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Buddhism
We highly recommend that you check out Lama Surya Das' comprehensive guide to Buddhism, Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight steps to Enlightenment. This is one of the best books we've ever read on Buddhism, and received 5 star rating at Amazon. We are recommneding the hardbound copy as this is a beautiful book you will want to keep. It is heavily discounted and sells for $18.20. The paperback version, just came out and sells for $15.00, lightly discounted [approx 15%]. This is a great book, 5 stars ~ why not spring for the hard cover.
Lama Surya Das has a great website at his Dzogchen Foundation. [It is one of the Spiritwalk Links] You can check out his writing here as there are generous portions of earlier writings posted here.
Buddhism Books
Sylvia Boorstein, Don't Just Do Something, Sit There: A Mindfulness Retreat
*** Sylvia Boorstein, It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness
Sylvia Boorstein, That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist
David Brazier, Feeling Buddha
David Brazier, Zen Therapy
Pema Chodron, Awakening Loving-Kindness
Pema Chodron, Start Where You Are : A Guide to Compassionate Living
Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart : Heart Advice for Difficult Times(Hard Cover)
Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart : Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Paperback)
Pema Chodron, The Wisdom of No Escape
Dalai Lama, The Art of the Happiness
Dalai Lama, The Path to Enlightenment
Dalai Lama, Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart
Dalai Lama, The Way to Freedom
Dalai Lama, The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace
Dalai Lama, A Flash of Lightening in the Dark of Night
Dalai Lama, Opening of the Wisdom Eye
*** Lama Surya Das, Awakening the Buddha Within
- Mark Epstein, Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness,
- Janet Goldstein (Editor)
Robert Gerzon, Finding Serenity in the Age of Anxiety
Joseph Goldstein, Insight
Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein, The
Experience of Insight: A Simple and Direct Guide to Buddhist Meditation
Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield, The Path of Insight Meditation
Joseph Goldstein & Jack Kornfield, Seeking
the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation
Roshi Philip Kapleau, The Three Pillars of
Zen
Barry Neil Kaufman, Happiness Is a Choice
Jack Kornfield, Teachings of the Buddha
Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book
Jack Kornfield, A Path With Heart
Jack Kornfield & Joseph Goldstein, The Path of Insight Meditation
Jack Kornfield & Joseph Goldstein, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation
Sogyal Rinpoche, Andrew Harvey, ed, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Lao-Tzu, interpreted by Ursula K. Le Guin, Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching
Ursula K. Le Guin (Lao-Tzu) Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching
Christine Longaker, Facing Death and Finding Hope
Thomas Merton, Zen and the Birds of Appetite
*** Jean Smith, Breath Sweeps Mind: A First Guide to Meditation Practice
Breath
Sweeps Mind: A First Guide to Meditation Practice
by Jean Smith (Editor)
This Tricycle (Magazine) Book is an excellent introduction to meditation. With a concentration on Buddhist meditation techniques, the editor has compiled an excellent sampling of writings by the major contemporary teachers (and a few classical texts). The contributors representing all the major schools of Buddhism include The Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sogyal Rinpoche, Jack Kornfield, Joseph Goldstein, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Shunryu Suzuki, Sylvia Boorstein, Sharon Salzburg, et al. I do notice that Lama Surya Das was not included here (see his book below). Although the book is intended as an introduction, it is of value to meditators at all levels and highly recommended.
Daisetz T. Suzuki, Introduction to Zen Buddhism
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Tarrant, John, The Light Inside the Dark: Zen, Soul and the Spiritual LIfe
Thich Nhat Hanh, Being
Peace
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the
Buddha's Teaching
Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ
Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation
Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace is Every Step
Thich Nhat Hanh, Teachings on Love
Robert A. F. Thurman, Inner Revolution : The Politics of Enlightenment
Morihei Ueshiba, The Art of Peace
Alan Watts, The Way of Zen
*** Highly Recommended
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