Most courses at Maitripa College will require readings provided as PDF via each courses’ Populi Classroom site, or from the texts listed below. Instructors have provided the following list of books that students will be required to obtain, either by purchase or borrow from a library. The course syllabus is the authoritative source of information, as readings may be changed, and not all courses are listed here. At least one copy of all required books is held in the Course Reserve shelves of the library, available for two-hour, on-site circulation. If additional copies are in our collection, they are available for circulation.
Fall 2026 Course Book List
CS303: Chaplaincy and Models of Spiritual Care
- Cadge, Wendy and Shelly Rambo, eds. 2022. Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction. The University of North Carolina Press. JABL
- Doehring, Carrie. 2015. The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press. JABL
- Giles, Cheryl and Willa Miller, eds.2012. The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work. Wisdom Publications. JABL
- Michon, Nathan, ed. 2023. Refuge in the Storm: Buddhist Voices in Crisis Care. North Atlantic Books. JABL
- Michon, Nathan Jishin and Daniel Clarkson Fisher, eds. 2016. A Thousand Hands : A Guidebook to Caring for Your Buddhist Community. Sumeru Press. [recommended, optional, students will need to read short excerpts of their choice] JABL
- Sanford, Monica, 2025. Kalyanamitra: Pragmatic Skills for Buddhist Spiritual Care, Volume II. Sumeru Press. JABL
- Sanford, Monica. 2020. Kalyāṇamitra: A Model for Buddhist Spiritual Care, Volume I. Sumeru Press. JABL
HIS301: History of Buddhism in India and Tibet
- Gethin, Rupert. 1998. The Foundations of Buddhism. OPUS Series. Oxford University Press. JABL
Recommended (PDFs will be assigned):
- Powers, John. 2007. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Snow Lion Publications. JABL
- Williams, Paul, Anthony Tribe, and Alexander Wynne. 2000. Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition. 2nd ed. Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2012. JABL
MDT303: Techniques of Meditation: Madhyamaka
- Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, and Jeffrey Hopkins. 2007. How to See Yourself as You Really Are. Atria Books. JABL, JABL
- Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, and Thubten Chodron. 2023. Appearing and Empty. Wisdom Publications. JABL
- Tashi Tsering, and Thubten Zopa. 2009. Emptiness. Edited by Gordon McDougall. Boston: Wisdom Publications. JABL
PHL303: Madhyamaka Philosophy: Where is the Middle Way?
coming soon
