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Books

The following books are recommended by Sujata Yasa and the Sangha:

General

  • Already Free, Bruce Tift
  • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, David Treleaven
  • Mindfulness Bliss and Beyond, A Meditator’s Handbook, Ajahn Brahm
  • Taking the Leap, Pema Chodron
  • No Time to Lose: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Pema Chodron
  • Wake Up to Your Life, Ken Mcleod
  • Dakini’s Warm Breath, Judith Simmer-Brown
  • Women of the Way, Sallie Tisdale
  • Zen in America, Helen Tworkov
  • Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die (Death Stories of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, and Zen masters), compiled and edited by Sushila Blackman

Dharma Books

  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead: An Adaptation for Reading Aloud to the Dead, Nancy Spence
  • Why Buddhism is True, Robert Wright
  • True Refuge, Tara Brach
  • The Path of Purification, (Vissudhimagga)
  • What the Buddha Taught, Walpola Rahula
  • Entering the Stream : An Introduction to the Buddha and His Teachings, Samuel Bercholz (Editor), Sherab Chodzin Kohn (Editor), Bernardo Bertolucci (1994). Shambhala Publications
  • The Noble Eightfold Path, Bhikkhu Bodhi (1994). Seattle: Buddhist Publication Society
  • Awakening the Buddha Within, Lama Surya Das (1997). New York: Broadway Books
  • A Buddhist Bible, Dwight Goddard (1994). Boston: Beacon Press
  • Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America, Lenore Friedman (1987). Boston: Shambala
  • Ask the Awakened, Terence Gray (1973). Boston: Little, Brown and Company
  • Buddhism Plain & Simple, Steve Hagen (1997). New York: Broadway Books
  • The Word of the Buddha, Nyanatiloka (1971). Kandy, Ceylon; Buddhist Publication Society
  • The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Padma Sambhava, Robert A. Thurman (Translator) (1994). New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell
  • The Dawn of the Dhamma, Bhikku Sucitto (1995). Thailand: Buddhadharma Foundation
  • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche (1994). New York: Harper Collins
  • Any books by: Jiyu Kennett, Pema Chodron, Robert Aitken, Trungpa Rinpoche, Thich Nhat Hanh

Buddhist Book Resources 

Personal Inquiry Books that Facilitate One’s Mindfulness Practice:

  • Back to Basics: An Awareness Primer, Nancy Spence (1995). Bryson City, NC: InnerVision
  • The Key: And the Name of the Key is Willingness, Cheri Huber
  • The Four-Fold Way, Angeles Arrien (1993). New York: HarperCollins Publisher
  • What We May Be, Louis Ferrucci (1982). New York: St. Martin’s Press
  • Keeping the Love You Find, Harville Hendrix (1992). New York: Pocket Books
  • The HOW Workbook, Cheri Huber (1990). Mt. View, CA: Keep It Simple
  • There Is Nothing Wrong With You, Cheri Huber (1993). Mt. View, CA: Keep It Simple
  • The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, Sandra Maitri (2000). New York: Tarcher/Putnam
  • The Wisdom of the Enneagram, Don Riso and Russ Hudson (1999). New York: Bantam Books
  • Excess Baggage, Judith Sills (1993). New York: Penguin Books

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