writing

I mostly write non-fiction on Buddhism and the arts. Some things are starting to get published which is both a blessing and a curse. Some of these articles use diacritics that require a unicode font.

published

• The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra. Western Buddhist Review, Issue 5. 2010 (forth coming).
• Did King Ajātasattu Confess to the Buddha, and did the Buddha Forgive Him? Journal of Buddhist Ethics. Volume 15 2008.
• Messian and the quest for eternity. (An analysis of The Quartet for the End of Time). Urthona Issue 24 released May 2007
• An analysis of Arvo Pärt's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten. Urthona Issue 22, Winter 2005.
• Frank Zappa : the Idol of my Youth. Urthona Issue 21, 2004-5.
• Andy Goldsworthy : an artist of substance. Urthona Issue 20, 2004.
• Suicide as a response to suffering. Western Buddhist Review, Issue 4. 2004.
• Images of transcendence. Artesian : magazine of upwelling art and creativity. No.6 2003/4.
• Healing the land. Urthona Issue 19, Winter 2003.
• A mirror to ourselves. Occasional Papers in Librarianship. No.19. Victoria University, 1991.

unpublished

Books

• Kukai : an introduction to his life and work. (book in progress)
• True Words : the magic and science of mantra. (book in progress)
• Ego and other dilemmas in the Spiritual life. (Chapter published as Suicide as a Response to suffering - see above)

Essays

• A readers guide to the Alexander Technique an annotated bibliography. (Now partly incorporated into the Alexander Wikipedia entry)
• Blake and the Bodhisattva's dream
• A footnote to Sangharakshita's Survey of Buddhism.
• The last words of the Buddha. (a commentary)
• Did the Dhamma die with the Buddha? A critique of the book Divine Revelation in Pali Buddhism by Peter Masefield.
• Responsibility in the Order. 2006. [ pdf ] A essay looking at issues of responsibility and authority in the Triratna Buddhist Order; and a critique of some of the types of discourse found in online forums for the Order.

Short Blog Essays

My blog The Jayarava Rave has more than 180 short essays on various subjects related to Buddhism.

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