Books

Here are a few books I recommend.  I’ll add more to the list periodically.

Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana


Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by His Holiness The Dalai Lama




The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu


Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor



Experience of Insight by Joseph Goldstein


Awakening the Buddha Within  by Lama Surya Das



Secular Buddhism by Noah Rasheta



5 Comments

    • Vipassana Momma

      Thanks for the recommendation; I’ll look into it. I have read part of “The Monk and the Philosopher”, which is a conversation between Matthieu Ricard and his philosopher father, Jean Francois Revel about “the meaning of life”. I found it interesting, but I don’t have a strong enough knowledge of philosophy to really get into it.

  • Richard Condit

    Mindfulness in plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana. Available in hard copy for purchase or free in line at several sites, e.g. http://ftp.budaedu.org/ebooks/pdf/EN036.pdf An outstanding relatively short introductory how to and why guide to meditation written by a Sri Lankan monk who now runs a monastery and retreat center in West Virginia. Chapter 1, “Meditation, why bother?” Makes a particularly captivating introduction.

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