Texts from the Buddhist Publication Society

Published by the Buddhist Publication Society:

• The Wheel is a series of substantial booklets covering a wide range of topics -- from the Abhidhamma to Buddhist reflections on today's vital problems. The series also includes accurate annotated translations of the Buddha's discourses from the Pali Canon.

• Bodhi Leaves are published as small hand-size booklets ranging between 16 and 40 pages in length -- around 10 pages on standard size paper. Bodhi Leaves are less expository and more conversational in tone than The Wheel, and offer personal reflections on the Buddha's teachings, close-up focus on specific social and human problems, and practical guidelines on living by the light of the Dhamma. Newcomers to Buddhism and meditation will generally find these booklets quite accessible.

• BPS Newsletter cover essays are short (1-3pp.) essays by Bhikkhu Bodhi that offer crisp and illuminating reflections on a wide range of Dhamma topics of immediate relevance to Buddhist practitioners. Drawing on scholarship and scripture, each essay addresses a specific theme concerning basic Theravada Buddhist principles and concepts. Many of these essays serve to clarify and disentangle some crucial points of Dhamma that are frequently misunderstood within the world of popular Buddhism.

  Most of these essays are eminently suitable for newcomers to Buddhism and to meditation. A few will be primarily of interest to readers who are closely associated with the BPS and the Sri Lankan Buddhist community.

• Miscellaneous titles from the BPS