Selected Works (in chronological order)

The Mātikās: Memorization, Mindfulness and the List (1992) – Rupert Gethin

We may begin with one simple list, but the structure of early Buddhist thought and literature dictates that we end up with an intricate pattern of lists within lists

Cosmology and Meditation: From the Aggañña-Sutta to the Mahāyāna (1997) – Rupert Gethin

To approach what, for the want of a better term, we call the mythic portions of the Nikayas with the attitude that such categories as “mythic symbol” and “literally true” are absolutely opposed is to adopt an attitude that is out of time and place. It seems to me that in some measure we must allow both a literal and a psychological interpretation. Both are there in the texts.

Featured in the course, " An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy"

Can Killing a Living Being Ever Be an Act of Compassion?: The Act of Killing in the Abhidhamma and Pali Commentaries (2004) – Rupert Gethin

If you can intentionally kill out of compassion, then fine, go ahead. But are you sure? Are you sure that what you think are friendliness and compassion are really friendliness and compassion? Are you sure that some subtle aversion and delusion have not surfaced in the mind?

Featured in the course, " Buddhist Ethics"

Mythology as Meditation: From the Mahāsudassana Sutta to the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (2006) – Rupert Gethin

Featured in the course, " Imagery in the Early Buddhist Texts"

What’s in a Repetition?: On Counting the Suttas of the Saṃyutta-Nikāya (2007) – Rupert Gethin