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Buddhism
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- The Manuals of Buddhism by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw,Union Buddha Sasana Council, Kaba-Aye,
Rangoon,Burma. This terriffic book can be found at Pagan Bookshop,37th
st,Yangon and at other odd places [sometimes at Ananda Paya, Bagan].
- Visuddhimagga, The Path of Purification by Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa, translation by Bhikku Nanamoli,5th
edition, Buddhist publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka.1991.
ISBN 955-24-0023-6
In Aust. try the Theosophical Society Bookshop, Melbourne.
- Buddhist Dictionary Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines,by Nyanatiloka, Buddhist Publication Society,Kandy,Sri Lanka.
1988 ISBN 955-24-0019-8. Essential if you are reading any Theravadin
stuff.
- Guide Through the Abhidhammapitaka by Nyanatiloka, Buddhist Publication Society,Kandy,Sri lanka.
1983. Not a beginners text, but worth having on the bookshelf.
- Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism by Maung Htin Aung. printed and published by U Myint Maung at
the Religious Affairs Dept. Press, Yegu, Kaba-Aye P.O. Rangoon.[no
date]
Excellent work on the origin of Nat [spirit] worship, alchemy,
Ari heresy,the cult of the Magus, the nine gods etc.
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Burma [Myanmar]
History & General
interest
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- Burmese Family by Mi Mi Khaing. Ava Publishing House, Bangkok.1996. ISBN 974-89667-6-3.
email: ava@bps.book.co.th Written in 1945, nice stories of social
and family interaction.
- Twilight over Burma My Life as a Shan Princess, by Inge Sargent. © 1994 University
of Hawaii Press. Southeast Asian edition published by Silkworm
Books, 54/1 Sridonchai Rd, Chiang Mai, 50100, Thailand. ISBN 974-7047-36-5
Emotive story of life in the Shan states in the 1950's-60's, culminating
in the events of 1962, the murder of her husband and escape from
Rangoon.
- A Journalist, a general and an Army in Burma by U Thaung, White Lotus Co. ltd. GPO Box 1141, Bangkok 10501,
Thailand. 1995. ISBN 974-8496-44-9
A journalists story of dealing with the government from 1948 -1980,
when he took asylum in the U.S.
- Burma by Max & Bertha Ferrars. First published 1901. Reprint 1996 by
AVA Publishing house,Huamark, Bangkok 10240, Thailand. email:
ava@bps.book.co.th ISBN 974-89409-7-7
Fabulous photos and detailed descriptions of daily life and places.
Appendix A is a useful chronological precis of Burmese history.
- Mandalay and other Cities of the Past in Burma by V.C. Scott O'Connor. Reprint 1996 by White Lotus Co. Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand. ISBN 974-8495-17-5
The author was a British colonial Officer in Burma [1891-5]. Concise
history, good photos.
- Burma Pamphlets published for The Burma Research Society by Longmans, Green &
Co. London. Printed in Calcutta c. 1945. small, well-intentioned
books which unfortunately show the colonial attitude to the Burmese.
Look for them at the second hand footpath stalls in Rangoon.
- The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma translated by Pe Maung Tin and G.H.Luce. Published for the Burma
Research Society by The Oxford University Press, 1923. Second
printing by Rangoon University Press, Rangoon, 1960.
The 'official' history of Burma comissioned by king Bagyidaw in
1829. Using previous chronicles as reference they tried to make
an accurate story. Some pretty fantastic stories.
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