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T-Magazine Culture strikes again! "A reporter’s essential reading list on Buddhism in Asia." TBH: spent so much time touchstoning (verb?) all the titles on the bib thread couldn't let it go to waste.
Link itself probably only works once -- the article itself comments each of the items in the bibliography: Follow the Steps of the Buddha, Book by Book. Drop me a line if you get paywalled; apparently I can recycle the link.
Aatish Taseer. 05/14/2026: Follow the Steps of the Buddha, Book by Book: A reporter’s essential reading list on Buddhism in Asia. The list: The Search for the Buddha: The Men Who Discovered India’s Lost Religion (2003) by Charles Allen (Basic Books) -- The Wheel of Life: The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist (1959) by John Blofeld -- The Living Thoughts of Gotama the Buddha (1948) by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and I.B. Horner (1948) -- Keeping the Faith: Thai Buddhism at the Crossroads (2001) by Sanitsuda Ekachai -- The Robe and the Sword: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia (2025) by Sonia Faleiro -- Monk, Householder and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and its Hierarchy of Ritual (1992) by David Gellhorn -- Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal (2014) by Prashant Jha -- The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao (2017) by Ian Johnson -- Buddhism: A Journey Through History (2024) by Donald S. Lopez Jr. -- Buddhism in Practice (1995) edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr. -- An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World (2004) by Pankaj Mishra -- Buddhist Monuments (1971) by Debala Mitra -- All Roads Lead North: China, Nepal and the Contest for the Himalayas (2021) by Amish Raj Mulmi -- Gotama Buddha: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts -- Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China (2009) by Bill Porter (1977) -- The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life (1997) by Jean-François Revel and Matthieu Ricard by Hajime Nakamura -- The Jatakas: Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta (2006) -- Buddhist Himalaya: Travels and Studies in Quest of the Origins and Nature of Tibetan Religion (1957) by David Snellgrove translated by Sara Shaw -- Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide (2001) edited by Kevin Trainor -- Taiwan Travelogue (2020) by Yang Shuang-zi.
In conjunction with the T-Magazine article: Aatish Taseer. 05/14/2026: The Prince's Journey: Life, Death and Rebirth in the Land of the Buddha: Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent forever.
Link itself probably only works once -- the article itself comments each of the items in the bibliography: Follow the Steps of the Buddha, Book by Book. Drop me a line if you get paywalled; apparently I can recycle the link.
Aatish Taseer. 05/14/2026: Follow the Steps of the Buddha, Book by Book: A reporter’s essential reading list on Buddhism in Asia. The list: The Search for the Buddha: The Men Who Discovered India’s Lost Religion (2003) by Charles Allen (Basic Books) -- The Wheel of Life: The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist (1959) by John Blofeld -- The Living Thoughts of Gotama the Buddha (1948) by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and I.B. Horner (1948) -- Keeping the Faith: Thai Buddhism at the Crossroads (2001) by Sanitsuda Ekachai -- The Robe and the Sword: How Buddhist Extremism Is Shaping Modern Asia (2025) by Sonia Faleiro -- Monk, Householder and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and its Hierarchy of Ritual (1992) by David Gellhorn -- Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal (2014) by Prashant Jha -- The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao (2017) by Ian Johnson -- Buddhism: A Journey Through History (2024) by Donald S. Lopez Jr. -- Buddhism in Practice (1995) edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr. -- An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World (2004) by Pankaj Mishra -- Buddhist Monuments (1971) by Debala Mitra -- All Roads Lead North: China, Nepal and the Contest for the Himalayas (2021) by Amish Raj Mulmi -- Gotama Buddha: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts -- Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China (2009) by Bill Porter (1977) -- The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life (1997) by Jean-François Revel and Matthieu Ricard by Hajime Nakamura -- The Jatakas: Birth Stories of the Bodhisatta (2006) -- Buddhist Himalaya: Travels and Studies in Quest of the Origins and Nature of Tibetan Religion (1957) by David Snellgrove translated by Sara Shaw -- Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide (2001) edited by Kevin Trainor -- Taiwan Travelogue (2020) by Yang Shuang-zi.
In conjunction with the T-Magazine article: Aatish Taseer. 05/14/2026: The Prince's Journey: Life, Death and Rebirth in the Land of the Buddha: Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent forever.
