Many of the books listed here are available at the University Library.

This will be a growing list, so check back later to see what we've added. Comments and suggestions are definetly welcome.

 

Biographical Books

 
 Blo-bzan-ye-ses, Panchen Lama II, The younger brother Don yod, being the secret biography from the words of the glorious lama, the Holy Reverend Blo bZang Ye SHes : a Tibetan play translated by Thubten Jigme Norbu & Robert B. Ekvall.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press for International Affairs Center, 1969.
UTEP Main Stacks                PL3748.B56G3513 1969

 Bstan-`dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV. My Land and My People.
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1962.
UTEP Main Stacks              BL1489.B78A35

 Carrithers, Michael. The Buddha.
Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.
UTEP Main Stacks             BQ882.C37 1983
 
 Corless, Roger. The vision of Buddhism : the space under the tree. 1st ed.
New York : Paragon House, 1989.
UTEP Main Stacks             BQ 4012.C66 1989
 
  Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling), ed. Title The Tibetan book of great liberation; or, The method of realizing nirvana through knowing the mind,preceded by an epitome of Padma-Sambhava's biography and followed by Guru Phadampa Sangay's teachings. According to English renderings by Sardar Bah?dur S. W.Laden La and by the Lamas Karma Sumdhon Paul, Lobzang Mingyur Dorje, and Kazi Dawa-Samdup.
Introductions, annotations, and editing by W. Y. Evans-Wentz.
With psychological commentary by C. G. Jung.
London, New York, Oxford University Press, 1954.

Contents: Psychological commentary, by C. G. Jung.--General introduction, by W. Y. Evans-Wentz.--An epitome of the life and teachings of Tibet's great guru Padma-Sambhava, according to the biography by his chief disciple Yeshey Tshogyal, based upon excerpts rendered into English by the late Sardar Bahadur S. W. Laden La, assisted by Lama Sonam Senge.--Here follows the [yogo of] knowing the mind, the seeing of reality, called self-liberation, from "The profound doctrine of self-liberation by meditation upon the peaceful and wrathful deities," by Padma-Sambhava, according to Lama Karma Sumdhon Paul's and Lama Lobzang Mingyur Dorje's English rendering. --The last testamentary teachings of the Guru Phadampa Sangay, according to the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Sandup's English rendering.

Other authors:

-Padma Sambhava, ca. 717-ca. 762.
-Yeshey Tshogyal.
-Phadampa Sangay, fl. 1100.
-Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
UTEP Main Stacks BL1405.W45 1954

  Goldstein, Melvyn C. The struggle for modern Tibet : the autobiography of Tashi Tsering. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1997.
UTEP Main Stacks             LA 2383 .C52T37 1997

  Ikeda, Daisaku. Watakushi no Shakuson kan. (English) The living Buddha : an interpretive biography. translated by Burton Watson. Edition1st English ed. New York : Weatherhill, 1976.
Note: Translation of Watakushi no Shakuson kan.
UTEP Main Stacks             BQ886.I3813

  Ras-chun Rdo-rje-grags, Kazi Zla-ba-Bsam-'grub, tr. and Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling), ed. Tibet's Great Yogi, Milarepa. London, Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1928.
UTEP Main Stacks             BL1473.M54R313 1928

 
 Children's Books

 Jataka tales. Edited by Nancy DeRoin. With original drawings by Ellen Lanyon. ImprintBoston, Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
SUMMARY: Retells thirty of the five hundred tales told by the Buddha some five hundred years before the Christian era.
UTEP Children's Collection             398.2D447j

 The Dalai Lama : the leader of the exiled people of Tibet and tireless worker for world peace. New American ed. Milwaukee : Gareth Stevens Children's Books, 1990.
UTEP Secondary Collection             BD15g

 Pandell, Karen. Learning from the Dalai Lama : secrets of the wheel of time
Karen Pandell with Barry Bryant ; photographs by John B. Taylor ; concept by Manuel C. Menendez ; with a foreword by Richard Gere. ImprintNew York : Dutton Children's Books, 1995.
UTEP Children's Collection             294.3P192l
 
 Van de Wetering, Janwillem, Little Owl : an eightfold Buddhist admonition illustrated by Marc Brown. ImprintBoston : Houghton Mifflin, 1978.
SUMMARY Uses animal characters to present an interpretation of the Eight Buddhist Admonitions.
UTEP Children's Collection         294.3W53l

  Zerner, Amy. Zen ABC illustrated by Amy Zerner and Jessie Spicer Zerner. Imprint Boston, Mass. : Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1993.
Summary An illustrated Zen alphabet book with a haiku or koan for each letter.
UTEP Children's Collection         294.3443Z54z

 
 Dharma

  Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV. Kindness, Clarity, and Insight. Ithaca, N.Y., USA : Snow Lion Publications, 1984.
UTEP Main Stacks         BQ 7935 .B774K56 1984

 Bstan-`dzin-rgy-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV. The Opening of the Wisdom-Eye: and the History of the Advancement of Buddhadharma in Tibet. Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Society of America, 1966.
UTEP Main Stacks         BQ7935.B774O63 1972

 Chavis, Melody Ermachild. Altars in the street : a neighborhood fights to survive. 1st ed. New York : Bell Tower, c1997.
UTEP Main Stacks             HN 80 .B54C47 1997

 
Meditation

  Epstein, Mark, Thoughts without a thinker : psychotherapy from a Buddhist
perspective. New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, a divisin of Harper Collins Publ., c1995.
UTEP Main Stacks             BQ 4570 .P76E67 1995

 Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) The Tibetan book of great liberation; or, The method of realizing nirvana through knowing the mind, preceded by an epitome of Padma-Sambhava's biography and followed by Guru Phadampa Sangay's teachings. According to English renderings by Sardar Bahdur S. W. Laden La and by the Lamas Karma Sumdhon Paul, Lobzang Mingyur Dorje, and Kazi Dawa-Samdup. Introductions, annotations, and editing by W. Y. Evans-Wentz. With psychological commentary by C. G. Jung.
London, New York, Oxford University Press, 1954.

Contents: Psychological commentary, by C. G. Jung.--General introduction, by W. Y. Evans-Wentz.--An epitome of the life and teachings of Tibet's great guru Padma-Sambhava, according to the biography by his chief disciple Yeshey Tshogyal, based upon excerpts rendered into English by the late Sardar Bahadur S. W. Laden La, assisted by Lama Sonam Senge.--Here follows the [yogo of] knowing the mind, the seeing of reality, called self-liberation, from "The profound doctrine of self-liberation by meditation upon the peaceful and wrathful deities," by Padma-Sambhava, according to Lama Karma Sumdhon Paul's and Lama Lobzang Mingyur Dorje's English rendering.--The last testamentary teachings of the Guru Phadampa Sangay, according to the late Lama Kazi Dawa-Sandup's English rendering.
UTEP Main Stacks         BL1405.W45 1954

 
Garth, Maureen. Moonbeam : a book of meditations for children. North Blackburn, Victoria : CollinsDove, c1992.Summary: Describes the methods and positive effects of meditation for children who have difficulty going to sleep, and presents a collection of brief meditations.
UTEPChildren's Collection         158G197m

 Govinda, Anagarika Brahmacari. Creative meditation and multi-dimensional consciousness Wheaton, Ill. : Theosophical Pub. House, 1976.
UTEP Main Stacks                 BQ8938.G68

 Kazi, Trungpa, Chogyam. The Path is the Goal : a Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation. 1st ed. Boston : Shambhala, 1995.
UTEP Main Stacks             BQ5612 .T78 1995

 Smith, Jonathan C. Meditation : a sensible guide to a timeless discipline. Champaign, Ill. : Research Press, c1986.
UTEP Circulation Desk Collection             BL 627.S645 1986 book
UTEP Circulation Desk Coll.                       BL 627.S645 1986 cassette tapes 1-3

 Stone, Justin F. Climb the joyous mountain : living the meditative way
Albuquerque, N. M. : Sun Pub., 1975.
UTEP Main Stacks             BL 1478.6.S75

 

Sand Painting and Thangkas

  Bryant, Barry. The Wheel of Time Sand Mandala : Visual Scripture of Tibetan Buddhism. 1st HarperCollins pbk. ed. San Francisco, Calif. : Harper SanFrancisco, 1995.
UTEP Browsing Collection             BQ 7699 .K34B73 1995

 Jackson, David Paul and Janice A. Jackson. Tibetan Thangka Painting : Methods & Materials . Putney, London: Serindia Publications, 1984.
UTEP Main Stacks             ND1432.C584J3 1984 f

 
 Tibet 

 *An Outline of Contacts Between Dharamsala and Beijing: Tibetan Response to Chinese Allegations. Dharamsala, India: Department of Information and International Relations Central Tibetan Administration, June 1997.

 Conference of International Lawyers on Issues Relating to Self-Determination and Independence for Tibet (1993 : London, England) Tibet, the position in international law : report of theConference of International Lawyers on Issues Relating to Self-Determination and Independence for Tibet, London 6-10 January 1993 Stuttgart: Edition Hansjorg Mayer;London : Serindia, 1994.
UTEP Main Stacks         JX 4084 .T45C66 1993

 *Dharamsala and Beijing: Initiatives and Correspondence 1981-1993. Dharamsala, India: The Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration, 1996.

 * Environmental Destruction of Tibet: It's Effect on Asia. India: Tibetan Youth Congress Executive Committee, 1992.

 Goldstein, Melvyn C. The struggle for modern Tibet : the autobiography of Tashi Tsering Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1997.
UTEP Main Stacks             LA 2383 .C52T37 1997

 Govinda, Lama Anagarika. The Way of the White Clouds: A Buddhist Pilgrimage in Tibet. Berkeley: Shambhala, 1970.

Smith, Warren W. Tibetan nation : a history of Tibetan nationalism and Sino-Tibetan relations. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1996.
UTEP Main Stacks         DS 786.S56 1996

 * United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. U.S. and Chinese policies .toward occupied Tibet : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, July 28, 1992. Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1993. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. U.S. and Chinese policies toward occupied Tibet : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations,United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, July 28, 1992. Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1993.
UTEP GovDocs Federal         Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG.102-969