Rutgers University Libraries hold an extensive collection of books with topics related to the Dalai Lama’s visit. The following is a select list of titles arranged by subject area. Individual call numbers are indicated, as well as where to find each book at one of five campus library locations:

Archibald S. Alexander Library (Alexander Library) on College Avenue Campus

John Cotton Dana Library (Dana Library) at Rutgers–Newark Campus

Mabel Smith Douglass Library (Douglass Library) on Cook/Douglass Campus

Kilmer Area Library (Kilmer Library) on Livingston Campus

Paul Robeson Library (Robeson Library) at Rutgers–Camden Campus

A complete list of books in English authored or coauthored by the Dalai Lama is available from the Office of Tibet, New York.

The Dalai Lama

Advice on Dying and Living a Better Life by the Dalai Lama; translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, Ph.D.
Alexander Library; call number BQ4487.B78 2002

A History of Modern Tibet, 1913–1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State by Melvyn C. Goldstein; with the help of Gelek Rimpoche
Dana Library; call number DS786.G635 1989

An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life by the Dalai Lama; edited by Nicholas Vreeland
Robeson Library; call number BQ7935.B774O627 2001

A Simple Monk: Writings on His Holiness the Dalai Lama edited by Tom Morgan; photographs by Alison Wright
Alexander Library; call number BQ7935.B77S56 2001

A Simple Path: Basic Buddhist Teachings by the Dalai Lama
Robeson Library; call number BQ7610.B79 2000

Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and Their Tibetan Successors by David L. Snellgrove
Dana Library; call number BQ336.S64 1987b

Lhasa in the Seventeenth Century: the Capital of the Dalai Lamas edited by Françoise Pommaret; translated by Howard Solverson
Alexander Library; call number DS786.L457 2003

Orphans of the Cold War: America and the Tibetan Struggle for Survival by John Kenneth Knaus
Dana Library; call number DS786.K64 1999

Reflections from the Journey of Life: Collected Sayings of the Dalai Lama edited by Catherine Barry; translated by Joseph Rowe
Kilmer Library; call number BQ5670.B76 2002

Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism by Claude B. Levenson; translated by Nissim Marshall; photographs by Laziz Hamani; foreword by the Dalai Lama
Robeson Library; call number BQ5115.C5L4813 2000

The Dalai Lama: A Biography by Patricia Cronin Marcello
Robeson Library; call number BQ7935 .B777 M37 2003

The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese During the Early Middle Ages by Christopher I. Beckwith
Dana Library; call number DS786.B38 1987

Treasury of Precious Qualities: A Commentary on the Root Text of Jigme Lingpa by Longchen Yeshe Dorje and Kangyur Rinpoche; translated by the Padmakara Translation Group; forewords by the Dalai Lama and Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche
Alexander Library; call number BQ7662.4.J573K59 2001

Peace

Choose Peace: A Dialogue Between Johan Galtung and Daisaku Ikeda by Johan Galtung and Daisaku Ikeda
Alexander Library; call number BQ4570.P4G35 1995

Innovative Buddhist Women: Swimming Against the Stream edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Douglass Library; call number BQ4570.W6I55 2000

The Art of Peace: Nobel Peace Laureates Discuss Human Rights, Conflict and Reconciliation edited by Jeffrey Hopkins
Alexander Library; call number JZ5538.A78 2000

The Future of Peace: On the Front Lines with the World's Great Peacemakers by Scott A. Hunt
Alexander Library; call number JZ5540.H86 2002

The Moral Architecture of World Peace: Nobel Laureates Discuss Our Global Future by Helena Cobban
Alexander Library; call number JZ5538.C63 2000

The Philosophy of Peace by John Somerville
Alexander Library; call number JX1952.S735

What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
Alexander Library; call number BQ4132.R3313 1974

War

After Authority: War, Peace, and Global Politics in the 21st Century by Ronnie D. Lipschutz
Dana Library; call number D860.L55 2000

A Philosophy of War by Alexander Moseley
Robeson Library; call number B105.W3M67 2002

Beyond Retribution: Seeking Justice in the Shadows of War by Rama Mani
Alexander Library; call number JC578.M32 2002

On War by Carl von Clausewitz
Alexander Library; call number U102.C65 1984

Sun-Tzu: The New Translation (The Art of War) research and reinterpretation by J.H. Huang
Alexander Library; call number U101.S9513 2001

War after September 11 edited by Verna V. Gehring
Alexander Library; call number B105.W3W37 2003

War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
Alexander Library; call number U21.2.H43 2002

War, Media, and Propaganda: A Global Perspective edited by Yahya R. Kamalipour and Nancy Snow
Alexander Library; call number P96.W352U554 2004

Reconciliation

Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence, and Peacemaking by Marc Gopin
Alexander Library; call number BL65.V55G67 2000

Buddhism & Science: Breaking New Ground edited by B. Alan Wallace
Alexander Library; call number BQ4570.S3B836 2003

Buddhism, Ethics and Society: The Conflicts and Dilemmas of Our Times by Padmasiri De Silva
Robeson Library; call number BQ4570.S6D465 2002

Buddhist Epistemology by S.R. Bhatt and Anu Mehrotra; foreword by the Dalai Lama
Alexander Library; call number BQ4440.B53 2000

Burying the Past: Making Peace and Doing Justice after Civil Conflict edited by Nigel Biggar
Alexander Library; call number JC578.B49 2003

Contemporary Peace Making: Conflict, Violence and Peace Processes edited by John Darby and Roger Mac Ginty
Alexander Library; call number JZ6010.C665 2003

Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World by Thich Nhat Hanh
Alexander Library; call number BQ4570.P4N45 2003

Democracy and Religion: Free Exercise and Diverse Visions by David Odell-Scott
Dana Library; call number BR516.D377 2004

Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik edited by Douglas Johnston
Alexander Library; call number BL65.I55F345 2003

Religion and Peacebuilding edited by Harold Coward and Gordon S. Smith
Alexander Library; call number BL65.V55R455 2004