: A general reference resource for topics in Buddhism, originally published in seven volumes.
: Offers a searchable classified bibliography of scholarly secondary sources on Buddhism. All entries are cross-referenced to related material and linked to an elaborate index of both proper names and themes.
: Presents peer-reviewed, annotated bibliographies and expert commentary on current scholarship in selected disciplines. See especially the following entries:
- Gray, David 鈥�.鈥�
- Gethin, Rupert 鈥�.鈥�
- Park, Jin Y. , Kalmanson, Leah 鈥�.鈥�
- Largen, Kristin 鈥�.鈥�
- Wallace, Vesna 鈥�.鈥�
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- Blair, Heather 鈥�.鈥�
- Kapstein, Matthew 鈥�.鈥�
Buddhist Tantric Practice
Dalai Lama, Tsongkhapa, and Jeffrey Hopkins. . Boston: Snow Lion, 2016.
Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins. . Boulder, CO: Wisdom Publications, 2016.
Gray, David B. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Tibetan History and Culture
Kapstein, Matthew. . Malden, MA ; Oxford: Blackwell Pub., 2006.
Schaeffer, Kurtis R., Matthew Kapstein, and Gray Tuttle. . New York: Columbia University Press, 2013.
Van Schaik, Sam. Tibet: . New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.
Buddhism and Philosophy
Emmanuel, Steven M. . New York: Columbia University Press, 2021.
Garfield, Jay L. . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Siderits, Mark. . Second edition. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2021.
Buddhist and Tibetan Art
Huntington, Eric. . Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2018.
Leidy, Denise Patry. . Boston, Mass.: Shambhala, 2008.
Lhadrepa, Konchog, and Charlotte Davis. . Boulder: Snow Lion, 2017.
McArthur, Meher. . London: Thames & Hudson, 2002.
Rice, John Henry, and Jeffrey Durham. . Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2019.
Buddhism and Medicine
Hofer, Theresia, ed. . New York : Seattle: Rubin Museum of Art ; in association with University of Washington Press, 2014.
Gyatso, Janet. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.
Salguero, C. Pierce, ed. . New York: Columbia University Press, 2017.
Salguero, C. Pierce, ed. . New York: Columbia University Press, 2019.
Salguero, C. Pierce. . New York: Columbia University Press, 2022.
Films About Buddhism
(streaming via Falvey Library)
(director Martin Scorsese): A dramatization of the life and work of the current (14th) Dalai Lama and his ongoing struggle to regain independence for Tibet.
(director Nati Baratz): Filmmaker Nati Baratz follows the spellbinding journey of Tibetan Buddhist monk Tenzin Zopa as he travels far and wide to identify the child who is the reincarnation of his deceased master, Lama Konchog.
: A brief documentary film about Tibetan sand painting featuring interviews with practitioners.