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RECOMMENDED BOOKS

After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield
Awakening the Buddha Within, Lama Surya Das
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, Dalai Lama
Being Dharma: The Essence of Buddha's Teachings, Ajahn Chah
Breath by Breath, Larry Rosenberg
Buddha’s Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony, Bhikkhu Bodhi
Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening, Stephen Batchelor
Comfortable with Uncertainty, Pema Chodron
Cutting through Spiritual Materialism, Chogyam Trungpa
Dancing with Life, Philip Moffitt
The Dhammapada, translated by Gil Fronsdal
Dipama, The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master, Amy Schmidt
The Experience of Insight, Joseph Goldstein
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, Sharon Salzberg
Going to Pieces without Falling Apart,  Mark Epstein
Happiness is an Inside Job, Sylvia Boorstein
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh
How to Meditate, Pema Chodron
In The Buddhas Words, Bhikkhu Bodhi
Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom, Joseph Goldstein
The Joy of Living, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters, Jack Kornfield
The Lost Art of Compassion, Lorne Ladner
Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, Sharon Salzberg
The Mind and the Way: Buddhist Reflections on Life, Ajahn Sumedho
Mindfulness in Plain English, Venerable Henepola Gunaratana
The Middle Length Discources of the Buddha: A New Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya, Bhikkhu Ñanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi
Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh
Moon in the Dewdrop: Writings of the Zen Master Dogen, Kazuaki Tanahashi
The New Buddhism, James William Coleman
No Time to Lose: A Timely Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva, Pema Chodron
The Noble Eightfold Path, Bhikkhu Bodhi
One Dharma, Joseph Goldstein
Path With Heart, Jack Kornfield
Pay Attention for Goodness Sake, Slyvia Boorstein
Peace in Every Step, Thich Nhat Hanh
Practicing Peace in Times of War, Pema Chodron
Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
Seeking the Heart of Wisdom, Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield
Start Where You Are, Pema Chodron
Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves From Old Habits and Fears, Pema Chodron
Taking the Path of Zen, Robert Aitken
Teachings of a Buddhist Monk, Ajahn Sumedho
Teachings of the Buddha, Jack Kornfield
Thoughts with out a Thinker, Mark Epstein
Training in Compassion – Zen Teachings on Lojong, Norman Fischer
Unhindered, Gil Fronsdal
Walking Meditation, Thich Nhat Hanh
What the Buddha Taught, Walpola Rahula
When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodron
Wherever You Go, There You Are, Jon Kabat-Zin
Wise Heart, Jack Kornfield
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”

–Buddha

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