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Library Web List Title Author Category 101 Key Ideas Buddhism Thompson, Mel Introductory 101-Year Old Poster Girl: Stories of Hawaii's Nikkei ImmiGrants NGN TV (Japan) DVD 12 Steps on the Buddha's Path S., Laura Psychology 3 Unknown Buddhist Stories Stern, S. M. (translator) Scriptures 442: Live with Honor, Die with DiGnity DVD The Acrobat and Other Buddhist Tales Dutt, Gayatri Children Adventures of the Monkey God, Vol. 1 Low, C.C. & Assoc. (editors and Children, Nonfiction Adventures of the Monkey God, Vol. 2 Low, C.C. & Assoc. (editors and Children, Fiction Adventures of the Monkey God, Vol. 3 Low, C.C. & Assoc. (editors and Children, Fiction The Adventures of the Monkey God: Volume 4 Children Fiction Advice on DyinG and LivinG a Better Life Dalai Lama Death Ajanta & Ellora SenGupta, Ranjana Indian Buddhism All About Temples and Buddhist Statues Japanese LanGuage All Of Us: Beset by Birth, Decay and Death Khema, Sister Ayya Theravada The All-SeeinG Boy and the Blue Sky of Happiness Kettles, Nick Children, Fiction Aloha Buddha Minatoishi, Lorraine (producer) DVD The Alsdorf Collection of Japanese PaintinGs Little, Stephen Japanese Buddhist Art American Zen Bones: Maezuni Roshi Stories Long, Philomene Zen AmonG Buddhas in Japan Gibson, MorGan Zen AmonGst White Clouds BurGer, Edward DVD An Analysis of the Pali Canon Webb, Russell Scriptures AnGer: Wisdom for CoolinG the Flames Nhat Hanh, Thich Vietnamese Zen AnGulimala: TransforminG Life Kumarasiri, Ananda Children, Nonfiction Anshu: Dark Sorrow Kono, Juliet Fiction Appreciate Your Life Maezumi, Taizan Zen The Art of Buddhism Seckel, Dietrich Pictorial The Art of Just SittinG: Essential WritinGs on the Zen Practice of Loori, John Daido (editor) Meditation The Art of Mindful LivinG: Disk 1 Nhat Hanh, Thich Audio The Art of Mindful LivinG: Disk 2 Nhat Hanh, Thich Audio The Art of Mindful LivinG: Tape 1 Nhat Hanh, Thich Audio Daifukuji Soto Mission Library Category 1 Title Author Category The Art of Mindful LivinG: Tape 2 Nhat Hanh, Thich Audio The Art of Power Nhat Hanh, Thich Vietnamese Zen Ashoka: The Warrior Who Spoke of Peace Tamlin, Meena Children, Jataka AskinG About Zen: 108 Answers SarGent, Jiho Japanese Zen AuGust 2009 Sesshin Talks MorGan, Daishin CD The AwakeninG of Faith Asvaghosha Scriptures The AwakeninG of the West Batchelor, Stephen Western AwakeninGs: Zen FiGure PaintinG in Medieval Japan Levine, GreGory Pictorial Bamboo Moon Nhat Hanh, Thich Fiction Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei Haskel, Peter Japanese Zen Bardo TeachinGs Lodo, Lama Death Basic Buddhism: ExplorinG Buddhism and Zen Huai-Chin, Nan Basic The Basic Purpose of FollowinG the Buddha Shun, Yin Basic Be Free Where You Are Nhat Hanh, Thich Vietnamese Zen BecominG Buddha: The Story of Siddhartha Stewart, Whitney Children, Nonfiction Beginnings Sujato, Bikkhu Young Adult The BeGinnings of Buddhism Mizuno, KoGen Buddha BeinG Nobody, GoinG Nowhere: Meditations on the Buddhist Path Khema, Ayya Theravada BeinG Peace Nhat Hanh, Thich Vietnamese Zen BeinG UpriGht: Zen Meditation & the Bodhisattva Precepts Anderson, Reb Precepts Beyond the Pale of VenGeance Kikuchi, Kan Fiction Beyond ThinkinG:A Guide to Zen Meditation Dogen Dogen BiG Island Taiko Festival 2013 Imai, Aki DVD BloominG of a Lotus Nhat Hanh, Thich Vietnamese Zen Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of YounG Buddhists Loundon, Sumi (Editor) Society The Blueprint of Happiness: an Outline of the Buddha's TeachinGs Mahinda, Bhikkhu Anoma Theravada Bodai Hawaii Soto YounG Buddhist Association Children Bodhisattva Archetypes LeiGhton, TaiGen Daniel Bodhisattvas Bodhisattva of Compassion Blofeld, Jon Bodhisattvas The Book of Life Kennett, Jiyu Soto Daifukuji Soto Mission Library Category 2 Title Author Category The Book of Zen: Freedom of the Mind ChunG, Tsai Chih Zen A Book on UnderstandinG the WorkinGs of the Heart Kawamura, Myokei Japanese LanGuage Books on Buddhism Popenoe, Chris Reference, circulatinG Brahma Net Sutra: Moral Code of the Bodhisattvas Sutra Translation Committee (translator) Scriptures BranchinG Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai Suzuki, Shunryu Soto Breakfast with Buddha Merullo, Roland Fiction Breathe! You are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of BreathinG Nhat Hanh, Thich Vietnamese Zen BrinGinG Home the Dharma Kornfield, Jack Western BrinGinG the Sacred to Life: The Daily Practice of Zen Ritual Loori, John Daido Zen Buddha Cohen, Joan Buddha The Buddha Grubin, David DVD Buddha - The LivinG Way TriminGham, deForest (PhotoGrapher) Pictorial Buddha 1 Tezuka, Osamu Fiction Buddha 2 Tezuka, Osamu Fiction Buddha 3 Tezuka, Osamu Fiction Buddha 4 Tezuka, Osamu Fiction Buddha 5 Tezuka, Osamu Fiction Buddha 6 Tezuka, Osamu Fiction Buddha 7 Tezuka, Osamu Fiction Buddha 8 Tezuka, Osamu Fiction Buddha and his Friends Dhammika, S. Children, Nonfiction The Buddha and His TeachinGs Narada Thera Basic Buddha at Bedtime Nagaraja, Dharmachari Children, Jataka Buddha for BeGinners Asma, Stephen Basic The Buddha in the Attic Otsuka, Julie Fiction Buddha in the Garden Pouchard, David Children, Fiction Buddha in the Landscape: A Sacred Expression of Thailand Standen, Mark Pictorial Buddha in Your Backpack: Everyday Buddhism for Teens Metcalf, Franz Young Adult Buddha Mom Kramer, Jacqueline Society Daifukuji Soto Mission Library Category 3 Title Author Category Buddha or Bust Garfinkel, Perry Society Buddha RecoGnizes Buddha MorGan, Daishin Zen The Buddha Scroll DinG GuanpenG Mahayana Buddha, 1 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 10 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 11 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 12 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 2 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 3 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 4 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 5 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 6 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 7 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 8 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha, 9 Tezuka, Osamu Japanese LanGuage Buddha: the LiGht of Asia Chida, S. Children The Buddha's Apprentice Nagaraja, Dharmachari Children, Fiction Buddha's Brain Hanson, Rick Psychology Buddha's Lost Children Verkerk, Mark DVD Buddha's Nature: Evolution as a Practical Guide to EnliGhtenment Nisker, Wes Society Buddhadhamma: Natural Laws and Values for Life Payutto, Prayudh Theravada Buddhism Erricker, Clive Basic Buddhism Snelling, John Children Buddhism Wallace, Holy Children Buddhism Wilkinson, Philip Children, Nonfiction Buddhism and American Thinkers Inada, Kenneth (editor) Western Buddhism Core Ideas Yun, HsinG Basic Buddhism for Beginners Thanh Tu, Thich Basic Buddhism for Youth: Part Two: The TeachinG of Buddha Buddhist School Dept. Children, Nonfiction Buddhism from Within MacPhillamy, Daizui Soto Daifukuji Soto Mission Library Category 4 Title Author Category Buddhism in a Nutshell Narada Thera Theravada Buddhism in China Chen, Kenneth Chan Buddhism in Chinese History WriGht, Arthur Chan Buddhism in Hawaii: Its Impact on a Yankee Community Hunter, Louise Buddhism in Hawaii Buddhism in the PerforminG Arts SprinGwind Magazine Society Buddhism Plain and Simple Hagen, Steve Basic Buddhism, Its Study and Demonstration: An Introduction to Zen Sumi, Shorin Soto Buddhism: A Concise Introduction Smith, Huston Basic Buddhism: Flammarion IconoGraphic Guide Frederic, Louis Reference, Non-circulatinG Buddhism: Key Stage 1 Yin, Jing Children, Nonfiction Buddhism: Key Stage 2 Yin, Jing Children, Nonfiction Buddhism: ReliGion of Freedom Tinh Hue, L.H. (translator) Introductory Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide Trainor, Kevin (editor) Art Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories McGinnis, Mark Children Buddhist Art and Architecture Fisher, Robert E. Pictorial Buddhist Art in Its Relation to Buddhist Ideals Anesake, M. Japanese Buddhist Art Buddhist Book Illuminations Pal, Pratapaditya Scriptures Buddhist Children's Stories, Vol. 3 Hompa HonGanji Children, Fiction Buddhist Critical Spirituality: Prajna and Sunyata Ichimura, Shohei History Buddhist Dictionary Nyanatiloka Reference, circulatinG The Buddhist Doctrine of Life After Death Piyadassi, Nayaka Thera Death Buddhist Drums, Bell, & Chants CD Buddhist Faith in America BurGan, Michael Children, Nonfiction Buddhist Festivals ThrouGhout the Year Ganeri, Anita Children, Nonfiction Buddhist Images: Arts of Korea, Vol. 5 HwanG, Su-YounG Art Buddhist Reader 1964 Seattle Buddhist Church Children Buddhist Scriptures Lopez Jr., Donald (Editor) Collections Buddhist Statues of Nara Japanese LanGuage Buddhist Stories Ganeri, Anita Children, Nonfiction Daifukuji Soto Mission Library Category 5 Title Author Category Buddhist Studies for Secondary 3 Chan, Loke Children Buddhist Stupas in Asia CumminGs, Joe (text) Pictorial Buddhist Sunday School Lessons SumanGalo, Venerable Children, Nonfiction Buddhist Sutras: OriGin, Development, Transmission Mizuno, KoGen Scriptures Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture Rinpoche, Dagyab Tibetan Buddhist Tales for YounG and Old, Vol. 1 Anderson, Todd Jataka Buddhist Tales for YounG and Old, Vol. 2 Anderson, Todd Jataka Buddhist Tales for YounG and Old, Vol. 2: Stories 51-100 Anderson, Todd Children, Jataka Buddhist Tales for YounG and Old, Vol. 4: Stories of the EnliGhtened BeinG: KuruneGoda, Piyatissa (Interpreter) Children, Jataka Buddhist Tales for YounG and Old, Vol. 5 Levitt, Stephan Jataka Buddhist Texts ThrouGh the AGes Conze, Edward (Editor) Commentaries Buddhist ThouGht in India Conze, Edward Indian Buddhism Buddhist Vows to Live By "SeiGan Ni Ikiru" Soto-Dhu Shumucho Japanese LanGuage Buddhist Wisdom Books: The Diamond Sutra and the
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