Theravadin Resource guide

[ancientbuddhism]

Looking for the Vinaya: Monastic Discipline in the Practicle Canons of the Theravāda, by Anne M. Blackburn

[ancientbuddhism]

Buddhist Law According to the Theravāda-Vinaya: A survey of Theory and Practice, by Oskar Von Hinüber

Buddhist Law According to the Theravāda Vinaya II: Some Additions and Corrections, by Oskar Von Hinüber

[robertk]

A very well done site for anyone interested in Pali
http://www.buddha-vacana.org
check out this page http://www.buddha-vacana.org/sutta/samy ... 6-011.html

[Travis]

Thanks RobertK!

[ancientbuddhism]

Theravāda Buddhism’s Meditations on Death and the Symbolism of Initiatory Death by George D. Bond

[ancientbuddhism]

The Foundations of Buddhism, by Rupert Gethin

[ancientbuddhism]

Theravāda in History, by Peter Skilling

"...This essay is written on the premise that we—historians of Buddhism—do not adequately understand, and have not adequately attempted to understand, the term “Theravāda.” Nonetheless, we have imposed it in our studies to create, in many cases, artificial and ahistorical entities. I believe that we need to reexamine the evidence, to see how the complex of historical movements within Theravāda define and refer to themselves, and to see how they define and refer to others, both Buddhist nikāyas and other religions. I take it as axiomatic that the history of Theravāda cannot be written on the basis of Pali sources alone. We must exploit the full range of sources, including not only the vernaculars of the cultures in which Theravāda has developed from a monastic aggregation into distinctive social complexes, but also the classical Buddhist languages—Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Chinese—and other vernaculars used by Buddhist traditions. We must take epigraphic, literary, archaeological, iconographical, and anthropological evidence into account."