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  • The Four Noble Truths reviews

    The Four Noble Truths Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sumedho

    A small booklet of edited talks given by Ajahn Sumedho on the central teaching of the Buddha: that the unhappiness of humanity can be overcome through spiritual means.

  • A Taste of Freedom reviews

    A Taste of Freedom Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    This collection of ten talks, given by Ajahn Chah in Thailand and England, was was one of the earliest publications 1991 having been translated from the Thai language by the Sang...

  • Small Boat, Great Mountain reviews

    Small Boat, Great Mountain Book Reviews

    Ajahn Amaro

    Ajahn Amaro reflects on the teachings of The Natural Great Perfection from the Dzogchen teachings and compares it with those familiar in the Pali Canon and in the Thai Forest Tradi...

  • A Life of Happiness reviews

    A Life of Happiness Book Reviews

    Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

    This is the first Buddhist practice guide intended for older people. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a highly regarded lama with many students and centres worldwide. He has dedicated ...

  • In Simple Terms reviews

    In Simple Terms Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    Translated from the Thai language by Ajahn Thanissaro, this is a collection of similes and short stories extracted from recorded teachings of Ajahn Chah.

  • Living Dhamma reviews

    Living Dhamma Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    This is a collection of nine transcribed Dhamma talks given by Ajahn Chah to the lay community as well as to the monastic community in Thailand.

  • Modern Buddhism - Volume 2 Tantra reviews

    Modern Buddhism - Volume 2 Tantra Book Reviews

    Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

    Learn how to find happiness and realize our full spiritual potential in the midst of our busy lives. Practical, relevant and clear, this is a book for our times. These days people ...

  • On Meditation reviews

    On Meditation Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    A collection of clear and precise teachings by Ajahn Chah on using various meditation tools. These teachings are extracts from longer talks printed in full elsewhere.

  • Budismo para Principiantes reviews

    Budismo para Principiantes Book Reviews

    Tai Morello

    Este libro explora las ideas budistas detrás de las técnicas de atención plena que han visto una oleada de popularidad. Cubre la meditación no solo como un conjunto de técnicas par...

  • Introduction to Insight Meditation reviews

    Introduction to Insight Meditation Book Reviews

    Amaravati Publications

    A brief guide suitable for anyone setting out to develop meditation. It deals with the correct attitude, body posture and ways of integrating meditation into daily life.

  • On Calm Abiding Resting The Mind In Meditation reviews

    On Calm Abiding Resting The Mind In Meditation Book Reviews

    Brian Robertson

    With your tacit permission, your mind is constantly hammering and building the world around you in subtle but disturbing ways. You come to see the world only through the corrective...

  • The Way It Is reviews

    The Way It Is Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sumedho

    This book contains a collection of teachings of Ajahn Sumedho given to people who are familiar with the conventions of Theravada Buddhism and have some experience of meditation. Mo...

  • Mindfulness, The Path to the Deathless reviews

    Mindfulness, The Path to the Deathless Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sumedho

    The aim of this book is to provide instruction and reflection on Buddhist meditation as taught by Ajahn Sumedho

  • Finding the Missing Peace reviews

    Finding the Missing Peace Book Reviews

    Ajahn Amaro

    This booklet, describing meditation tools and techniques for beginners in a series of lessons, is based on a six week series of classes given in Mendicino, California, in 2002

  • Mindfulness, Precepts and Crashing in the Same Car reviews

    Mindfulness, Precepts and Crashing in the Same Car Book Reviews

    Ajahn Jayasaro

    A book, based on a talk given by Ajahn Jayasaro on November 9th 2009, comprised of several inspirational mini stories from Mindfulness of the Present Mom...

  • Entering the Tao of Sudden Enlightenment reviews

    Entering the Tao of Sudden Enlightenment Book Reviews

    Chan Master Ta-Chu Hui-Hai

    The practice of the Dharma of Ch'an can be said to be either very easy or to be very difficult. To say that it is easy means that to abandon everything is easy. To say that it...

  • The Essence of Buddhism reviews

    The Essence of Buddhism Book Reviews

    Various Authors

    Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gau...

  • Inner Listening reviews

    Inner Listening Book Reviews

    Ajahn Amaro

    This booklet describes a meditation practice often employed by Ajahn Sumedho, and found in various spiritual traditions, but which is not widely known in the Southern Buddhist worl...

  • The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra reviews

    The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra Book Reviews

    Lok-To Shi

    The Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra is the core of The Mahaprajna Paramita Sutra in six hundred scrolls. Its teaching is the teaching of supramundane Voidness as the only true existen...

  • Now is the Knowing reviews

    Now is the Knowing Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sumedho

    Three Dhamma talks by Ajahn Sumedho given during the early years of establishing Theravada Buddhist Monasteries in Britain. These talks consider the way we relate to the Three Refu...

  • Two Autobiographical Praises reviews

    Two Autobiographical Praises Book Reviews

    Eight Karmapa Mikyo Dorje

    Mikyö Dorje was one of the most renowned of the Karmapas – head lamas of the Karma Kamtsang school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a great meditation master as well as a prolific and l...

  • 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva reviews

    37 Practices of a Bodhisattva Book Reviews

    Brian Robertson

    A Tibetan Buddhist classic by Thogme Zangpo, 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva is given a lovingly expanded and updated translation and commentary by Buddhist writer Brian Robertson. T...

  • The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol 1 reviews

    The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol 1 Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    The first book in the three volume set of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are currently available for free distrib...

  • Meditation - A Way of Awakening reviews

    Meditation - A Way of Awakening Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sucitto

    This book addresses the questions, why meditate and how to meditate? The guidance offered is relevant to all those who cultivate the inner life.

  • Practice and Attain Sudden Enlightenment reviews

    Practice and Attain Sudden Enlightenment Book Reviews

    Chan Master Ch'an Yuan

    All the great teachings of the Tripitaka can be thought of as being expedient tools to help people break their egotistical grasping, the habit of many lifetimes, at material object...

  • Buddhism and Immortality reviews

    Buddhism and Immortality Book Reviews

    William Sturgis Bigelow

    In 1885, a young Bostonian, William Sturgis Bigelow, entered formal training at Homyoin, a subtemple of Midera near Kyōto under Sakurai Ajari, a direct disciple in Enchin's Ji...

  • Bodhinyana reviews

    Bodhinyana Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    This was the first compilation of a series of translated talks by Ajahn Chah. After its initial printing in 1979 it has been reprinted many times. The book contains talks on dailyl...

  • The Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra reviews

    The Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra Book Reviews

    Housman

    Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of "mindtomind transmission" without reliance on texts in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. Bu...

  • La Voz del Silencio reviews

    La Voz del Silencio Book Reviews

    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

    La Voz del Silencio , de Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, es una de las joyas espirituales de nuestro tiempo, aunque su antigüedad se remonte a la milenaria cultura hindú.  En u...

  • Transforming the Mind reviews

    Transforming the Mind Book Reviews

    Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

    This commentary on the Four Dharmas of Gampopa is based on teachings Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche gave at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. The Tibetan edition, reviewed and revised by Rinp...

  • The Dhammapada Handbook reviews

    The Dhammapada Handbook Book Reviews

    Hallett German

    A new and very unique look at the sayings of the Buddha as portrayed in the Dhammapada. This is done through including selected passages, paraphrasing publicdomain translations, or...

  • Dhammapada Reflections reviews

    Dhammapada Reflections Book Reviews

    Ajahn Munindo

    Fiftytwo verses from the Dhammapada with brief contemplations. These teachings were previously made available as part of Ajahn Munindo's Dhammasakaccha online programme.

  • Food for the Heart reviews

    Food for the Heart Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    This is a collection of ten transcribed talks given by Ajahn Chah mainly to the monastic community in Thailand.

  • Buddhism for Beginners reviews

    Buddhism for Beginners Book Reviews

    Tai Morello

    Mindfulness meditation is everywhere these days, from the therapy couch to the Google campus, from prisons to athletic events. But what are the origins of this surge in mindfulness...

  • Dhammapada Reflections Vol. 3 reviews

    Dhammapada Reflections Vol. 3 Book Reviews

    Ajahn Munindo

    52 verses from the Dhammapada with comments Refrain from doing evil,  cultivate that which is good;  purify the heart.  This is the Way of the Awakened O...

  • The Buddhist Catechism reviews

    The Buddhist Catechism Book Reviews

    Henry Steel Olcott

    The simple aim of this little book is to give so succinct and yet comprehensive a digest of Buddhistic history, ethics and philosophy as to enable beginners to understand and appre...

  • The Long Soliloquy reviews

    The Long Soliloquy Book Reviews

    Geshe Potowa Rinchen Sal

    Potowa Rinchen Sal (10271105) was one of the three main students of Dromtönpa, the founder of the Kadampa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Known as Geshe Potowa, he was said to be a rei...

  • Dhammapada reviews

    Dhammapada Book Reviews

    Richard Blakeslee & Thomas Byrom

    The sayings of the Buddha, Choices. This is from Shambhala Pocket Classics, rendered by Thomas Byrom. They were set to pinhole photos by Richard Blakeslee.

  • Everything Is Teaching Us reviews

    Everything Is Teaching Us Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    New and revised translations of Ajahn Chah's teachings by Paul Breiter. These talks offer guidance in using all situation to deepen training.

  • Broad View, Boundless Heart reviews

    Broad View, Boundless Heart Book Reviews

    Various Ajahns

    Transcribed talks of Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. Ajahn Pasanno describes the practice of the Brahmaviharas lovingkindness, compassion, empathy and equanimity. Ajahn Amaro offer...

  • Zen reviews

    Zen Book Reviews

    Jerome Bixby

    The twentynine of us were E. T. I. Team 17, whose assignment was the asteroids. We were four years and three months out of Terra, and we'd reached Vesta right on schedule. Ten...

  • Dhammapada Reflections Volume 2 reviews

    Dhammapada Reflections Volume 2 Book Reviews

    Ajahn Munindo

    52 verses from the Dhammapada with comments by Ajahn Munindo

  • The Dharma of Mind Transmission reviews

    The Dharma of Mind Transmission Book Reviews

    Chan Master Huang-Bei Tuan-Chi

    The Mind is neither large nor small; it is located neither within nor without. It should not be thought about by the mind nor be discussed by the mouth. Ordinarily, it is said that...

  • Modern Buddhism - Volume 3 Prayers for Da... reviews

    Modern Buddhism - Volume 3 Prayers for Da... Book Reviews

    Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

    Daily prayers are methods to receive blessings and attain transformative spiritual experiences. By concentrating deeply on the meaning of the words, meditations and visualizations ...

  • The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice reviews

    The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice Book Reviews

    Ting Chen

    In the Buddhist tradition, meditation is used to defuse the source of all the troublethe illusion of self and other. In Ch'an (or Zen), the aim is to overcome thought and defi...

  • The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records reviews

    The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records Book Reviews

    Paul Carus

    This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publis...

  • WiTHOUT and WiTHIN reviews

    WiTHOUT and WiTHIN Book Reviews

    Ajahn Jayasaro

    It is not easy for people visiting Thailand to make sense of the Buddhist traditions that they encounter here. Few tour guides seem able to explain the principles of Buddhism with ...

  • Friends on the Path reviews

    Friends on the Path Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sundara & Ajahn Candasiri

    A compilation of eleven Dhamma talks by two of the senior nuns in the Western Forest Sangha.

  • The King of Glorious Sutras called the Exalted Sublime Golden Light eBook reviews

    The King of Glorious Sutras called the Exalted Sublime Golden Light eBook Book Reviews

    FPMT

    The King of Glorious Sutras called the Exalted Sublime Golden Light, also known as The Sutra of Golden Light, is a Mahayana sutra with great power and benefit. Reading the sutra he...

  • Buddhism for Beginners reviews

    Buddhism for Beginners Book Reviews

    Prof. Robert Stewart

    In his 7th book, Stewart delivers an exegesis on Buddhism, using The Dhammapada (“Path to Eternal Truth”) which are the verbatim words or declarations of Gautama Siddhartha Buddha,...

  • Buddhism reviews

    Buddhism Book Reviews

    Religion Link

    Buddhism: A Reporter’s Guide provides historical background, an analysis of branches and groups, an overview of core beliefs, scripture, celebrations and notes for journalists on c...

  • The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah reviews

    The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    The complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are currently available for free distribution. These same talks are also available...

  • Buddhism and Buddhists in China reviews

    Buddhism and Buddhists in China Book Reviews

    Lewis Hodous

    This book is an anthropological text describing Buddhism as practiced in China at the beginning of the 20th Century.

  • Parami reviews

    Parami Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sucitto

    Parami – ‘perfections,’ or transcendent virtues – are daily life practices that give the mind a firm ground in Dhamma. Comprising simple qualities like patience, generosit...

  • Calling the Lama from Afar reviews

    Calling the Lama from Afar Book Reviews

    Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé

    Calling the Lama from Afar: A Supplication That Pierces the Heart with Devotion (བླ་མ་རྒྱང་འབོད་ཀྱི་གསོལ་འདེབས་མོས་གུས་སྙིང་གི་གཟེར་འདེབས།) was composed by Tibetan Kagyu master Jam...

  • Twenty Suttas reviews

    Twenty Suttas Book Reviews

    Steve Weissman

    This book is a small collection of some of the teachings recorded in the Theravadin Buddhist scriptures, known as the “Pali Canon.” These twenty Suttas (discourses) have been put t...

  • A Buddhist Monk Story reviews

    A Buddhist Monk Story Book Reviews

    TJ Seitz

    Short story about novice monk going to elder monk for advice

  • The Essence of Buddhism reviews

    The Essence of Buddhism Book Reviews

    David Tuffley

    This eBook allows you to grasp the basic principles of Buddhism in just a few minutes. Much has been written about Buddhism and how to practice it. Readers will have no difficulty ...

  • Buddhism for Today reviews

    Buddhism for Today Book Reviews

    Robert Donaldson

    In 1222, Nichiren Daishonin was born in Japan. At age twelve, Nichiren Daishonin entered a Buddhist temple and, at sixteen, was ordained a priest. Nichiren Daishonin assiduously st...

  • The Life of the Buddha reviews

    The Life of the Buddha Book Reviews

    Eric Van Horn

    In the centuries that followed the Buddha’s death there were many fanciful and mythologized accounts of his life. Unfortunately these stories gained traction, and even today movies...

Best Paid Buddhism Books of 2024

  • The Four Noble Truths reviews

    The Four Noble Truths Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sumedho

    A small booklet of edited talks given by Ajahn Sumedho on the central teaching of the Buddha: that the unhappiness of humanity can be overcome through spiritual means.

  • A Taste of Freedom reviews

    A Taste of Freedom Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    This collection of ten talks, given by Ajahn Chah in Thailand and England, was was one of the earliest publications 1991 having been translated from the Thai language by the Sang...

  • Small Boat, Great Mountain reviews

    Small Boat, Great Mountain Book Reviews

    Ajahn Amaro

    Ajahn Amaro reflects on the teachings of The Natural Great Perfection from the Dzogchen teachings and compares it with those familiar in the Pali Canon and in the Thai Forest Tradi...

  • A Life of Happiness reviews

    A Life of Happiness Book Reviews

    Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

    This is the first Buddhist practice guide intended for older people. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is a highly regarded lama with many students and centres worldwide. He has dedicated ...

  • In Simple Terms reviews

    In Simple Terms Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    Translated from the Thai language by Ajahn Thanissaro, this is a collection of similes and short stories extracted from recorded teachings of Ajahn Chah.

  • Living Dhamma reviews

    Living Dhamma Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    This is a collection of nine transcribed Dhamma talks given by Ajahn Chah to the lay community as well as to the monastic community in Thailand.

  • Modern Buddhism - Volume 2 Tantra reviews

    Modern Buddhism - Volume 2 Tantra Book Reviews

    Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

    Learn how to find happiness and realize our full spiritual potential in the midst of our busy lives. Practical, relevant and clear, this is a book for our times. These days people ...

  • On Meditation reviews

    On Meditation Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    A collection of clear and precise teachings by Ajahn Chah on using various meditation tools. These teachings are extracts from longer talks printed in full elsewhere.

  • Budismo para Principiantes reviews

    Budismo para Principiantes Book Reviews

    Tai Morello

    Este libro explora las ideas budistas detrás de las técnicas de atención plena que han visto una oleada de popularidad. Cubre la meditación no solo como un conjunto de técnicas par...

  • Introduction to Insight Meditation reviews

    Introduction to Insight Meditation Book Reviews

    Amaravati Publications

    A brief guide suitable for anyone setting out to develop meditation. It deals with the correct attitude, body posture and ways of integrating meditation into daily life.

  • On Calm Abiding Resting The Mind In Meditation reviews

    On Calm Abiding Resting The Mind In Meditation Book Reviews

    Brian Robertson

    With your tacit permission, your mind is constantly hammering and building the world around you in subtle but disturbing ways. You come to see the world only through the corrective...

  • The Way It Is reviews

    The Way It Is Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sumedho

    This book contains a collection of teachings of Ajahn Sumedho given to people who are familiar with the conventions of Theravada Buddhism and have some experience of meditation. Mo...

  • Mindfulness, The Path to the Deathless reviews

    Mindfulness, The Path to the Deathless Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sumedho

    The aim of this book is to provide instruction and reflection on Buddhist meditation as taught by Ajahn Sumedho

  • Finding the Missing Peace reviews

    Finding the Missing Peace Book Reviews

    Ajahn Amaro

    This booklet, describing meditation tools and techniques for beginners in a series of lessons, is based on a six week series of classes given in Mendicino, California, in 2002

  • Mindfulness, Precepts and Crashing in the Same Car reviews

    Mindfulness, Precepts and Crashing in the Same Car Book Reviews

    Ajahn Jayasaro

    A book, based on a talk given by Ajahn Jayasaro on November 9th 2009, comprised of several inspirational mini stories from Mindfulness of the Present Mom...

  • Entering the Tao of Sudden Enlightenment reviews

    Entering the Tao of Sudden Enlightenment Book Reviews

    Chan Master Ta-Chu Hui-Hai

    The practice of the Dharma of Ch'an can be said to be either very easy or to be very difficult. To say that it is easy means that to abandon everything is easy. To say that it...

  • The Essence of Buddhism reviews

    The Essence of Buddhism Book Reviews

    Various Authors

    Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gau...

  • Inner Listening reviews

    Inner Listening Book Reviews

    Ajahn Amaro

    This booklet describes a meditation practice often employed by Ajahn Sumedho, and found in various spiritual traditions, but which is not widely known in the Southern Buddhist worl...

  • The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra reviews

    The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra Book Reviews

    Lok-To Shi

    The Prajna Paramita Hrdaya Sutra is the core of The Mahaprajna Paramita Sutra in six hundred scrolls. Its teaching is the teaching of supramundane Voidness as the only true existen...

  • Now is the Knowing reviews

    Now is the Knowing Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sumedho

    Three Dhamma talks by Ajahn Sumedho given during the early years of establishing Theravada Buddhist Monasteries in Britain. These talks consider the way we relate to the Three Refu...

  • Two Autobiographical Praises reviews

    Two Autobiographical Praises Book Reviews

    Eight Karmapa Mikyo Dorje

    Mikyö Dorje was one of the most renowned of the Karmapas – head lamas of the Karma Kamtsang school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was a great meditation master as well as a prolific and l...

  • 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva reviews

    37 Practices of a Bodhisattva Book Reviews

    Brian Robertson

    A Tibetan Buddhist classic by Thogme Zangpo, 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva is given a lovingly expanded and updated translation and commentary by Buddhist writer Brian Robertson. T...

  • The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol 1 reviews

    The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol 1 Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    The first book in the three volume set of the complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are currently available for free distrib...

  • Meditation - A Way of Awakening reviews

    Meditation - A Way of Awakening Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sucitto

    This book addresses the questions, why meditate and how to meditate? The guidance offered is relevant to all those who cultivate the inner life.

  • Practice and Attain Sudden Enlightenment reviews

    Practice and Attain Sudden Enlightenment Book Reviews

    Chan Master Ch'an Yuan

    All the great teachings of the Tripitaka can be thought of as being expedient tools to help people break their egotistical grasping, the habit of many lifetimes, at material object...

  • Buddhism and Immortality reviews

    Buddhism and Immortality Book Reviews

    William Sturgis Bigelow

    In 1885, a young Bostonian, William Sturgis Bigelow, entered formal training at Homyoin, a subtemple of Midera near Kyōto under Sakurai Ajari, a direct disciple in Enchin's Ji...

  • Bodhinyana reviews

    Bodhinyana Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    This was the first compilation of a series of translated talks by Ajahn Chah. After its initial printing in 1979 it has been reprinted many times. The book contains talks on dailyl...

  • The Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra reviews

    The Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra Book Reviews

    Housman

    Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of "mindtomind transmission" without reliance on texts in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. Bu...

  • La Voz del Silencio reviews

    La Voz del Silencio Book Reviews

    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

    La Voz del Silencio , de Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, es una de las joyas espirituales de nuestro tiempo, aunque su antigüedad se remonte a la milenaria cultura hindú.  En u...

  • Transforming the Mind reviews

    Transforming the Mind Book Reviews

    Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche

    This commentary on the Four Dharmas of Gampopa is based on teachings Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche gave at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. The Tibetan edition, reviewed and revised by Rinp...

  • The Dhammapada Handbook reviews

    The Dhammapada Handbook Book Reviews

    Hallett German

    A new and very unique look at the sayings of the Buddha as portrayed in the Dhammapada. This is done through including selected passages, paraphrasing publicdomain translations, or...

  • Dhammapada Reflections reviews

    Dhammapada Reflections Book Reviews

    Ajahn Munindo

    Fiftytwo verses from the Dhammapada with brief contemplations. These teachings were previously made available as part of Ajahn Munindo's Dhammasakaccha online programme.

  • Food for the Heart reviews

    Food for the Heart Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    This is a collection of ten transcribed talks given by Ajahn Chah mainly to the monastic community in Thailand.

  • Buddhism for Beginners reviews

    Buddhism for Beginners Book Reviews

    Tai Morello

    Mindfulness meditation is everywhere these days, from the therapy couch to the Google campus, from prisons to athletic events. But what are the origins of this surge in mindfulness...

  • Dhammapada Reflections Vol. 3 reviews

    Dhammapada Reflections Vol. 3 Book Reviews

    Ajahn Munindo

    52 verses from the Dhammapada with comments Refrain from doing evil,  cultivate that which is good;  purify the heart.  This is the Way of the Awakened O...

  • The Buddhist Catechism reviews

    The Buddhist Catechism Book Reviews

    Henry Steel Olcott

    The simple aim of this little book is to give so succinct and yet comprehensive a digest of Buddhistic history, ethics and philosophy as to enable beginners to understand and appre...

  • The Long Soliloquy reviews

    The Long Soliloquy Book Reviews

    Geshe Potowa Rinchen Sal

    Potowa Rinchen Sal (10271105) was one of the three main students of Dromtönpa, the founder of the Kadampa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Known as Geshe Potowa, he was said to be a rei...

  • Dhammapada reviews

    Dhammapada Book Reviews

    Richard Blakeslee & Thomas Byrom

    The sayings of the Buddha, Choices. This is from Shambhala Pocket Classics, rendered by Thomas Byrom. They were set to pinhole photos by Richard Blakeslee.

  • Everything Is Teaching Us reviews

    Everything Is Teaching Us Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    New and revised translations of Ajahn Chah's teachings by Paul Breiter. These talks offer guidance in using all situation to deepen training.

  • Broad View, Boundless Heart reviews

    Broad View, Boundless Heart Book Reviews

    Various Ajahns

    Transcribed talks of Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. Ajahn Pasanno describes the practice of the Brahmaviharas lovingkindness, compassion, empathy and equanimity. Ajahn Amaro offer...

  • Zen reviews

    Zen Book Reviews

    Jerome Bixby

    The twentynine of us were E. T. I. Team 17, whose assignment was the asteroids. We were four years and three months out of Terra, and we'd reached Vesta right on schedule. Ten...

  • Dhammapada Reflections Volume 2 reviews

    Dhammapada Reflections Volume 2 Book Reviews

    Ajahn Munindo

    52 verses from the Dhammapada with comments by Ajahn Munindo

  • The Dharma of Mind Transmission reviews

    The Dharma of Mind Transmission Book Reviews

    Chan Master Huang-Bei Tuan-Chi

    The Mind is neither large nor small; it is located neither within nor without. It should not be thought about by the mind nor be discussed by the mouth. Ordinarily, it is said that...

  • Modern Buddhism - Volume 3 Prayers for Da... reviews

    Modern Buddhism - Volume 3 Prayers for Da... Book Reviews

    Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

    Daily prayers are methods to receive blessings and attain transformative spiritual experiences. By concentrating deeply on the meaning of the words, meditations and visualizations ...

  • The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice reviews

    The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice Book Reviews

    Ting Chen

    In the Buddhist tradition, meditation is used to defuse the source of all the troublethe illusion of self and other. In Ch'an (or Zen), the aim is to overcome thought and defi...

  • The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records reviews

    The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records Book Reviews

    Paul Carus

    This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publis...

  • WiTHOUT and WiTHIN reviews

    WiTHOUT and WiTHIN Book Reviews

    Ajahn Jayasaro

    It is not easy for people visiting Thailand to make sense of the Buddhist traditions that they encounter here. Few tour guides seem able to explain the principles of Buddhism with ...

  • Friends on the Path reviews

    Friends on the Path Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sundara & Ajahn Candasiri

    A compilation of eleven Dhamma talks by two of the senior nuns in the Western Forest Sangha.

  • The King of Glorious Sutras called the Exalted Sublime Golden Light eBook reviews

    The King of Glorious Sutras called the Exalted Sublime Golden Light eBook Book Reviews

    FPMT

    The King of Glorious Sutras called the Exalted Sublime Golden Light, also known as The Sutra of Golden Light, is a Mahayana sutra with great power and benefit. Reading the sutra he...

  • Buddhism for Beginners reviews

    Buddhism for Beginners Book Reviews

    Prof. Robert Stewart

    In his 7th book, Stewart delivers an exegesis on Buddhism, using The Dhammapada (“Path to Eternal Truth”) which are the verbatim words or declarations of Gautama Siddhartha Buddha,...

  • Buddhism reviews

    Buddhism Book Reviews

    Religion Link

    Buddhism: A Reporter’s Guide provides historical background, an analysis of branches and groups, an overview of core beliefs, scripture, celebrations and notes for journalists on c...

  • The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah reviews

    The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Book Reviews

    Ajahn Chah

    The complete collection of all the talks by Ajahn Chah that have been translated into English and are currently available for free distribution. These same talks are also available...

  • Buddhism and Buddhists in China reviews

    Buddhism and Buddhists in China Book Reviews

    Lewis Hodous

    This book is an anthropological text describing Buddhism as practiced in China at the beginning of the 20th Century.

  • Parami reviews

    Parami Book Reviews

    Ajahn Sucitto

    Parami – ‘perfections,’ or transcendent virtues – are daily life practices that give the mind a firm ground in Dhamma. Comprising simple qualities like patience, generosit...

  • Calling the Lama from Afar reviews

    Calling the Lama from Afar Book Reviews

    Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé

    Calling the Lama from Afar: A Supplication That Pierces the Heart with Devotion (བླ་མ་རྒྱང་འབོད་ཀྱི་གསོལ་འདེབས་མོས་གུས་སྙིང་གི་གཟེར་འདེབས།) was composed by Tibetan Kagyu master Jam...

  • Twenty Suttas reviews

    Twenty Suttas Book Reviews

    Steve Weissman

    This book is a small collection of some of the teachings recorded in the Theravadin Buddhist scriptures, known as the “Pali Canon.” These twenty Suttas (discourses) have been put t...

  • A Buddhist Monk Story reviews

    A Buddhist Monk Story Book Reviews

    TJ Seitz

    Short story about novice monk going to elder monk for advice

  • The Essence of Buddhism reviews

    The Essence of Buddhism Book Reviews

    David Tuffley

    This eBook allows you to grasp the basic principles of Buddhism in just a few minutes. Much has been written about Buddhism and how to practice it. Readers will have no difficulty ...

  • Buddhism for Today reviews

    Buddhism for Today Book Reviews

    Robert Donaldson

    In 1222, Nichiren Daishonin was born in Japan. At age twelve, Nichiren Daishonin entered a Buddhist temple and, at sixteen, was ordained a priest. Nichiren Daishonin assiduously st...

  • The Life of the Buddha reviews

    The Life of the Buddha Book Reviews

    Eric Van Horn

    In the centuries that followed the Buddha’s death there were many fanciful and mythologized accounts of his life. Unfortunately these stories gained traction, and even today movies...