Best Buddhism Books
Best Free Buddhism Books of 2024
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The Four Noble Truths Book Reviews
Ajahn SumedhoA 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.
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A Taste of Freedom Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThis 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...
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Small Boat, Great Mountain Book Reviews
Ajahn AmaroAjahn 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...
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A Life of Happiness Book Reviews
Khenchen Thrangu RinpocheThis 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 ...
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In Simple Terms Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahTranslated from the Thai language by Ajahn Thanissaro, this is a collection of similes and short stories extracted from recorded teachings of Ajahn Chah.
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Living Dhamma Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThis 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.
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Modern Buddhism - Volume 2 Tantra Book Reviews
Geshe Kelsang GyatsoLearn 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 ...
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On Meditation Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahA 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.
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Budismo para Principiantes Book Reviews
Tai MorelloEste 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...
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Introduction to Insight Meditation Book Reviews
Amaravati PublicationsA 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.
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On Calm Abiding Resting The Mind In Meditation Book Reviews
Brian RobertsonWith 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...
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The Way It Is Book Reviews
Ajahn SumedhoThis 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...
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Mindfulness, The Path to the Deathless Book Reviews
Ajahn SumedhoThe aim of this book is to provide instruction and reflection on Buddhist meditation as taught by Ajahn Sumedho
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Finding the Missing Peace Book Reviews
Ajahn AmaroThis 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
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Mindfulness, Precepts and Crashing in the Same Car Book Reviews
Ajahn JayasaroA 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...
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Entering the Tao of Sudden Enlightenment Book Reviews
Chan Master Ta-Chu Hui-HaiThe 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...
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The Essence of Buddhism Book Reviews
Various AuthorsBuddhism 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...
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Inner Listening Book Reviews
Ajahn AmaroThis 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...
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The Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra Book Reviews
Lok-To ShiThe 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...
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Now is the Knowing Book Reviews
Ajahn SumedhoThree 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...
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Two Autobiographical Praises Book Reviews
Eight Karmapa Mikyo DorjeMikyö 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...
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37 Practices of a Bodhisattva Book Reviews
Brian RobertsonA 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...
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The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol 1 Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThe 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...
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Meditation - A Way of Awakening Book Reviews
Ajahn SucittoThis book addresses the questions, why meditate and how to meditate? The guidance offered is relevant to all those who cultivate the inner life.
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Practice and Attain Sudden Enlightenment Book Reviews
Chan Master Ch'an YuanAll 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...
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Buddhism and Immortality Book Reviews
William Sturgis BigelowIn 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...
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Bodhinyana Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThis 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...
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The Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra Book Reviews
HousmanZen 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...
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La Voz del Silencio Book Reviews
Helena Petrovna BlavatskyLa 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...
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Transforming the Mind Book Reviews
Khenchen Thrangu RinpocheThis 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...
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The Dhammapada Handbook Book Reviews
Hallett GermanA 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...
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Dhammapada Reflections Book Reviews
Ajahn MunindoFiftytwo verses from the Dhammapada with brief contemplations. These teachings were previously made available as part of Ajahn Munindo's Dhammasakaccha online programme.
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Food for the Heart Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThis is a collection of ten transcribed talks given by Ajahn Chah mainly to the monastic community in Thailand.
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Buddhism for Beginners Book Reviews
Tai MorelloMindfulness 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...
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Dhammapada Reflections Vol. 3 Book Reviews
Ajahn Munindo52 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...
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The Buddhist Catechism Book Reviews
Henry Steel OlcottThe 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...
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The Long Soliloquy Book Reviews
Geshe Potowa Rinchen SalPotowa 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...
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Dhammapada Book Reviews
Richard Blakeslee & Thomas ByromThe sayings of the Buddha, Choices. This is from Shambhala Pocket Classics, rendered by Thomas Byrom. They were set to pinhole photos by Richard Blakeslee.
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Everything Is Teaching Us Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahNew and revised translations of Ajahn Chah's teachings by Paul Breiter. These talks offer guidance in using all situation to deepen training.
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Broad View, Boundless Heart Book Reviews
Various AjahnsTranscribed talks of Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. Ajahn Pasanno describes the practice of the Brahmaviharas lovingkindness, compassion, empathy and equanimity. Ajahn Amaro offer...
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Zen Book Reviews
Jerome BixbyThe 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...
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Dhammapada Reflections Volume 2 Book Reviews
Ajahn Munindo52 verses from the Dhammapada with comments by Ajahn Munindo
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The Dharma of Mind Transmission Book Reviews
Chan Master Huang-Bei Tuan-ChiThe 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...
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Modern Buddhism - Volume 3 Prayers for Da... Book Reviews
Geshe Kelsang GyatsoDaily prayers are methods to receive blessings and attain transformative spiritual experiences. By concentrating deeply on the meaning of the words, meditations and visualizations ...
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The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice Book Reviews
Ting ChenIn 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...
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The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records Book Reviews
Paul CarusThis 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...
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WiTHOUT and WiTHIN Book Reviews
Ajahn JayasaroIt 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 ...
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Friends on the Path Book Reviews
Ajahn Sundara & Ajahn CandasiriA compilation of eleven Dhamma talks by two of the senior nuns in the Western Forest Sangha.
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The King of Glorious Sutras called the Exalted Sublime Golden Light eBook Book Reviews
FPMTThe 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...
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Buddhism for Beginners Book Reviews
Prof. Robert StewartIn 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,...
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Buddhism Book Reviews
Religion LinkBuddhism: 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...
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The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThe 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...
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Buddhism and Buddhists in China Book Reviews
Lewis HodousThis book is an anthropological text describing Buddhism as practiced in China at the beginning of the 20th Century.
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Parami Book Reviews
Ajahn SucittoParami – ‘perfections,’ or transcendent virtues – are daily life practices that give the mind a firm ground in Dhamma. Comprising simple qualities like patience, generosit...
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Calling the Lama from Afar Book Reviews
Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö ThayéCalling 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...
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Twenty Suttas Book Reviews
Steve WeissmanThis 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...
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A Buddhist Monk Story Book Reviews
TJ SeitzShort story about novice monk going to elder monk for advice
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The Essence of Buddhism Book Reviews
David TuffleyThis 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 ...
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Buddhism for Today Book Reviews
Robert DonaldsonIn 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...
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The Life of the Buddha Book Reviews
Eric Van HornIn 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
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The Four Noble Truths Book Reviews
Ajahn SumedhoA 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThis 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...
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Small Boat, Great Mountain Book Reviews
Ajahn AmaroAjahn 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...
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A Life of Happiness Book Reviews
Khenchen Thrangu RinpocheThis 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 ...
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In Simple Terms Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahTranslated 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThis 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 Book Reviews
Geshe Kelsang GyatsoLearn 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 ...
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On Meditation Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahA 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.
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Budismo para Principiantes Book Reviews
Tai MorelloEste 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...
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Introduction to Insight Meditation Book Reviews
Amaravati PublicationsA 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 Book Reviews
Brian RobertsonWith 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn SumedhoThis 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...
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Mindfulness, The Path to the Deathless Book Reviews
Ajahn SumedhoThe aim of this book is to provide instruction and reflection on Buddhist meditation as taught by Ajahn Sumedho
-
Finding the Missing Peace Book Reviews
Ajahn AmaroThis 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn JayasaroA 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 Book Reviews
Chan Master Ta-Chu Hui-HaiThe 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...
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The Essence of Buddhism Book Reviews
Various AuthorsBuddhism 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...
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Inner Listening Book Reviews
Ajahn AmaroThis 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 Book Reviews
Lok-To ShiThe 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn SumedhoThree 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 Book Reviews
Eight Karmapa Mikyo DorjeMikyö 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...
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37 Practices of a Bodhisattva Book Reviews
Brian RobertsonA 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...
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The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Vol 1 Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThe 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn SucittoThis 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 Book Reviews
Chan Master Ch'an YuanAll 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...
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Buddhism and Immortality Book Reviews
William Sturgis BigelowIn 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...
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Bodhinyana Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThis 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...
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The Diamond Perfection of Wisdom Sutra Book Reviews
HousmanZen 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...
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La Voz del Silencio Book Reviews
Helena Petrovna BlavatskyLa 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...
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Transforming the Mind Book Reviews
Khenchen Thrangu RinpocheThis 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...
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The Dhammapada Handbook Book Reviews
Hallett GermanA 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn MunindoFiftytwo 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThis is a collection of ten transcribed talks given by Ajahn Chah mainly to the monastic community in Thailand.
-
Buddhism for Beginners Book Reviews
Tai MorelloMindfulness 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn Munindo52 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...
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The Buddhist Catechism Book Reviews
Henry Steel OlcottThe 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...
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The Long Soliloquy Book Reviews
Geshe Potowa Rinchen SalPotowa 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...
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Dhammapada Book Reviews
Richard Blakeslee & Thomas ByromThe 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahNew 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 Book Reviews
Various AjahnsTranscribed talks of Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro. Ajahn Pasanno describes the practice of the Brahmaviharas lovingkindness, compassion, empathy and equanimity. Ajahn Amaro offer...
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Zen Book Reviews
Jerome BixbyThe 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...
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Dhammapada Reflections Volume 2 Book Reviews
Ajahn Munindo52 verses from the Dhammapada with comments by Ajahn Munindo
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The Dharma of Mind Transmission Book Reviews
Chan Master Huang-Bei Tuan-ChiThe 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...
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Modern Buddhism - Volume 3 Prayers for Da... Book Reviews
Geshe Kelsang GyatsoDaily 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 Book Reviews
Ting ChenIn 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 Book Reviews
Paul CarusThis 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn JayasaroIt 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 Book Reviews
Ajahn Sundara & Ajahn CandasiriA 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 Book Reviews
FPMTThe 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...
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Buddhism for Beginners Book Reviews
Prof. Robert StewartIn 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,...
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Buddhism Book Reviews
Religion LinkBuddhism: 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...
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The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah Book Reviews
Ajahn ChahThe 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 Book Reviews
Lewis HodousThis book is an anthropological text describing Buddhism as practiced in China at the beginning of the 20th Century.
-
Parami Book Reviews
Ajahn SucittoParami – ‘perfections,’ or transcendent virtues – are daily life practices that give the mind a firm ground in Dhamma. Comprising simple qualities like patience, generosit...
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Calling the Lama from Afar Book Reviews
Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö ThayéCalling 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...
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Twenty Suttas Book Reviews
Steve WeissmanThis 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...
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A Buddhist Monk Story Book Reviews
TJ SeitzShort story about novice monk going to elder monk for advice
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The Essence of Buddhism Book Reviews
David TuffleyThis 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 ...
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Buddhism for Today Book Reviews
Robert DonaldsonIn 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...
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The Life of the Buddha Book Reviews
Eric Van HornIn 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...