Reading List

Reading List
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• Indicates books or papers read

Alexandrin, G. "Buddhist Economics: An Economics of the Middle Way." Gandhi Marg 2, no. 11 (1980): 627–37.

• __________. "Buddhist Economics." Eastern Buddhist 21, no. 2 (1988): 36–53.
• __________. "Elements of Buddhist Economics." International Journal of Social Economics 20, no. 2 (1993): 3–11.

Alexandrin, G., and Zech, C. E. "Ancient Futures: Papal and Buddhist Economics." International Journal of Social Economics 26, nos. 10–11 (1999): 1344–53.

Aristotle. Nicomahean Ethics: Topics

• Ariyaratne, A. T. A Wake Up Call.

Ariyaratne, A.T. Collected Works (7 vols.). Ratmalana, Sri Lanka: Vishva Lekha 1978 – 1999.

Ariyaratne, A. T. 199a. A Buddhist approach to social economic development; an experience from Sri Lanka. In Sulak Sivaraska, Pipob Udommittipong and Christ Walker (eds.), Socially engaged Buddhism for the new millennium, essays in honor of the Ven. Phra Chammapitaka (Bhikku P.A. Payutto) on his 60th Birthday Anniversary (p. 7), Bangkok Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation, the Foundation for Children. (???)

Aung San Suu Kyi. Freedom from Fear & Other Writings (rev. ed.). New York: Penguin Books, 1995.

Aung San Suu Kyi with Alan Clements. The Voice of Hope. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1997. Thammasat

Badiner, Allan Hunt (ed.). Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1990.

• __________ (ed.). Mindfulness in the Marketplace: Compassionate Responses to Consumerism. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2002.

Batchelor, Martine, and Kerry Brown (eds.). Buddhism and Ecology. London: Cassell, 1992.

Batchelor, S. "Buddhist Economics Reconsidered." In Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology, ed. A. H. Badiner, 178–82. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallex Press, 1990.

• Berlin, Isaiah. Democracy, Communism and the Individual.
• Berlin, Isaiah, 1962. The Age of Enlightenment: The eighteenth century philosophers. In Great Ages in Western Philosophy (p. 19) Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)

Bond, George. Buddhism at Work: Community Development, Social Empowerment, and the Sarvodaya Movement. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2004.

• Boulding, Kenneth E. Beyond Economics: Essays on Society, Religion and Ethics. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press (Ubon Ratchathani, Thammasat)

Boulding, Kenneth E. 1992. Towards a New Economics. (Thammasat)

Buchanan, James. M. 1979. What Should Economists Do? Indianapolis, IN.: Liberty Press. (Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. Dhammic Socialism. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development, 1985.

Capra, Fritjof. 1988. The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture. New York: Bantam Books. (Ubon Ratchathani, Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)

• Calkins, Peter. The Sufficiency Economy at the Edges of Capitalism.
• Cavanagh, John. 2004. Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World Is Possible San Franciso, CA : Berrett Koehler Publishers, Ltd. (Ubon Ratchathani).

Chakravarti, Uma. 1987. The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Chapela, L. "Buddhist Economics." Buddhist Himalaya: Journal of Nagarjuna Institute 3, nos. 1–2 (1990): 19–34.

• Daniels, P. L. "Economic Change, the Environment, and Buddhism in Asia." International Journal of Social Economics 25, nos. 6–8 (1998): 968–1004.

Dasgupta, Sugata. 1982. Sarvodaya in Sri Lanka. Calcutta: Jayaprakash Institute of Social Change.

De Silva, Padmasiri. 1975. The Search for Buddhist Economics. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society.

• Ekins, Paul. 1992. Four Capital Model of Wealth Creation. In Paul Elkins, and Manfred Max-Neef (eds.), Real Life Economics, Understanding Wealth Creation. (pp 154-155), London, Routledge. (Thammasat)
• Essen, Juliana. 2005. Right development : the Santi Asoke Buddhist reform movement of Thailand, Lanham, MD : Lexington Books
• __________. Santi Asoke Buddhist Reform Movement: Building Individuals, Community, and (Thai) Society. Journal of Buddhist ethics vol.10 2003, 1-20. http://www.buddhistethics.org/10 /essen01.html
• Esterlin, William. 2006. The White Man's Burden. NY, NY : Pengun Books.
• Galbraith, John Kenneth. 1967. The New Industrial State. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. (Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)
• Gerard-Varet, L.A., Kolm, S.C., Mercier Ythier, J. 2000. The Economics of Reciproity, Giving and Altruism. NY, NY : Macmillan.

Gross, Rita. 1998. Soaring and Settling: Buddhist Perspectives on Contemporary Social and Religious Issues. New York: Continuum.

Halifax, Joan. 1993. The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting with the Body of the Earth. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.

Harris, Ian (ed.). 1999. Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth-Century Asia. New York: Pinter.

Heilbroner, Robert R. 1972. The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of Great Economic Thinkers. New York: Simon Schuster. (Ubon Ratchathani, Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)

• Henderson, Hazel. 1988. The Politics of the Solar Age: Alternatives to Economics. Indianapolis, IN: Knowledge System. (Thammasat)
• -------. 1995. Paradigms in Progress: Life Beyond Economics. San Francisco: Barrett-Kochler. (Ubon Ratchathani)

Hershock, Peter. 1999. Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Hirsch, Philip (ed.). 1996. Seeing Forests for Trees: Environment and Environmentalism in Thailand. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books.

Inoue Shinichi. 1997. Putting Buddhism to Work: A New Approach to Management and Business. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd. (Chulalongkorn)

Jha, H. B. 1979. Buddhist Economics and the Modern World. Kathmandu, Nepal: Dharmakirti Baudha Adhyayan Gosthi.

Jackson, Peter. 1989. Buddhism, Legitimation, and Conflict: The Political Functions of Urban Thai Buddhism. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Jones, Charles. 1999. Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State 1660-1990. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Jones, Ken. 1993. Beyond Optimism: A Buddhist Political Ecology. Oxford: Carpenter.

Kantowsky, Detlef. 1980. Sarvodaya: The Other Development. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House.

Kapleau, Philip. To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian. Rochester, NY: Rochester Zen Center, 1986.

Kaye, Les. 1997. Zen at Work: A Zen Teacher’s 30-Year Journey in Corporate America. New York: Crown Publishers.

Kaza, Stephanie. 1993. The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees. New York: Fawcett Columbine.

• __________ (ed.). 2005. Hooked: Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume. Boston: Shambhala Publications.

Kaza, Stephanie, and Kenneth Kraft (eds.). 1999. Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism. Boston: Shambhala Publications.

Khong, Chan. 1993. Learning True Love: How I Learned and Practiced Social Change in Vietnam. Berkeley: Parallax Press.

Korten, David. 1996. When the Corporations Rule the World. West Hartford, Cam.: Kumarin Press and San Francisco: Berrett-Kochler Publisher, Inc. (Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)

• -------. 2000. The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers; West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press. (Ubon Ratchathani, Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)
• Kuhn, Thomas H. 1962. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (Chulalongkorn) (Ubon Ratchathani, Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)

Loori, John Daido. 1999. Teachings of the Insentient: Zen and the Environment. Mt. Tremper, NY: Dharma Communications Press.

• Lakoff, George. 2004. Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives. White River Junction, VT : Chelsea Green Publishing country. (Ubon Ratchathani)
• Loy, David R. 2003. The Great Awakening : A Buddhist Social Theory. Boston : Wisdom Publications (Ubon Ratchathani and Thammasat)

----- 2002. A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press (Thammasat)

----- 1999. Buddhism and Poverty. Kyoto Journal, 14, 46.

Machacek, David, and Bryan Wilson (eds.). 2000. Global Citizens: The Soka Gakkai Buddhist Movement in the World. New York: Oxford University Press.

Macy, Joanna. 1985. Dharma and Development: Religion as Resource in the Sarvodaya Self-Help Movement (rev. ed.). West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press.

• __________. 1991. Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Manivannan, Ramu. 2004. Burma: Freedom Behind Bars. London: Peaceworkers UK, (available for £2.50, contact <info@peaceworkers.org.uk>).

Martin, Julia (ed.) 1997. Ecological Responsibility: A Dialogue with Buddhism. Columbia, MO: South Asia Books.

Mendis, P. "Buddhist Economics and Community Development Strategies." Community Development Journal 29, no. 3 (1994): 195–202.

• __________. "Buddhist Economics in Indigenous Development." Marga 14, no. 1 (1996): 67–84.

Metraux, Daniel. 1994. The Soka Gakkai Revolution. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Morgante, Amy. 1997. Buddhist Perspectives on the Earth Charter. Boston: Boston Research Center for the 21st Century.

Narain, A.K., and D.C. Ahir (eds.). 1994. Dr. Ambedkar, Buddhism, and Social Change. New Delhi: D.K Publishing.

Nelson, Robert H. 1991. Reaching for Heaven on Earth: The Theological Meaning of Economics. Savage, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. (Thammasat)

Nhat Hanh, Thich. 1967. Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire. New York: Hill and Wang.

• __________. 1993. Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change. Berkeley: Parallax Press.
• __________. 1998. Fragrant Palm Leaves: Journals 1962-1966. Berkeley: Parallax Press.

Nikam, N.A., and Richard McKeon (eds.). 1978. The Edicts of Asoka. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Norberg-Hodge, Helena. 1991. Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.

Ornatowski, G. "Continuit and Change in the Economic Ethics of Buddhism: Evidence from the History of Buddhism in India, China and Japan." Journal of Buddhist Ethics 3, (1996): 198–240.

Overseas Development Institute Library. 1992. Buddhist Economics: Inc. Material on Sarvodaya Movement: A Bibliography. London: Overseas Development Institute.

Ostrom, Elinor. 1992. The Rudiments of a Theory of the Origins, Survival and Performance of the Common Property Institutions. In Bromley, Daniel W. (ed.) Making the Commons Work: Theory, Practice and Policy. San Francisco: ICS Press. (Thammasat)

• Payutto, P.A. 1994. Buddhist Economics: A Middle Way for the Market Place. Bangkok: Buddhadhamma Foundation. (http://www.buddhistinformation.c om/buddhist_economics.htm)

Payutto, Bhikkhu P.A. Buddhist Solutions for the 21st Century. Bangkok: Buddhadhamma Foundation, n.d. Thammasat

Phongphit, S. 1988. Religion in a Changing Society: Buddhism, Reform and the Role of Monks in Community Development in Thailand. Hong Kong: Arena Press.

Pilchick, Terry. 1988. Jai Bhim! Dispatches from a Peaceful Revolution. Glasgow/Berkeley: Windhorse Publications/ Parallax Press.

Preecha Piampongsarn. 1988. Dhammic Economics: Socio-Economic Philosophy of the Buddhists. Bangkok: Social Research Institute.

Pryor, F. L. "A Buddhist Economic System—In Principle." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 49, no. 3 (1990): 339–49.

_______. "A Buddhist Economic System—In Practice." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 50, no. 1 (1991): 17–32.

• Puntasen, Apichai. The Response from Higher Education Institutions in Thailand to King Bhumibol’s Sufficiency Economy.

Queen, Christopher, and Sallie King (eds.). 1996. Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Rahula, Walpola. 1974. The Heritage of the Bhikkhu: A Short History of the Bhikkhu in Educational, Cultural, and Political Life. New York: Grove Press.

Rajavaramuni, Phra (monk). 1995. "Buddhist Attitudes toward Poverty and Wealth." In On Moral Business: Classical and Contemporary Resources for Ethics in Economic Life, ed. Max L.Stackhouse, et al., 386–89. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans.

Richmond, Lewis. 1999. Work as a Spiritual Practice: A Practical Buddhist Approach to Inner Growth and Satisfaction on the Job. New York: Broadway Books.

Randall, John Herman. 1976. The Making of the Modern Mind. New York: Columbia University Press. (Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)

Rodrigues, Valerian. 2002. The Essential Writings of B.R. Ambedkar. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rongxi, Li (tr.). 1993. The Biographical Scripture of King Asoka. Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research.

Roscher, Wilhelm. 1878. Principles of Political Economy.

• Rosset, Peter M. 2006. Food is Different: Why We Must Get the WTO Out of Agriculture. NY, NY : St, Martin's Press.

Rothbard, Murry N. 1996. Economic Thought Before Adam Smith. Brookfield, VA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd. ($141 used)

• Sachs, Wolfgang. 1992a. Bygone Splendor. In Paul Elkins, and Manfred Max-Neef (eds.), Real Life Economics, Understanding Wealth Creation. (pp 154-155), London, Routledge. (Thammasat)

Sangharakshita. 1986. Ambedkar and Buddhism. Glasgow: Windhorse Publications.

Schopen, G. "Doing Business for the Lord: Lending on Interest and Written Loan Contracts in the Mulasarvastivada-vinaya." Journal of the American Oriental Society 114, no. 4 (1994): 527–54.

Schumacher, E. F. "Buddhist Economics." Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Tradition 16, no. 1 (1991): 63–69.

-----. "Economics in a Buddhist Country." IASSI Quarterly (Indian Association of Social Science Institutions) 15, no. 3 (1997): 19–25.

-----. 1966. Buddhist Economics in Asia: A Handbook, edited by Guy Wint. London Anthony: Blond Ltd.

• -----. 1999. Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered. Vancouver: Hartley & Marks Publishers (Ubon Ratchathani and Thammasat and Chulalongkorn)

Seneviratna, Anuradha (ed.). 1994. King Asoka and Buddhism: Historical and Literary Studies. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society.

Seneviratne, H.L. 2000. The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Siddharthan, N. S. "The Non-Neoclassical Paradigm: Buddhism and Economic Development." Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 11, no. 4 (1984): 351–69.

Sivaraksa, Sulak. 1990. Siam in Crisis (2nd ed.). Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development. Thammasat

• __________. 1998. Loyalty Demands Dissent: Autobiography of an Engaged Buddhist. Berkeley: Parallax Press. Thammasat
• __________. 1999. Global Healing: Essays and Interviews on Structural Violence, Social Development, and Spiritual Transformation. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development/ Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation, Thammasat
• __________ (ed.). 1994. The Quest for a Just Society: The Legacy and Challenge of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. Bangkok: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development/ Santi Pracha Dhamma Institute.

Sizemore, Russell, and Donald Swearer (eds.). 1990. Ethics, Wealth, and Salvation: A Study in Buddhist Social Ethics. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.

Smith, Bardwell. 1978. Religion and Legitimation of Power in Sri Lanka. Chambersberg, PA: Anima Publications.

• __________. 1978. Religion and Legitimation of Power in Thailand, Laos, and Burma. Chambersberg, PA: Anima Publications.
• Smith, Adam. 1790. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. London, A. Millar. http://www.econlib.org/library/S mith/smMS.html

______. 1904. The Wealth of Nations. London : Metheun. http://www.econlib.org/library/S mith/smWN.html

Smith, Vincent. 1964. Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India. Delhi: S. Chand & Co.

Snyder, Gary. 1974. Turtle Island. New York: New Directions Books.

• __________. 1980. The Real Work: Interviews & Talks 1964-1979. New York: New Directions Books.
• __________. 1990. The Practice of the Wild. San Francisco: North Point Press.
• __________. 1995. A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint.
• __________. 1999. The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translation, 1952-1998. New York: Counterpoint.

Strong, John. 1983. The Legend of King Asoka: A Study and Translation of the Asokavadana. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Suksamran, Somboon. 1977. Political Buddhism in Southeast Asia: The Role of the Sangha in the Modernization of Thailand. London: C. Hurst and Co.

• __________. 1982. Buddhism and Politics in Thailand. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.

Sulak Sivaraksa, and Ammar Siamwala. 1996. "The Economics of Greed" In Modern Thai Monarchy and Cultural Politics: The Acquittal of Sulak Sivaraksa on the Charge of Lese Majeste in Siam 1995 and its Consequences, ed. D.Streckfuss, 167–72. Bangkok: Santi Pracha Dhamma Institute. Thammasat

Summa Sambuddhasa Wok. 1988. Buddhist Economics. Bangkok: Theera Publishing House.

Swearer, Donald (ed.). 1989. Me and Mine: Selected Essays of Bhikkhu Buddhadasa. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Tambiah, Stanley. 1976. World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand against a Historical Background. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Tilakaratne, A. "Globalization: A Buddhist Perspective on Economics." Dialogue (Colombo) 24 (1997): 53–65.

Titmuss, Christopher. 1995. The Green Buddha. Totnes, Devon, U.K.: Insight Books.

Tucker, Mary Evelyn, and Duncan Williams (eds.). 1998. Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds. Cambridge: Harvard Center for Study of World Religions.

Watts, Jonathan, Alan Senauke, and Santikaro Bhikkhu (eds.). 1997. Entering the Realm of Reality: Towards Dhammic Societies. Bangkok: Suksit Siam, (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship)

Weber, T. Gandhi. "Deep Ecoclogy, Peace Research, and Buddhist Economics." Journal of Peace Research 36, no. 3 (1999): 349–62.

Wedel, Yuangrat, with Paul Wedel. 1987. Radical Thought, Thai Mind: The Development of Revolutionary Ideas. Bangkok: Assumption Business Administration College.

• Whitmyer, Claude (ed.). 1994. Mindfulness and Meaningful Work: Explorations in Right Livelihood. Berkeley: Parallax Press.

Xenophon. Economics. http://classics.mit.edu/Xenophon /xen.ec.html

------. Works on Socrates. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi -bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A 1999.01.0212

• Younkins, Edward W. Mises, Freidman and Rand: A Methodological Comparison. http://www.quebecoislibre.org/05 /050115-19.htm
• Younkins, Edward W. Capitalism and Commerce: Aristotle and Economics. http://www.quebecoislibre.org/05 /050915-11.htm

Yuk, Ip Hong. 2004. Trans Thai Buddhism & Envisioning Resistance: The Engaged Buddhism of Sulak Sivaraksa. Singapore: Select Books.

Zadek, S. "The Practice of Buddhist Economics." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 52, no. 4 (1993): 433–445.

Journals on Socially Engaged Buddhism

Journals on Socially Engaged Buddhism 
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Bearing Witness: The Online Magazine of Spiritually-Based Social Action and Peacemaking (only available online at http://www.bearingwitnessjournal .com/archive.html)

BODHI Times http://www.ecotimecapsule.com/bo dhi/bodhitimes.html

Boston Research Center for the 21st Century Newsletter http://www.brc21.org/news.html

Indra’s Net (journal of the Network of Engaged Buddhists, U.K.) http://www.engaged-buddhist.org. uk

Journal of Buddhist Ethics (only available online at http://www.buddhistethics.org ).

The Mindfulness Bell (journal of the Community of Mindful Living) http://www.iamhome.org/cml_mindf ul.html

Prison Dharma http://www.prisondharmanetwork.o rg/newsletter.html

raft: Journal of the Buddhist Hospice Trust www.buddhisthospice.org.uk/ Sakyadhita Newsletter: International Association of Buddhist Women http://www.sakyadhita.org/NewsLe tters/newsindx.htm

ReVision: A Journal of Consciousness and Transformation issue on Spiritual Responses to Technology (Spring 2002) (also partly available online at http://www.bpf.org/tsangha/tsj/t sj3.html ).

Seeds of Peace (journal of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists) http://www.bpf.org/html/resource s_and_links/think_sangha/ineb/in eb.html

Seeds of Peace issues on Alternatives to Consumerism (January – April 1998), Buddhist Challenges to Economic Development (January – April 2004).

SGI Quarterly: Buddhist Perspectives on Peace, Culture, and Education (journal of Soka Gakkai International) http://www.sgi.org/english/Featu res/past.htm

The Lack of Progress: Buddhist Perspectives on Modernity and the Pitfalls of “Saving the World” (1999) (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).

Think Sangha Journal http://www.bpf.org/think.html (available from Buddhist Peace Fellowship).

Think Sangha Journal issues (see “Journals on Socially Engaged Buddhism”) on The Religion of the Market: A Buddhist Look at the Global Economy, Consumerism, Development and the Role of Spirituality in Society (1998)

Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism http://www.bpf.org/html/home.htm l

Turning Wheel issues on Environmental Activism (Spring 1994) and In Praise of Water (Spring 1997).

Turning Wheel issues on Money (Summer 1993) and Work (Winter 1997).

Turning Wheel issues on Consumerism (Summer 1995), Home & Homelessness (Fall 1996), Buddhists Look at Class (Spring 2000), and Not Turning Away: Buddhists on Human Rights (Summer 2000), Technology and the Mind (Summer 2004).

Yasodhara: Newsletter on International Buddhist Women’s Activities (Thailand) (available c/o Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University, Bangkok 10200, Thailand).

Organizations and Web Sites: A Selection (descriptions given through the words of the organizations themselves when possible)

Organizations and Web Sites: A Selection (descriptions given through the words of the organizations themselves when possible)
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Ambedkar and His People http://www.ambedkar.org/ (India): comprehensive Web site on the work of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (1891-1956) and ongoing work with India’s untouchables.”

Amida Trust (U.K.) http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/~andre/amid a : “develops humanitarian projects on Buddhist principles to help overcome suffering in the world.”

Angulimala: The Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy Organisation (U.K.) www.angulimala.org.uk : provides chaplaincy in prisons, resources, networking.

Aung San Suu Kyi's Pages (Burma) http://www.dassk.org/index.php : a Web site with news and links to other sites related to Burma and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, “leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma (Myanmar), and Nobel laureate.”

BODHI (Benevolent Organization for Development, Health, and Insight) (Australia, U.S.) http://www.ecotimecapsule.com/bo dhi/act.html : an aid organization with projects in health, education, sanitation, environmental issues, and engaged action, mostly in Asia.

Boston Research Center for the 21st Century (U.S.) http://www.brc21.org/home.html : “an international peace institute that fosters dialogue among scholars and activists across cultures and religions,” founded by Daisaku Ikeda of Soka Gakkai International.

Buddhist AIDS Project (U.S.) http://www.buddhistaidsproject.o rg/ : “serves anyone living with HIV/AIDS”; provides information on medical news and services, and Buddhist teachings and practice centers.

Buddhist Hospice Trust (U.K.) http://www.buddhisthospice.org.u k/ : “provides compassionate care for the living, the dying, and the bereaved…open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike.”

Buddhist Peace Fellowship (U.S.) http://www.bpf.org : founded in 1978, its mission is “to serve as a catalyst and agent for socially engaged Buddhism,” through programs such as BASE, a “community-based volunteer service and activist training program,” and the Prison Program, and its quarterly journal, Turning Wheel.

Buddhist Peace Fellowship Bangladesh (Bangladesh) http://www.suanmokkh.org/ds/bpfb 1.htm : “works to unite all Buddhists—in cooperation with the other religions of our country—for the greater welfare of our people,” committed to peace work in relation to the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

Buddhist Perception of Nature Project (Hong Kong): coordinated by Nancy Nash. 5H Bowen Rd, Hong Kong; 852-252-33-464 (tel.).

Community of Mindful Living (International) http://www.iamhome.org : supports the practice and teachings of mindfulness of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

http://developmentdata.org contains links to developing country data on inequality, trade, aid, education, agriculture, migration, health, FDI, population, governance and debt, and to websites that host and/or catalogue household survey data.

http://econphd.net A place where I can "take" graduate courses for free, online, in English!