Glenn Wallis

Here is a selection of some books and articles that I have written, talks given, and an interview. Wherever possible, I've provided links or pdfs. I'll add more over time.

BOOKS (please visit books page)

Basic Teachings of the Buddha (New York: Random House, Modern Library, forthcoming August, 2007).

The Dhammapada: Verses on the Way (New York: Random House, Modern Library, 2004).

Mediating the Power of Buddhas (Albany: State University of New York Press, Buddhist Studies Series, 2002).

Meditation Handbook (Philadelphia: Old Tree Press, 2008).

I am currently researching and translating material for a book on the life of the Buddha, and am putting together a Pali reader for students of Buddhist canonical literature.

ARTICLES

“The Buddha Counsels a Theist: A Reading of the Tevijjasutta (Dighanikaya13),” Religion, volume 38/1 pp. 54-67, 2008. Here's a pdf. Here's the journal page.

“om vakya da namah: Manjusri’s mantra and its Use in Historical Perspective,”  in As Long As Space Endures: Essays on the Kalachakra Tantra in Honor of H.H. the Dalai Lama, (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, forthcoming). Here. Further information here.

"Advayavajra's Instructions on the adikarma," Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Fall 2003. Here.

“The Buddha’s Remains: mantra in the Mañjusrimulakalpa,” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 2001/1. Here.

"Gotama the Seeker wrote a very strange poem." Introduction to "Forum: Does Buddhism make you happier?" Buddhadharma Magazine, Spring 2008. Here's the dialog in Buddhadharma.

"What's dukkha? What's not?" Shambhala Sun, May 2008. 
Here's the piece.

"Touching the Earth." Unpublished, 2008. Here are some thoughts on the question: is Buddhism an anything-goes affair?  

Participant in "Forum: "Do you believe in miracles?" Buddhadharma Magazine, Spring 2008. Here. 

"Wer war Han Shan? Buddhistische Denkfiguren bei Rolf Dieter Brinkmann." In: Karl-Eckhard Carius (ed..), Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Schnitte im Atemschutz (Rowohlt: München: text + kritik, 2008).  [With Martin Kagel; in German.] Here's the publisher's catalog (scroll down).

"The All." Buddhadharma Magazine, Winter 2009. Excerpt.

REVIEWS AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

"Helmuth von Glasenapp," in The Encyclopedia of Religion, Second Edition, Lindsay Jones, editor in chief (New York: MacMillan Reference, 2004).

"Mahasiddhas," in Holy People of the World: An Encyclopedia, Phyllis G. Jestice, editor (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2004).

"Tilopa," in Holy People of the World: An Encyclopedia, Phyllis G. Jestice, editor (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2004).

Booknote on Bibliographical Sources for Buddhist Studies: From the Viewpoint of Buddhist Philology. Addenda III, by Yasuhiro Sueki, in Religious Studies Review, January, 2002.

Review of Violence and Subjectivity by V. Das, A. Kleinman, M. Ramphele, and P. Richards, editors, in The International Journal of Hindu Studies, April, 2001.

Review of The Faces of Buddhism in America by C. Prebish and K. Tanaka, editors, in The International Journal of Hindu Studies, April, 2000.

INTERVIEW

Here is an interview with me about my career as a punk rocker. The site that hosts it, The Worst Horse, is the place for:
"Pop-/Sub-/Dharma-culture links, news, Dharma-Burgers, and more." Here's a sample of our music.

PRESENTATIONS

“Empty Palace: the Buddha's Conversations with Theists." Cullum Lectures. Augusta State University. Augusta, Georgia.

"Understanding a Buddhist Ritual." Cullum Lectures. Augusta State University. Augusta, Georgia.

"In the Beginning Was . . . Who Knows? The Value of Bewilderment in Indian Religions." William and Mary College. Williamsburg, Virginia.

"The adikarma as 'primary practice.'" Conference of the American Oriental Society. Nashville, Tennessee.

"The Labor of Understanding." McGill University. Montreal, Canada.

“To what does ‘Religion’ Refer?” Hood College, Frederick, Maryland.

“Knowing and Doing in Indian Ritual.” Bowdoin College, Brunswick , Maine.

"Vision and Cult: Understanding a Buddhist Ritual." St. Mary's College, St. Mary City, Maryland.

"How to Read a Buddhist Text," Conference of the American Oriental Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"The Structure of the Pali Canon," Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany, Colloquium on Buddhist Studies.

"Helmut Eimer's Method of Determining the Relationship between the Various Kanjur Editions and Manuscripts," Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany, Colloquium on Buddhist Studies.