This is the last post of this blog. Post number 500. The blog will stay active for a while, but I don’t know how long.
It’s been an interesting ride, with some great companions along the way, for this I sincerely thank you all – you know who you are.
As you probably know bloggers love their “hits” stats, so at the time this is posted here’s some final post stats:
Length of time blog was active: approx. 4 years, 3 months
Number of visits: 215,436
Highest number visits in one day: 1,194
5 most popular posts [i.e., those with the most views, excluding the main page]:
1. Exclusive Interview with e-Conservation
2. The Great Conservation TwitterCon
3. Buffy, Museums, and the Conservation of Pop Culture
4. South Kensington-on-Sea
5. Field Note: Past/Future
So there’s really nothing more to say… as I sit here I can hear the black helicopters circling the compound and now the Kool-Aid seems to be kicking in…. I salute you.
“Libraries gave us power. Then work came and made us free. What price now for a shallow piece of dignity” (Manic Street Preachers).
One of the conservation blogs that I have felt the most affinity for over the last few years has been Library Preservation 2, in both its original and more recently revamped version. Recently the blog has started a fantastic series of posts entitled “Portraits in Preservation” in which notable figures in library preservation, conservation, and preservation education answer a regular set of questions about their experiences and approaches to the field.
“My intent with this project is not to write individual histories of conservators but rather to create personal portraits. My interest is the broader brush strokes of their life in preservation. My hope for this project is that these portraits will help the community of preservation professionals learn something about themselves – both individually and corporately – and their relationship to their profession.” (Kevin Driedger, Library Preservation 2)
In my opinion the post series is a brilliant idea, these posts have been fascinating for their ability to find out more about the person behind the conservator, and to really delve into what conservator means for its practitioners, they’re truly fascinating reading, so well done Kevin for this great project!
For those who are, like myself, interested in biographical information about conservators, it’s been great to see the slow but steady growth in biographical Wikipedia entries about conservators. There is another major source of biographies, and its a lot more extensive, it’s known as the FAIC Oral history Project. The idea for which was suggested by Rutherford John Gettens, who suggested the idea in 1974, but promptly died whilst trying to begin the project with his own entry, a year later it was launched in his honor and now contains hundreds of entries. Although this is one of the most fascinating projects in the US conservation world it is unfortunate that the archives of this project are not accessible online, and are “housed at the Winterthur Museum, Library, and Archives” having been lucky enough to see them I can say they’re pretty fascinating, and I hope one day Winterthur and FAIC work out a way of making them fully accessible, by which I mean without having to have a specific research question in mind more than simple curiosity; which is of course never simply idle.
Onyeocha [the word for White Man amongst the Kalabari, a tribe of the Ijaw people] Source: http://arthistoryresources.net/ARTHafrica.html
Post 1. Looking Back to Nigeria [Part I]
I like how this first post kind of casually, almost in passing as a closing note, refers to a night out to the New Afrika Shrine, which Richard describes as “an amazing environment with Femi and his band sounding great”, well no shit Sherlock, it’s FEMI KUTI! For those who are not aware of how awesome this is… check this video out:
SUPER JEALOUS! Well now back to the rest of the post. Some of the post is concerned with what might be thought of as the more traditional arts, represented by the Ife Museum, the Oba’s Palace, the Pottery Museum, and the recently-active archaeological site, Yemoo Grove, all in the city of Ife, and the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Another section of the post is concerned with the hotel in which they stayed, the Bogobiri House. The hotel mixes music and contemporary art – in the form of the gallery Nimbus, which is owned by Chike Nwagbogu; he has received a lot of attention for his ideas of putting art at the center of the transformation of the country. In the post Richard provides some useful links to artists associated with Nigeria, that are all worth checking out, as well as to the sparse collection of blogs associated with the contemporary art scene. Within the links are evidence of a growth in galleries, exhibits, auction houses, and overall evidence to the rising importance and global interest in contemporary art from Nigeria. It seems to me that the new movements in art, those that actually have something important to say, are going to be coming from ‘the global south’.
Post 2. Looking Back to Nigeria: The Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos [Part II]
This is probably the post I found most interesting. It focuses on the Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA), which has become a hub of artistic activity, and has had their contemporary art featured internationally at institutions such as Tate Modern, and recently they also became a locus for activities around the the Occupy Nigeria movement. An exhibit that actually meant shelving plans to host the Tate show at the CCA!
George Osodi, “Christmas Tree.” Part of the “Oil Rich Niger Delta” series (2006).
I was particularly interested to learn about a show the CCA put on by Lagos-born photographer, George Osodi, who has spent a number of years documenting what is widely considered the most dangerous area of Nigeria: the oil rich Niger Delta. This area of the world has long interested me since I became a fan of the writing of Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed in 1995. If you don’t know about him I suggest you read a little about him, but also read his books they’re wonderful.
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Post 3. Looking Back to Nigeria: Ben Osaghae’s Critical Observations [Part III]
Richard’s 3rd, and thus far final, post from his trip, offers a glimpse into the life and work of artist Ben Osaghae. Ben was born in Benin City, the capital of the Edo State and studied painting at Auchi Polytechnic college. He has taught painting in Nigerian universities but has since retired from this work to focus solely on his painting. His paintings offer poetic glimpses into the life of the country, many of his paintings appear to illustrate the web of political and corporate worlds that influence life in Nigeria. Once more we are shown a country whose art scene has something political, and significant, to say. Check out the original post for examples of the artists work.
In Ben’s Studio. Photo by Richard McCoy.
In America today we hear a lot about contemporary Latin American art, but we tend not to hear quite so much about contemporary African Art [although that opinion might be somewhat biased by my living in Arizona], so these posts were a great opportunity to gain a little insight into what’s going on in the Nigerian art scene. I strongly suspect that museums and galleries in Europe and America will be developing a growing interest in art from across the “global south”, which should provide a whole host of interesting avenues for conservators of contemporary art to explore. My personal hope is that this growing interest in contemporary art will allow museums to sever the more “ethnographic” African art objects away from the common museologically “art” approach in which they are usually exhibited. Such a move towards an “ethnographic” approach in which the source communities are given equal respect as “indigenous peoples” from other parts of the world would to my mind be beneficial. But enough about my thoughts, you should go and read Richard’s posts, and remember that in his first post Richard said he has more to publish on this trip… I for one look forward to reading that too.
dispatchwork in Bocchignano, Italy
Born in 1983 in the city of Bamberg, Germany, the Berlin based artist Jan Vormann initiated a creative and amusing project that would be followed by people around the world. You may have seen this project doing the rounds of social media sites, I first came across it on facebook… and I totally love it.
The art work is called “Dispatchwork” and consists of using plastic bricks, usually ‘Lego’ ones, to repair damaged parts of buildings and other constructions such as monuments. The artwork was first done in Bocchignano, Italy, a village close to Rome, as part of the group project “20 Eventi”. The group of artists developed projects for 4 villages of the Sabina region, since then the artist has traveled and taken this work of art with him, and as can be seen from his recent trip to New York there’s a huge range of possibilities for this artwork.
Ever wanted to combine a love of Lego with restoration… apparently now is the time!!!
“If you Meet the Buddha, Kill the Buddha”
(Zen saying -paraphrased from Lin Chi).
Meditate and Destroy: Thích Quảng Đức’s self-immolation, Saigon in 1963. Album cover for ‘Rage Against the Machine’
Over the last year or so I’ve become increasingly interested in Buddhism, or the ideas of Buddhism, and Buddhist practice, this has manifested itself on this blog with things such as discussions about the concept of impermanence. In my own life this interest started with some reading, and a lot of online reading, I’ve been particularly inspired by Zen as an approach, and the experience of western Buddhist women in developing new forms of Buddhism that are centered around Lay practice. I’ve also begun a regular meditation practice, at first this was hell… seriously… but after a couple of weeks I really began to feel the benefit. This weekend I finally managed to pull myself together and start some formal training, by asking for an introductory discussion and sitting Zazen for the first time with ‘Empty Sky Zen‘, a local Sangha in the Soto Zen tradition and in the lineage of Suzuki Roshi, the Sangha’s guiding teacher is Ryushin Paul Haller, co-Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, and the local priest who introduced me to the Zendo, and led the practice, is Reisan Ann Baker. The practice consisted of two sessions of Zazen [seated meditation], with one session of Kinhin [walking meditation] in between, which was followed with tea and a full moon ceremony – in which the community renews the Bodhisattva vows, this is done once a month at the full moon. It is a formal ceremony which includes chanting and full bows. So it was a great first experience of a zendo… and as long as I can get out of work on time I’ll be going back tomorrow for a shorter session of Zazen and Kinhin.
As I said I’ve been reading quite a bit, and below I’ve included my current reading list, I’ve arranged it vaguely by topic to make it a little more useful, and I’ve also included some music and films trailers – for a little fun.
Buddhism – General and Introductory
- Huston Smith and Philip Novak. Buddhism: A Concise Introduction. HarperOne. 2004.
- John Strong. The Buddha.Oneworld. 2009.
- Damien Keown. Introducing Buddhism. Routledge. 2010.
- Robert E. Buswell. Zen Monastic Experience. Princeton University Press. 1993.
- Kamala Tiyavanich. Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand. University of Hawaii Press. 1997.
- Donald K. Swearer. Buddhist World in Southeast Asia. State University of New York Press. 2010.
- Jack Kornfield (Ed). Teachings of the Buddha. Shambhala. 2007.
- Paul Williams. Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. Routledge. 1989.
- Richard Gombrich. Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo. Routledge. 1988.
- Hajime Nakamura. Gotama Buddha: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts [2 vols]. Kosei Publishing Company. 2001.
- Walpola Rahula. What the Buddha Taught. Random House Inc. 1981.
- Jack Kornfield. After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path. Bantam. 2001.
- Donald S. Lopez. ed. Buddhism in Practice. Princeton University Press. 1995.
Zen
- Shunryu Suzuki. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. Weatherhill. 1998.
- D.T. Suzuki. Essays in Zen Buddhism. Grove Press. 1994.
- Robert Aitken. Taking the Path of Zen. North Point Press. 1982.
- Robert Aitken. The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics. North Point Press. 1984.
- Matsuo Basho, Robert Aitken (Trans). A Zen Wave: Basho’s Haiku and Zen. Counterpoint. 2003.
- Charlotte J. Beck. Nothing Special. HarperOne. 1994.
- Charlotte J. Beck. Everyday Zen: Love and Work. HarperOne. 2007.
- Perle Besserman and Manfred Steger. Zen Radicals, Rebels, and Reformers. Wisdom Publications. 2011.
- Bodhidharma, Red Pine (Trans). The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma. North Point Press. 1989.
- Alan W. Watts. This Is It: and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience. Vintage. 1973
- David Chadwick. Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki. Three Rivers Press. 2000.
- David Chadwick. Thank You and Ok!: An American Zen Failure in Japan. Shambhala. 2007.
- Chang Chung-Yuan. Original Teachings of Ch’an Buddhism. Pantheon. 1995.
- Thomas Cleary. Zen Essence. Shambhala. 2000.
- Thomas Cleary (Ed). The Zen Reader. Shambhala. 2012.
- Trevor P. Leggett (Ed). A First Zen Reader. Literary Licensing, LLC. 2011.
- Trevor P. Leggett (Ed). A Second Zen Reader: The Tiger’s Cave & Translations of Other Zen Writings. Tuttle Publishing. 1989.
- Sekkei Harada. Daigaku Rumme (Tr). The Essence of Zen: The Teachings of Sekkei Harada. Wisdom Publications. 2008.
- Nagarjuna. with Brad Warner (Ed), Gudo Wafu Nishijima (Trans). Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna’s Mulamadhyamakakarika. Monkfish Book Publishing. 2011.
- film: Zen Noir. Marc Rosenbush (Dir) Studio: Magic Lamp Releasing/Zenmovie LLC. 2006. <trailer>
- Jiho Sargent. Asking About Zen: 108 Answers. Weatherhill. 2001.
- Philip B. Yampolsky (Trans). The Zen Master Hakuin. Columbia University Press. 1973.
- Burton Watson. The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi. Columbia University Press. 1999.
- Matsuo Basho, Robert Aitken (Trans). A Zen Wave: Basho’s Haiku and Zen. Counterpoint. 2003.
- Bodhidharma, Red Pine (Trans). The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma. North Point Press. 1989.
- James H. Sanford. Zen-man Ikkyu. Scholars Press. 1981.
- Norman Waddell. Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin. Shambhala. 1994.
- Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Yoshitaka Iriya, Dana Fraser (Trans). A Man of Zen: The Recorded Sayings of the Layman P’Ang. Weatherhill. 1992.
- Thomas Yuho Kirchner (Ed). Ruth Fuller Sasaki (Trans). The Record of Linji. University of Hawaii Press. 2008.
- William Theodore de Bary. The Buddhist Tradition: In India, China and Japan. Vintage. 1972.
- Chung-Yuan Chang, trans. Original Teachings of Ch’an Buddhism. Patheon. 1969.
Tibetan Buddhism and the West
- Dalai Lama. Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of The Dalai Lama. HarperPerennial. 1991.
- Kim Gutschow. Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas. Harvard University Press. 2004.
- Chogyam Trungpa. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. Shambhala. 1974.
- Mikel Dunham. Buddha’s Warriors: The Story of the CIA-Backed Tibetan Freedom Fighters, the Chinese Communist Invasion, and the Ultimate Fall of Tibet. Tarcher. 2004.
Vietnamese Buddhism and the West
- Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings. Orbis Books. 2001.
- Thich Nhat Hanh. For a Future to Be Possible: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life. Parallax Press. 2007.
Sex and Buddhism
- Brad Warner. Sex, Sin, and Zen: A Buddhist Exploration of Sex from Celibacy to Polyamory and Everything in Between. New World Library. 2010.
- David Schneider. Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey. Shambhala. 1993.
- Bernard Faure. The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality. Princeton University Press. 1998.
- John Stevens. Lust for Enlightenment: Buddhism and Sex. Shambhala. 1990.
- Michael Downing. Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center. Counterpoint. September. 2002.
Buddhism, Art, Heritage, Culture and Conservation
- Anna Karlström “Spiritual materiality: Heritage preservation in a Buddhist world?” Journal of Social Archaeology, 5 (3), 338-354.
- Robert E. Fisher. Buddhist Art and Architecture (World of Art). Thames & Hudson. 1993.
- Charles F. Chicarelli. Buddhist Art: An Illustrated Introduction. Silkworm Books. 2005.
- Garry Thomson. Reflections on the life of Buddha. Buddhist Soc. 1982.
Garry Thomson. The Sceptical Buddhist. River Books. 1995. - Adriana Proser (Ed). Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art. Yale University Press. 2010.
- Giles Beguin. Buddhist Art: An Historical and Cultural Journey. River Books Press. 2009.
- Denise Patry Leidy. The Art of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its History and Meaning. Shambhala. 2009.
Buddha and the Beats: a counter-cultural connection
- Alan Watts. Zen & the Beat Way. Tuttle Publishing. 1997.
- Kerry Thornley. Zenarchy. IllumiNet Press and Impropaganda. 1991.
- Carole Tomkinson (ed). Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation. Riverhead. 1995.
- Michael Davidson The San Fransisco Renaisance. Cambridge. 1989.
- Robert S. Ellwood. The Fifties Spiritual Marketplace: American Religion in a Decade of Conflict. Rutgers. 1997.
- Gary Syder. notes on the Beat Generation. in Beat Down to Your Soul. ed. Ann Charters. Peguin 2oo1.
- Alan Watts. Zen and the Beat Way. Charles E. Tuttle. 1997.
- Jack Kerouac. The Dharma Bums. Penguin Classics. 2006.
- Jack Kerouac. Some of the Dharma. Penguin. 1999.
- Jack Kerouac. Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha. Penguin. 2009.
- Garry Snyder. Buddhist Anarchism (aka. Buddhism and the Coming Revolution). On: Bureau of Public Secrets. (1961).
- Gary Snyder. Earth House Hold. New Directions. 1969.
- Gary Snyder. The Real Work: Interviews & Talks, 1964-1979. New Directions Publishing Co. 1980.
- Gary Snyder. The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations. Counterpoint. 2000.
- Max Caford. Zen Anarchy, Dernières modifications. RaForum.2007.
- Michael T. Van Dyke. Kenneth Rexroth’s Integrative Vision: Anarchism, Poetry, and the Religious Experience in Post-World War II San Francisco. In: Alexandre J. M. E. Christoyannopoulos (ed). Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2009).
- Kelley L. Ross. Zen and the Art of Divebombing
Buddhism and the West
- Robert Aitken. Encouraging Words: Zen Buddhist Teachings for Western Students. Pantheon. 1994.
- Philip C. Almond. The British Discovery of Buddhism. Cambridge University Press. 2007.
- Jane Iwamura. Virtual Orientalism: Asian Religions and American Popular Culture.Oxford University Press. 2011.
- Richard Hughes Seager. Buddhism in America. Columbia University Press. 2000.
- David L. McMahan (Ed). Buddhism in the Modern World. Routledge. 2012.
Dharma Punx
- Noah Levine. Dharma Punx. HarperOne. 2004.
- Noah Levine. Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries. HarperOne. 2007.
- Noah Levine. The Heart of the Revolution: The Buddha’s Radical Teachings on Forgiveness, Compassion, and Kindness. HarperOne. 2011.
- Brad Warner. Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality. Wisdom Publications. 2003.
- Brad Warner. Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip Through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma. New World Library. 2009.
- Brad Warner. Sex, Sin, and Zen: A Buddhist Exploration of Sex from Celibacy to Polyamory and Everything in Between. New World Library. 2010.
- film: Meditate and Destroy. Sarah Fisher (Dir). Studio: Alive Mind/Blue Lotus Films. 2007. <trailer>
- Anil Mundra. Buddhism and the Zen of Punk Rock. NPR. September 28, 2008. <html>
- song: Beastie Boys – Bodhisattva Vow <listen>
- song: Weezer “we are all on drugs” <listen>
- Adam Yauch: Check His Head, interview with Amy Green. <html>
- song: Faithless “Mass Destruction” <listen>
Buddhism, Gender, and Feminism
- Grace Schireson. Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens, and Macho Masters. Wisdom Publications. 2009.
- Rita M. Gross. Strategies for a Feminist Revalorization of Buddhism. In: Arvind Sharma (Ed). Feminism and World Religions. State University of New York Press. 1998.
- Rita M. Gross. A Garland of Feminist Reflections: Forty Years of Religious Exploration. University of California Press. 2009.Rita M. Gross and Rosemary Radford Ruether. Religious Feminism and the Future of the Planet: A Buddhist-Christian Conversation. Continuum. 2001.
- Kim Gutschow. Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas. Harvard University Press. 2004.
- Charlotte J. Beck. Everyday Zen: Love and Work. HarperOne. 2007.
- Rita M Gross. Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism. State University of New York Press. 1992.
- Martine Batchelor and Son’gyong Sunim. Women on the Buddhist Path. HarperCollins. 1996.
- Kathryn R. Blackstone. Women in the footsteps of the Buddha: struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha. Curzon. 1998.
- Martine Batchelor and Son’gyong Sunim. Women in Korean Zen: Lives and Practices. Syracuse University Press. 2006.
- Marianne Dressr. ed. Buddhist Women on the Edge: Contemporary Perspectives from the Western Frontier. north Atlantic Books. 1996.
- Sachiko Kaneko Morrell and Robert E. Morrell. Zen Sanctuary of the Purple Robes: Japan’s Tokeiji Convent since 1285. State University of new york. 2006.
- Clark Strand. Buddhist Bloomers: A Meditation on How to Stave off Decline. Wall Street Journal. november 9, 2007.
- Sallie Tisdale. Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom. HarperSanFrancisco. 2006.
- Karma Lekshe Tsomo. ed. Buddhism Through American Women’s Eyes. Sow Lion. 1995.
- Karma Lekshe Tsomo.Innovative Buddhist Women Swimming Against the Stream. Curzon. 2005.
- Karma Lekshe Tsomo. Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha. Sow Lion. 1988.
- Bell Hooks. Buddhism and the Politics of Domination. In: Melvin McLeod. ed. Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place. Wisdom Publications. 2006.
- Sandy Boucher. Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the new Buddhism. Beacon Press. 1988, 1993.
Buddhism and Violence
- Brian Daizen Victoria. Zen at War. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 2nd edition. 2006.
- Brian Victoria. Zen War Stories. Routledge. 2003.
- Michael Jerryson, Mark Juergensmeyer. (Eds). Buddhist Warfare. Oxford University Press, USA. 2010.
- Pankaj Mishra. An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World. Picador. 2005.
Engaged Buddhism, with an anarchistic slant
- Christopher S. Queen (Ed). Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. State University of New York Press. 1996.
- Christopher S. Queen (Ed). Engaged Buddhism in the West. Wisdom Publications. 2000.
- David Schneider. Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey. Shambhala. 1993
- Michael T. Van Dyke. Kenneth Rexroth’s Integrative Vision: Anarchism, Poetry, and the Religious Experience in Post-World War II San Francisco. In: Alexandre J. M. E. Christoyannopoulos (ed). Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2009).
- Christopher S. Queen (Ed). Engaged Buddhism in the West. Wisdom Publications. 2000.
- Susan Moon. Not Turning Away: The Practice of Engaged Buddhism. Shambhala. 2004.
- Arnold Kotler (Ed). Engaged Buddhist Reader. Parallax Press. 1999.
- Ken Jones. The New Social Face of Buddhism: A Call to Action. Wisdom Publications. 2003.
- Donald Rothberg. The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World. Beacon Press. 2006.
- Alan Senauke. The Bodhisattva’s Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged’s Buddhism’s Front Lines. Clear View Press. 2010.
- David R. Loy. Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution. Wisdom Publications. 2008.
- Hilda Gutierez Baldoquin (Ed). Dharma, Color, and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism. Parallax Press. 2004.
- John A. Rapp. Anarchism or Nihilism: The Buddhist-Influenced Thought of Wu Nengzi. In: Alexandre J. M. E. Christoyannopoulos (ed). Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2009).
- Ken Knabb. The Realization and Suppression of Religion. March 1977 pamphlet. Reprint ‘Public Secrets: Collected Skirmishes of Ken Knabb’. Bureau Of Public Secrets. 1997. <html>
Ken Knabb. Strong Lessons for Engaged Buddhists. Reprinted from Public Secrets: Collected Skirmishes of Ken Knabb. Bureau Of Public Secrets. 1997. <html> - Ken Knabb. Evading the Transformation of Reality. Bureau of Public Secrets. 1999. <html>
Arif Dirlik. Anarchism in the Chinese Revolution. University of California Press. 1993. - Edward S. Krebs. Shifu, soul of Chinese anarchism. Rowman & Littlefield. 1998.
- Peter Marshall. “Buddhism”. Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism. PM Press. 2009.
- David Edwards. Buddhism and Radical Politics: Interview by Alex Doherty. new left project. 2006.
- Gary Snyder. Buddhist Anarchism. Bureau of Public Secrets. 1961. <html>
- Ian Mayes. Reflections on a Buddhist Anarchism. The Implicit & Experietial Rantings of a Person. 2011 <link>
Buddhism and Other non/Religious Traditions
- Robert Aitken. Taking the Path of Zen. North Point Press. 1982.
- Robert Aitken. The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics. North Point Press. 1984.
- Matsuo Basho, Robert Aitken (Trans). A Zen Wave: Basho’s Haiku and Zen. Counterpoint. 2003.
- Stephen Batchelor. Confession of a Buddhist Atheist. Spiegel & Grau. 2010.
- Stephen Batchelor. Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening. Riverhead Trade. 1998.
- Rita M. Gross. A Garland of Feminist Reflections: Forty Years of Religious Exploration. University of California Press. 2009.Rita M. Gross and Rosemary Radford Ruether. Religious Feminism and the Future of the Planet: A Buddhist-Christian Conversation. Continuum. 2001.
- Peter Steinfels. A Look at Christianity, Through a Buddhist Lens. New York Times. October 9, 2009.
- Jean-Yves Leloup. Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity. Inner Traditions. 2009.
- Paul F. Knitter. Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian. Oneworld. 2009.
Dogen Studies
- Gudo Nishijima (ed/tr). Master Dogen’s Shinji Shobogenzo. Windbell Pubns Ltd. 2003.
- Gudo Nishijima (ed/tr). Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo, Book 1 – 4. BookSurge Publishing.
- Brad Warner. Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen’s Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye. New World Library. 2007.
- Masao Abe. A Study of Dogen: his philosophy and religion. State University of new york Press. 1992.
- Eihei Dogen. Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dogen. North Point Press. 1995
- Eihei Dogen. Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Zen Meditation. Shambhala. 2004.
- John Daido Loori. The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen’s Three Hundred Koans. Kazuaki Tanahashi (Trans). Shambhala. 2009.
Buddhism and Prison
- Kobai Scott Whitney. Sitting Inside: Buddhist Practice in America’s Prisons. Prison Dharma Ne[t]work. 2002.
- Jenny Phillips. Letters from the Dhamma Brothers: Meditation Behind Bars. Pariyatti Publishing. 2008.
- film: Dhamma Brothers. Jenny Phillips & Anne Marie Stein (Directors). Studio: Freedom Behind Bars. 2008. <trailer>
“And In Times Of Doubt I Can Think On The Dharma //And The Enlightened Ones Who’ve Graduated Samsara” (Bodhisattva Vow. From: Ill Communication, by the Beastie Boys).
