Titles from the
Buddhist Publication Society

The following titles from the Buddhist Publication Society are currently available on Access to Insight. Printed copies of these titles that are still in print may be ordered directly from the BPS or from one of their regional distributors.

Detailed descriptions of these books may be found on each author's page.

Note: The BPS section of the website is under reorganization. Please bear with me.

Books

• The Book of Protection (Paritta) translated and explained by Piyadassi Thera (1999)
• Buddhism and the God-idea, by Nyanaponika Thera (1994)
• Buddhism in a Nutshell by Narada Thera (1982)
• A Buddhist Response to Contemporary Dilemmas of Human Existence, by Bhikkhu Bodhi (1994)
• A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (Excerpt — Introduction only) ed. by Bhikkhu Bodhi (1993)
• Courageous Faith, by Nyanaponika Thera (1994)
• Devotion in Buddhism, by Nyanaponika Thera (1994)
• Kamma and its Fruit, by Nyanaponika Thera (1994)
• The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering by Bhikkhu Bodhi (1994; first published in 1984 as WH 308/311)
• The Progress of Insight: A Modern Treatise on Buddhist Satipatthana Meditation by Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw (1994)
• Seeing Things as They Are, by Nyanaponika Thera (1994)
• Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya: A Personal Appreciation, by Bhikkhu Bodhi (1998)
• The Way of Mindfulness: The Satipatthana Sutta and Its Commentary, by Soma Thera (1999)
• Why End Suffering?, by Nyanaponika Thera (1994)

Wheel Publications

These are 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

Bodhi Leaves were published by the BPS as small hand-size booklets ranging between 16 and 40 pages in length (about 10 pages on standard size paper). Less expository and more conversational in tone Wheels, Bodhi Leaves 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 find these booklets very accessible.

Newsletter cover essays

These short (1-3pp.) essays by Bhikkhu Bodhi 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.