Bibliography

Articles

Ray, R. (2005 Spring). The Power of Solitude, Tricycle. Dr. Reginald Ray speaks with Ted Rose about the value of solitary retreat.

Ray, R., et al (2005 Dec.). Recalling Chogyam Trungpa, Fabrice Midal, (Ed.). Shambhala Publications. In this anthology, Ray and fellow contributors examine the work of Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939–1987). A pioneer in introducing Buddhism to the West, Trungpa Rinpoche had a distinct knack for breaking down the cultural, historical, and ideological barriers that make any such transmission so difficult today.

Ray, R. (2002, Oct. – Dec.). Will it be one or many? Buddhadharma. Longtime Buddhist practitioners highlight Buddhist books that were of significant influence. Dr. Ray reviews Joseph Goldstein's One Dharma: The Emerging Wisdom of Western Buddhism.

Ray, R. (2002, Spring). Taking September 11 as the Path, Bodhi Magazine 5(1). (Out of print.)

Ray, R. (2002, Summer). Bodhgaya, Bodhi, Magazine 5(2). (Out of print.)

Ray, R. (2001, Summer). The Yogi Spirit in Dharma Life. Dharma Life.

Ray, R., et al (2000). The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Which Liberates Upon Seeing. Vajradhatu Stupa Project. In this anthology, Dr. Ray contributes the Introduction and The Buddhist Path chapter. Construction of The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya at the Shambhala Mountain Center in northern Colorado was initiated in 1988 and consecrated in August 2001. The book discusses the history, the symbolism of the art contained in it, and the lives of the important lamas associated with it - specifically Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.

Ray, R. (1996). Solitary Retreat in American Buddhism and Its Role in Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, Buddhist-Christian Studies.

Ray, R. (Jan., 1995). Tibetan Buddhism as Shamanism, The Smithsonian Institution Press. A review article discussing Geoffrey Samuels' Civilized Shamans.

Ray, R., et al (1995). Nagarjuna's Longevity chapter in Sacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions of South and South Asia, Juliane Schober and Mark Woodward (Eds.). University of Hawaii Press.

Ray, R., et al (1994). The Temptress and the Monk and Rebirth in Buddhist Tradition. Chapters in Entering the Stream: An Introduction to the Buddha and his Teachings, Samuel Bercholz and Sherab Chodzin Kohn (Eds.). Shambhala Publications.

Ray, R., et al (1989). Mahasiddhas chapter in Buddhism in Asian History, Joseph M. Kitagawa and Mark D. Cummings (Eds.). Macmillan Publishing Company.

Various authors (1986). Speaking of Silence Fortress Press. The collected papers from the Naropa Institute Conferences on Christian and Buddhist Meditation, 1981-1984. Introduction by Dr. Reginald Ray.

Ray, R., et al (1985). The Holy Book, Frederick Denny and Rodney Taylor (Eds.). University of North Carolina Press. Includes Dr. Ray’s Buddhism: Sacred Text Written and Realized.

Thinley, K., Ray, R., (introduction) (1980). History of the Sixteen Karmapas. Shambhala Press.