Aitken, Molly Emma. Meeting the Buddha: on Pilgrimage in Buddhist India. Riverhead Books, NY: 1995.
Easwaran, Eknath, trans. The Dhammapada. Nilgiri Press, Tomales, CA: 1985.
Gandhi, Mohandas K. My Autobiography. Dover Publications, Inc., NY: 1983.
Hanh, Thich Nhat. For a Future To Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Mindfulness Trainings. Parallax Press, Berkeley, CA: 1998.
Hanh, Thich Nhat. Old Path White Clouds. Full Circle, New Delhi, India: 2006.
Khema, Ayya. Who is My Self?: a Guide to Buddhist Meditation. Wisdom Publications, Boston: 1997.
Kinsley, David R. Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition. University of California Press, Berkeley: 1988.
Kunsang, Erik Pema, compiler and translator. A Tibetan Buddhist Companion. Editors, Marcia Binder Schmidt and Michael Tweed. Shambhala Publications, Inc., Boston, MA: 2003.
Red Pine. The Heart Sutra: the Womb of the Buddhas. Shoemaker & Hoard, Washington DC: 2004.
Shantideva. The Way of the Bodhisattva. Padmakara Translation Group. Shambhala Publications, Boston: 2006.
Singh, Rana P. B. Where the Buddha Walked: a Companion to the Buddhist Places of India. Indica Books, Varanasi, India: 2003.
Stein, Joseph. Fiddler on the Roof. Warner Brothers Publications, Miami, Florida: 1999.
Varsha Rani, Subhadra Sengupta, M. N. Rajesh, Lavanya Kondepudi, and Shantum Seth. Walking With the Buddha. Ajanta Offset & Packaging Ltd, on behalf of Eicher Goodearth Ltd., New Delhi: 2004.
Yu, Anthony C., translator and editor. The Journey to the West. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1977.
Recommended Reading
Allen, Charles. The Search for the Buddha: the Men who Discovered India’s Lost Religion. Basic Books, NY: 2004.
Azar, Nafisi. Reading Lolita in Tehran: a Memoir of Books. Random House, NY: 2003.
Batchelor, Stephen. Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture. Parallax Press, Berkeley, CA: 1994.
Bernstein, Richard. The Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment. Knopf Publishing Group, NY: 2002.
Bouldrey, Brian, Ed. Traveling Souls: Contemporary Pilgrimage Stories. Whereabouts Press, San Francisco: 1999.
Brooks, Geraldine. Nine Parts of Desire. Knopf Publishing Book, NY: 1995.
Chodron, Pema. No Time to Lose: a Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva. Shambhala Publications, Inc, Boston, MA: 2005.
Cortright, David. Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism. Paradigm Publishers, Boulder, CO: 2006.
Eck, Diana L. Banaras: City of Light. Columbia University Press, NY: 1998.
Fields, Rick. When the Swans Came to the Lake: a Narrative History of Buddhism in America. Random House, NY: 1992. (He’s a friend of Shantum’s.)
Gutschow, Kim. Being a Buddhist Nun: the Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA: 2004.
Nhat Hahn, Thich. Blooming of a Lotus: Guided Meditation Exercises for Healing and Transformation. Beacon Press, Boston, MA: 1999.
Byron Katie has written numerous books and runs seminars, and her website is:
www.thework.org
Laird, Thomas. The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama. Grove/Atlantic Inc., NY: 2006.
Macdonald, Sarah. Holy Cow. Broadway Books, NY: 2004.
Pachen, Ani and Adelaide Donnelley. Sorrow Mountain: the Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun. Kodansha International: 2002.
Mishra, Pankaj. An End to Suffering: the Buddha in the World. Farrar, NY: 2004.
Salzberg, Sharon, and Joseph Goldstein. Insight Meditation. Sounds True, Boulder, CO: 2001.
Seth, Leila. On Balance: an Autobiography. Penguin Books, New Delhi: 2007. (Shantum’s mom and the first female Chief High Justice in India).
Seth, Vikram. From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet. Vintage Books, NY: 1987.
Ibid. A Suitable Boy. Penguin Books, New Delhi, India: 1993. (The character who’s into meditation and gardening is based on Shantum.)
Walshe, Maurice, translator. The Long Discourses of the Buddha: a Translation of the Digha Nikaya. Wisdom Publications, Somerville, MA: 1995.
Strong, John S. The Legend of King Asoka: A Study and Translation of the Asokavadana. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, New Delhi: 2002.
Wriggins, Sally Hovey. Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang. Westview Press, Boulder, CO: 2004.
Some books published by Dharma Publishing:
Gesture of Balance by Tarthang Tulku
Is Tibet Forgotten…We Hope Not Tibetan Aid Project
Time, Space, and Knowledge by Tarthang Tulku
Knowledge of Freedom by Tarthang Tulku
Crystal Mirror series
Organizations
Ahimsa Trust (the organization Gitu founded)
For donations, send check to:
Ahimsa Trust
309-B
Sector 15A
Noida 201 301, India
Asha for Education
http://ashanet.org
Care
www.care.org
Child Haven International (Tibet, Nepal, India)
www.childhaven.ca/
Dharma Publishing
www.dharmapublishing.com
Education for Change
www.education4change.org
Folkwear Patterns
www.folkwear.com
(This is not a charitable organization, but a company that was founded in the Hippie era and has patterns for clothing from various cultures and eras, including patterns for basic Indian and Tibetan clothing that’s still worn today.)
Global Fund for Women
www.globalfundforwomen.org
International Campaign for Tibet
www.savetibet.org
In the Footsteps of the Buddha (the annual pilgrimage directed by Shantum Seth)
www.buddhapath.org
Made by Survivors
(This is an international anti-slavery organization that rescues, for instance, women and girls who have been victims of sex trafficking. With this organization, the former slavers create and sell arts and crafts.)
www.MadeBySurvivors.com
Pragyavihar School (the school we visited in Bodh Gaya; you can make donations on this website)
www.insightmeditation.org
The Tibetan Nuns Project
www.tnp.org
Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org
Women for Women International
www.womenforwomen.org
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