BOOKS
* Books marked with an asterisk are good books to start with if you are a beginner.
- A Path with Heart – Jack Kornfield *
- A Gradual Awakening – Stephen Levine *
- Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (The four Brahma Viharas) *, Faith, A Heart as Wide as the World – all by Sharon Salzberg
- Seeking the Heart of Wisdom – Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield *
- Mindfulness in Plain English*, Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness – both by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
- Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach *
- The Experience of Insight and Insight Meditation – Joseph Goldstein *
- The Miracle of Mindfulness *, Being Peace, Peace in Every Step and Old Path White Clouds – all by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Compassion, The Buddhist Path to Simplicity, Silence, The Boundless Heart – all by Christina Feldman
- Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness – both by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Buddhism Without Beliefs – Stephen Batchelor
- What the Buddha Taught, – Walpola Rahula
- Light on Enlightenment – The Green Buddha – both by Christopher Titmuss
- The Noble Eightfold Path, In The Buddha’s Words – Bhikkhu Bodhi
- One Dharma – Joseph Goldstein
- Being Nobody, Going Nowhere – Ayya Khema
- The Heart of Buddhist Meditation – Nyanaponika Thera
- The Heartwood of Bodhi – Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
- The Mind and the Way – Ajahn Sumedho
- The Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation – Arinna Weisman
- A Year to Live, Who Dies, Healing into Life and Death – both by Stephen Levine
- Satipatthana, The Direct Path to Realization – Bhikkhu Analayo
- Living in the Light of Death: On the Art of Being Truly Alive – Larry Rosenberg
- Seeing that Frees – Rob Burbea
- The Life of the Buddha – Bhikkhu Nanamoli
- The Path of Compassion – Fred Epsteiner
- Meditation for Life – Martine Batchelor
- Buddhism Plain and Simple – Steve Hagen
- Peaceful Piggy Meditation (a book for young children and families) – Kerry Lee MacLean
- The Zen Teachings of Huang Po – translated by John Blofeld
- Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind – Suzuki Roshi
- When Things Fall Apart, The Wisdom of No Escape and The Places that Scare You – all by Pema Chodron
- The Myth of Freedom and Shambala: Sacred Path of Wisdom, Cutting through Spiritual Materialism – both by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
- Carefree Dignity and Fearless Simplicity – both by Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Dzogchen teachings)
Other Dharma
- Soul without Shame – Byron Brown (about working with the inner critic)
- When the Swans Came to the Lake – Rick Fields (History of Buddhadharma in the West)
- The Power of Now – Eckhard Tolle
- I Am That – Nisargadatta Maharaj
- Freedom from the Known – J. Krishnamurti
- Be As You Are: The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi – David Goodman
- The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi – Published by Shambhala
- Star Bright – Maureen Garth (Meditations for children)
- Diamond Heart, Book One, Elements of the Real in Man – A. H. Almaas
- Toward a Psychology of Awakening – John Welwood (An interface between Buddhism and psychotherapy)
Translations of the Buddha’s teachings
Access to Insight
Access to Insight is a huge library of translations of Theravada Buddhist teachings and more.
Recommended translations
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha – Bhikku Nanamoli & Bhikku Bodhi
The Dhammapada – Gil Fronsdal
The Sutta Nipata – H. Saddhatissa
