2. The Theravada Tradition

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Carrithers, Michael. The Forest Monks of Sri Lanka: An Anthropological and Historical Study. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983.
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Collins, Steven. Selfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravada Buddhism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
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Katz, Nathan. Buddhist Images of Human Perfection: The Arahant of the Sutta Pitaka Compared with the Bodhisattva and the Mahasiddha. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2nd ed., 1990.
Khema, Ayya. Being Nobody, Going Nowhere. London: Wisdom, 1987.
King, Winston L. In the Hope of Nibbana: An Essay on Theravada Buddhist Ethics. La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1964.
King, Winston L. Theravada Meditation: The Buddhist Transformation of Yoga. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980.
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Rahula, Walpola. History of Buddhism in Ceylon. Colombo: Gunasena, 1956.
Smith, Bardwell, ed. Religion and Legitimation of Power in Sri Lanka. Chambersburg, PA: Anima Books, 1978.
Smith, Bardwell, ed. The Two Wheels of Dhamma: Essays on the Theravada Tradition in India and Ceylon. Chambersburg, PA: American Academy of Religion, 1972,
Spiro, Melford E. Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2nd ed., 1982.
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Wijayaratna, Mohan. Buddhist Monastic Life According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1990.