{"id":1812,"date":"2024-01-17T21:06:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T21:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/?page_id=1812"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:59:54","slug":"current-course-booklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/index\/current-course-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Course Booklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Most courses at Maitripa College will require readings provided as PDF via each courses\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Fall 2026 Course Book List<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3>CS303: Chaplaincy and Models of Spiritual Care<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cadge, Wendy and Shelly Rambo, eds. 2022. <em>Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction<\/em>. The University of North Carolina Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14145332\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Doehring, Carrie. 2015. <em>The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach. <\/em>Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/13353517\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Giles, Cheryl and Willa Miller, eds.2012. <em>The Arts of Contemplative Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work<\/em>. Wisdom Publications. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8319739\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Michon, Nathan, ed. 2023. <em>Refuge in the Storm: Buddhist Voices in Crisis Care<\/em>. North Atlantic Books. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14145767\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Michon, Nathan Jishin and Daniel Clarkson Fisher, eds. 2016. <em>A Thousand Hands : A Guidebook to Caring for Your Buddhist Community. <\/em>Sumeru Press. [recommended, optional, students will need to read short excerpts&nbsp;of their choice] <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/13356133\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sanford, Monica, 2025. <em>Kalyanamitra: Pragmatic Skills for Buddhist Spiritual Care, Volume II<\/em>. Sumeru Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14145770\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sanford, Monica. 2020. <em>Kaly\u0101\u1e47amitra: A Model for Buddhist Spiritual Care, Volume I<\/em>. Sumeru Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14145770\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>HIS301: History of Buddhism in India and Tibet<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Gethin, Rupert. 1998. <em>The Foundations of Buddhism<\/em>. OPUS Series. Oxford University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8590790\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Recommended (PDFs will be assigned):<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Powers, John. 2007. <em>Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism<\/em>. Snow Lion Publications. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/13658821\/show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Williams, Paul, Anthony Tribe, and Alexander Wynne. 2000. <em>Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition<\/em>. 2nd ed. Routledge, Taylor &amp; Francis, 2012. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8327659\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>MDT303: Techniques of Meditation: Madhyamaka<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, and Jeffrey Hopkins. 2007.&nbsp;<em>How to See Yourself as You Really Are<\/em>. Atria Books. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8331739\/show\">JABL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8314411\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho, and Thubten Chodron. 2023.&nbsp;<em>Appearing and Empty<\/em>. Wisdom Publications. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14145598\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tashi Tsering, and Thubten Zopa. 2009.&nbsp;<em>Emptiness<\/em>. Edited by Gordon McDougall. Boston: Wisdom Publications. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8329933\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PHL303: Madhyamaka Philosophy: Where is the Middle Way?<\/h3>\n<p><em>coming soon<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>THL305: Engaged Buddhism<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Williams, Duncan Ryuken. 2019.&nbsp;<em>American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War<\/em>.&nbsp;Harvard University Press. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/13086602\/show\">JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bstan-\u02bcdzin-rgya-mtsho. 1999.&nbsp;<em>Ethics for the New Millennium<\/em>.&nbsp;Riverhead Books. <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/8308855\/show\">JABL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.populiweb.com\/router\/library\/resources\/14146508\/show\">JABL<\/a> (2001)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/library\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Back to Library Home Page<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1812","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.7 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - 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