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Dharma Doors

“The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha�

Translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi

Wisdom Publications: Boston (1995).

1412 pp., $75.00 (cloth).

This new translation offers the complete text of the“Majjhima Nikaya,”a collection of 152“suttas”that are among the oldest teachings of Buddhism. Here, the Buddha addresses a remarkable range of listeners, from princes and philosophers to common villagers. Accompanying this translation are copious notes, appendices, and glossaries, including an index of all the famous similes used by the Buddha to explain the dharma to men and women of his day.

“Gently Whispered�

by the Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche

Edited by Elizabeth Selandia

Station Hill: Barrytown, New York (1994).

292 pp., $16.95 (paper).

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