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                                Pali Canon

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                                http://depositphotos.com/6597288/stock-photo-Buddhist-holy-book-Tripitaka-or-pali-canon-in-Kuthodaw-temple-in-Mandalay.html
                                Original scripture of Theravada Buddhism. Written in Pali language in North India. First completely intact Buddhist writing preserved.
                                Divided into three sections:
                                1. Vinaya Piṭaka - contains rules for monks and nuns
                                2. Suttaṅta Piṭaka - contains discourses
                                3. Abhidhamma Piṭaka - concerned with the psychological and ethical parts of Buddhism

                                http://www.palicanon.org/

                                Indian Journals by Allen Ginsberg

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                                http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/allen-ginsberg/indian-journals/_/R-400000000000000466056
                                Written by Ginsberg when he visited India in 1962-1963. Includes journal entries, poems, and miscellaneous drawings.

                                Big Sky Mind

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                                http://www.payer.de/neobuddhismus/neobud0405.htm
                                Includes letters between those considered the fore front founders of the Beat Generation such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and Gary Snyder. Also includes commentary and background information concerning the evolution of the Buddhist themes within the Beat Movement.

                                Buddhist Bible

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                                http://www.qbd.com.au/product/9780807059111-A_Buddhist_Bible_by_Dwight_Goddard.htm
                                A great influence on Jack Kerouac. Help him to separate Hinduism and Buddhism as he had trouble separating the two.
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