Recent publications
Here are some of the recent publications by members of the Centre for Buddhist Studies
Rupert Gethin
- 'Tales of Miraculous Teaching: Miracles in early Indian Buddhism', in The Cambridge Companion to Miracles, edited by Graham H. Twelftree (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012), pp. 216–34.
- 'On some definitions of mindfulness', in Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal 12 (2011), 263–79.
- 'Mythology as Meditation: From the Mahāsudassana Sutta to the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra', Journal of the Pali Text Society 28 (2006), pp. 63-112.
- 'On the Nature of dhammas: A review article', Buddhist Studies Review 22 (2005), pp. 175-94.
- 'He who sees dhamma sees dhammas: dhamma in early Buddhism', Journal of Indian Philosophy 32 (2004), pp. 513-42.
- The Buddhist Path to Awakening, 2nd edition (Oneworld: Oxford, 2001).
- The Foundations of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Rita Langer
- 'Chanting as "bricolage technique" a comparison of South and Southeast Asian funeral recitation' in Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China edited by Paul Williams and Patrice Ladwig (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2012).
- 'Feasting for the Dead: Theravāda Buddhist Funeral Rites', in Studying Buddhism in Practice edited by John S. Harding (London: Routledge, 2012), 51-64.
- Buddhist rituals of death and rebirth: contemporary Sri Lankan practice and its origins. Abingdon; New York, Routledge, 2007
- 'Von Goettern, Geistern und Kraehen: Buddhistische Beerdigungsriten in Sri Lanka' ['Of Gods, Demons and Crows': Buddhist Funeral Rites in Sri Lanka], in: Abschied von den Toten: Trauerrituale im Kulturvergleich edited by Jan Assman, Franz Maciejewski and Axel Michaels (Goettingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2005), pp.125-149.
- Das Bewusstein als Träger des Lebens: Einige weniger beachtete Aspekte des viññāna im Palikanon, Vienna, 2001.
Paul Williams (Emeritus Professor)
- Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China edited by Paul Williams and Patrice Ladwig (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2012).
- (with Anthony Tribe), Buddhist Thought: a complete guide to the Indian tradition, Routledge, 2000.
- Altruism and Reality, Curzon, 1998.